Re: [Flashcoders] Storing x and y in a bytearray
http://polygonal.de If you want to learn about maximum optimization for collision detection, etc. nobody knows more than this guy. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Domain-issue
Hi, I have a question about the domain an swf thinks he is in. For example, a page on www.mysite.com loads an swf from www.mycontent.com. What domain does the swf think he is in, mysite.com or mycontent.com? I think I know, just want to be sure. Anyone? Remco ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving than Flash?
I'm getting tired of Flash's unforgiving cross-domain policy. Why can't I read an xml-feed, content produced by a php file or a simple text file without Flash wagging that finger in my face saying No, no, you can't, not without that site allowing your site access in the crossdomain.xml. But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this. And, if anyone can point out if I'm doing anything wrong here. But please don't tell me to get my domain name into that other servers cross-domain policy file. There are many situations where this is not possible, and where it would still be legitimate to read content from that site. And, as I said before, the browser doesn't need that permission. Nor does Flex, apparently. Regards, -- Johan Nyberg Web Guide Partner Engelbrektsplan 1 114 34 Stockholm 08 - 50 00 24 30 070 - 407 83 00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving than Flash?
And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. That has not been my experience at all. I suggest you test this again. But please don't tell me to get my domain name into that other servers cross-domain policy file. There are many situations where this is not possible, and where it would still be legitimate to read content from that site. Use a server-side proxy. LiveCycle Data Services and BlazeDS provide a proxy service, but frankly it's easy enough to build this kind of thing using any application server. 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Domain-issue
This is not what I expected, are you sure? Do you know any documentation about this? Remco On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote: In mycontent.com. So there will be thrown a Sandbox violation. HTH Cor ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash?
Still, I agree with John, on the XML part. If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. That's not correct. Doesn't matter if it's Flex or Flash. It's the Flash Player that enforces security, not the tool that created the swf. Different rules apply to different swf versions, so if Flex compiles to fp9 and Flash CS4 compiles to fp10, you may see different results. Even minor revisions may show different results (e.g. 9.0.45 vs 9.0.124). But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? Well, it's not about what your intensions are, they may be all good, but not everyone has those same good intensions :) Think about banner ads that are displayed *wherever*. Do you really want those to be able to read/load/execute anything they feel like from your site/server? There's quite alot of info on the Adobe site regarding security: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/security.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/security/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Johan Nyberg johan.nyb...@webguidepartner.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash? I'm getting tired of Flash's unforgiving cross-domain policy. Why can't I read an xml-feed, content produced by a php file or a simple text file without Flash wagging that finger in my face saying No, no, you can't, not without that site allowing your site access in the crossdomain.xml. But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this. And, if anyone can point out if I'm doing anything wrong here. But please don't tell me to get my domain name into that other servers cross-domain policy file. There are many situations where this is not possible, and where it would still be legitimate to read content from that site. And, as I said before, the browser doesn't need that permission. Nor does Flex, apparently. Regards, -- Johan Nyberg Web Guide Partner ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- M.A. van't Kruis http://www.malatze.nl/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash?
I would agree with John too - If it's up there, it's public - I guess that's the point. The crossdomain policy thing bugs me a great deal, especially when I have to implement the response in each program running on a port I want to connect to. For files: I know what file I want to load from somewhere - I programmed it into the Flash myself. So why do I have to jump through hoops to get to it? For passive content - XML / Images / Movies, I would expect that if I know the URL of something I can load it. If that server wants to stop me, then it's upto that server. I get the point for non-passive content with XSS, etc, but it seems that the policies are way of solving something that is an issue somewhere else that then makes it extremely difficult for normal people - maybe I just don't get it totally :) If a banner ad reads something on my server - so what? Sureley it's up to me as the sysadmin to make sure of the access control / permissions for my data, not Flash Player's to stick a big plaster (Band Aid) over security holes left by my bad programming. Now which is your favourite editor :) Meinte van't Kruis wrote: Still, I agree with John, on the XML part. If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. That's not correct. Doesn't matter if it's Flex or Flash. It's the Flash Player that enforces security, not the tool that created the swf. Different rules apply to different swf versions, so if Flex compiles to fp9 and Flash CS4 compiles to fp10, you may see different results. Even minor revisions may show different results (e.g. 9.0.45 vs 9.0.124). But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? Well, it's not about what your intensions are, they may be all good, but not everyone has those same good intensions :) Think about banner ads that are displayed *wherever*. Do you really want those to be able to read/load/execute anything they feel like from your site/server? There's quite alot of info on the Adobe site regarding security: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/security.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/security/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Johan Nyberg johan.nyb...@webguidepartner.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash? I'm getting tired of Flash's unforgiving cross-domain policy. Why can't I read an xml-feed, content produced by a php file or a simple text file without Flash wagging that finger in my face saying No, no, you can't, not without that site allowing your site access in the crossdomain.xml. But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this. And, if anyone can point out if I'm doing anything wrong here. But please don't tell me to get my domain name into that other servers cross-domain policy file. There are many situations where this is not possible, and where it would still be legitimate to read content from that site. And, as I said before, the browser doesn't need that permission. Nor does Flex, apparently. Regards, -- Johan Nyberg Web Guide Partner ___ 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] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash?
I agree. I understand the need for some kind of restrictions to prevent XSS attacks and such. Yet, the implementation strikes me as rather lame, since it doesn't cover very common and perfectly valid use cases (load an xml, an image, consume a webservice, etc; it's not always possible to place a crossdomain file in a server you don't neccesarily control but to which you are allowed to access since its resources are public). Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2009/3/31, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk: I would agree with John too - If it's up there, it's public - I guess that's the point. The crossdomain policy thing bugs me a great deal, especially when I have to implement the response in each program running on a port I want to connect to. For files: I know what file I want to load from somewhere - I programmed it into the Flash myself. So why do I have to jump through hoops to get to it? For passive content - XML / Images / Movies, I would expect that if I know the URL of something I can load it. If that server wants to stop me, then it's upto that server. I get the point for non-passive content with XSS, etc, but it seems that the policies are way of solving something that is an issue somewhere else that then makes it extremely difficult for normal people - maybe I just don't get it totally :) If a banner ad reads something on my server - so what? Sureley it's up to me as the sysadmin to make sure of the access control / permissions for my data, not Flash Player's to stick a big plaster (Band Aid) over security holes left by my bad programming. Now which is your favourite editor :) Meinte van't Kruis wrote: Still, I agree with John, on the XML part. If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. That's not correct. Doesn't matter if it's Flex or Flash. It's the Flash Player that enforces security, not the tool that created the swf. Different rules apply to different swf versions, so if Flex compiles to fp9 and Flash CS4 compiles to fp10, you may see different results. Even minor revisions may show different results (e.g. 9.0.45 vs 9.0.124). But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? Well, it's not about what your intensions are, they may be all good, but not everyone has those same good intensions :) Think about banner ads that are displayed *wherever*. Do you really want those to be able to read/load/execute anything they feel like from your site/server? There's quite alot of info on the Adobe site regarding security: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/security.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/security/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Johan Nyberg johan.nyb...@webguidepartner.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash? I'm getting tired of Flash's unforgiving cross-domain policy. Why can't I read an xml-feed, content produced by a php file or a simple text file without Flash wagging that finger in my face saying No, no, you can't, not without that site allowing your site access in the crossdomain.xml. But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this. And, if anyone can point out if I'm doing anything wrong here. But please don't tell me to get my domain name into that other servers cross-domain policy file. There are many situations where this is not possible, and where it would still be legitimate to read content from that site. And, as I said before, the browser doesn't need that permission. Nor does Flex, apparently. Regards, -- Johan Nyberg Web Guide Partner ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] FPS question
Sorry I didn't respond earlier... passed out last night and just woke up. http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/AS3-Dynamically-Change-The-Frame-Rate-09765.html Should help you out. Karl DeSaulniers wrote: in this i mean movie = swf . i am not necessarily asking about just a moviclip but the whole movie. Hope that clarifies. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: First you say swf, and yes, controlling the frame rate for an swf is doable; yet, then you say movie... do you mean movie clip, or stream? Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Ok here is a new one. Is there a way to control the way your swf plays according to the bandwidth it's getting? For eg: control how fast FPS your movie plays according to the stream of info it's getting from the server? If the stream is low play fast and if the stream is good then play regular fps? All of this to simulate no lag. Karl Sent from losPhone ___ 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash?
There was a very good explanation, but I cannot find it now. It goes somehow like this: Flash applications in a browser run *behind* your firewall. When you access a page using the browser, any Flash app could start making petitions to the servers inside your network (not that difficult to find or guess IP addresses) and without crossdomain.xml file you wouldn't be able to stop those requests. With the current model, Flash apps (a malicious banner, for example) cannot fetch content of those servers because most likely they don't have a crossdomain.xml. Thus, secure by default. [Found it!] Check this out: http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2005/why-crossdomainxml-is-a-good-thing/ Cheers, Juan On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Juan Pablo Califano califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. I understand the need for some kind of restrictions to prevent XSS attacks and such. Yet, the implementation strikes me as rather lame, since it doesn't cover very common and perfectly valid use cases (load an xml, an image, consume a webservice, etc; it's not always possible to place a crossdomain file in a server you don't neccesarily control but to which you are allowed to access since its resources are public). Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2009/3/31, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk: I would agree with John too - If it's up there, it's public - I guess that's the point. The crossdomain policy thing bugs me a great deal, especially when I have to implement the response in each program running on a port I want to connect to. For files: I know what file I want to load from somewhere - I programmed it into the Flash myself. So why do I have to jump through hoops to get to it? For passive content - XML / Images / Movies, I would expect that if I know the URL of something I can load it. If that server wants to stop me, then it's upto that server. I get the point for non-passive content with XSS, etc, but it seems that the policies are way of solving something that is an issue somewhere else that then makes it extremely difficult for normal people - maybe I just don't get it totally :) If a banner ad reads something on my server - so what? Sureley it's up to me as the sysadmin to make sure of the access control / permissions for my data, not Flash Player's to stick a big plaster (Band Aid) over security holes left by my bad programming. Now which is your favourite editor :) Meinte van't Kruis wrote: Still, I agree with John, on the XML part. If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. That's not correct. Doesn't matter if it's Flex or Flash. It's the Flash Player that enforces security, not the tool that created the swf. Different rules apply to different swf versions, so if Flex compiles to fp9 and Flash CS4 compiles to fp10, you may see different results. Even minor revisions may show different results (e.g. 9.0.45 vs 9.0.124). But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? Well, it's not about what your intensions are, they may be all good, but not everyone has those same good intensions :) Think about banner ads that are displayed *wherever*. Do you really want those to be able to read/load/execute anything they feel like from your site/server? There's quite alot of info on the Adobe site regarding security: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/security.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/security/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Johan Nyberg johan.nyb...@webguidepartner.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash? I'm getting tired of Flash's unforgiving cross-domain policy. Why can't I read an xml-feed, content produced by a php file or a simple text file without Flash wagging that finger in my face saying No, no, you can't, not without that site allowing your site access in the crossdomain.xml. But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this. And, if anyone can point out if I'm doing anything wrong here.
Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash?
If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. Because the Flash Player can't determine if you're *allowed* to read that particular xml file or not, nor does it know your intensions. So rather than allowing it and hoping for the best, it shuts the door for everyone and provides a means to open a backdoor (if you like) through the use of policy files. When this was first implemented (Flash 6) this was highly annoying since noone out there had policy files in place. Nowadays service providers (Xmethods/Yahoo/Amazon/etc..) have those in place and their public services can be used with Flash. If there's a public service you'd like to use and they don't have a policy file in place, contact them, explain them what you want and why and point them to the appropriate pages on the Adobe site. I've done so in the past and up to now I never had a no go. http://www.xmethods.net/crossdomain.xml http://www.yahoo.com/crossdomain.xml http://search.yahooapis.com/crossdomain.xml http://developer.yahoo.com/faq/#flash The way I see it, crossdomain policy files are here to stay, so might as well deal with it :) regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Meinte van't Kruis mei...@gmail.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash? Still, I agree with John, on the XML part. If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash?
Ok, that's a solid argument, thanks for the link! The other one (preventing access to an internet public resource on a server located on a different domain), though, seems weak, since any hacker wannabe could use a server-side proxy (the most basic could be just one line of php) to access to other internet domains transparently. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2009/3/31, Juan Delgado zzzar...@gmail.com: There was a very good explanation, but I cannot find it now. It goes somehow like this: Flash applications in a browser run *behind* your firewall. When you access a page using the browser, any Flash app could start making petitions to the servers inside your network (not that difficult to find or guess IP addresses) and without crossdomain.xml file you wouldn't be able to stop those requests. With the current model, Flash apps (a malicious banner, for example) cannot fetch content of those servers because most likely they don't have a crossdomain.xml. Thus, secure by default. [Found it!] Check this out: http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2005/why-crossdomainxml-is-a-good-thing/ Cheers, Juan On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Juan Pablo Califano califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. I understand the need for some kind of restrictions to prevent XSS attacks and such. Yet, the implementation strikes me as rather lame, since it doesn't cover very common and perfectly valid use cases (load an xml, an image, consume a webservice, etc; it's not always possible to place a crossdomain file in a server you don't neccesarily control but to which you are allowed to access since its resources are public). Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2009/3/31, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk: I would agree with John too - If it's up there, it's public - I guess that's the point. The crossdomain policy thing bugs me a great deal, especially when I have to implement the response in each program running on a port I want to connect to. For files: I know what file I want to load from somewhere - I programmed it into the Flash myself. So why do I have to jump through hoops to get to it? For passive content - XML / Images / Movies, I would expect that if I know the URL of something I can load it. If that server wants to stop me, then it's upto that server. I get the point for non-passive content with XSS, etc, but it seems that the policies are way of solving something that is an issue somewhere else that then makes it extremely difficult for normal people - maybe I just don't get it totally :) If a banner ad reads something on my server - so what? Sureley it's up to me as the sysadmin to make sure of the access control / permissions for my data, not Flash Player's to stick a big plaster (Band Aid) over security holes left by my bad programming. Now which is your favourite editor :) Meinte van't Kruis wrote: Still, I agree with John, on the XML part. If everybody and everything can read an XML on a random server, why can't Flash, it doesn't make any sense. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Muzak p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: And, I've also discovered that Flex is more forgiving. I can pull in content from another domain without said crossdomain.xml by using a HTTPService component. That's not correct. Doesn't matter if it's Flex or Flash. It's the Flash Player that enforces security, not the tool that created the swf. Different rules apply to different swf versions, so if Flex compiles to fp9 and Flash CS4 compiles to fp10, you may see different results. Even minor revisions may show different results (e.g. 9.0.45 vs 9.0.124). But why on earth is that so? I mean, the same file can easily be read by an ordinary browser!? What on earth could i concoct with my devious, malignant Flash application with the same file? Well, it's not about what your intensions are, they may be all good, but not everyone has those same good intensions :) Think about banner ads that are displayed *wherever*. Do you really want those to be able to read/load/execute anything they feel like from your site/server? There's quite alot of info on the Adobe site regarding security: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/security.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/security/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/ regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Johan Nyberg johan.nyb...@webguidepartner.com To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Cross-domain policy - why is Flex more forgiving thanFlash? I'm getting tired of Flash's unforgiving cross-domain policy. Why can't I read an xml-feed, content produced by a php file or a simple text file without Flash wagging that finger in my face saying No, no, you can't, not without
Re: [Flashcoders] FPS question
I'm pretty confused by your requested, so I've probably got this wrong. You're trying to slow down a playing movie because it's not streaming it's content fast enough to play at the true frame rate? Paul - Original Message - From: Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FPS question Sorry I guess I was not clear on my first post, but I am looking to find out how to ready how much stream I am getting and adjust my frame rate of the movie (swf) accordingly. Main part of my question is to figure out how to get the stream info so to be able to adjust the FPS to it. Better?? Thanks for any input. Anthony, thanks for the FPS link, that will come in handy. BTW I am still coding in AS2 for this project. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: Sorry I didn't respond earlier... passed out last night and just woke up. http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/AS3-Dynamically-Change-The- Frame-Rate-09765.html Should help you out. Karl DeSaulniers wrote: in this i mean movie = swf . i am not necessarily asking about just a moviclip but the whole movie. Hope that clarifies. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: First you say swf, and yes, controlling the frame rate for an swf is doable; yet, then you say movie... do you mean movie clip, or stream? Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Ok here is a new one. Is there a way to control the way your swf plays according to the bandwidth it's getting? For eg: control how fast FPS your movie plays according to the stream of info it's getting from the server? If the stream is low play fast and if the stream is good then play regular fps? All of this to simulate no lag. Karl Sent from losPhone ___ 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 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] FPS question
Close. I am trying to basically see if I can control how fast my movie plays according to the type of stream it is receiving. If slow on bandwidth play faster, if normal or high bandwidth play at normal fps. So that when their is low bandwidth while loading page, the user never knows or sees it. No lag if you will. Sent from losPhone On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I'm pretty confused by your requested, so I've probably got this wrong. You're trying to slow down a playing movie because it's not streaming it's content fast enough to play at the true frame rate? Paul - Original Message - From: Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FPS question Sorry I guess I was not clear on my first post, but I am looking to find out how to ready how much stream I am getting and adjust my frame rate of the movie (swf) accordingly. Main part of my question is to figure out how to get the stream info so to be able to adjust the FPS to it. Better?? Thanks for any input. Anthony, thanks for the FPS link, that will come in handy. BTW I am still coding in AS2 for this project. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: Sorry I didn't respond earlier... passed out last night and just woke up. http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/AS3-Dynamically-Change- The- Frame-Rate-09765.html Should help you out. Karl DeSaulniers wrote: in this i mean movie = swf . i am not necessarily asking about just a moviclip but the whole movie. Hope that clarifies. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: First you say swf, and yes, controlling the frame rate for an swf is doable; yet, then you say movie... do you mean movie clip, or stream? Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Ok here is a new one. Is there a way to control the way your swf plays according to the bandwidth it's getting? For eg: control how fast FPS your movie plays according to the stream of info it's getting from the server? If the stream is low play fast and if the stream is good then play regular fps? All of this to simulate no lag. Karl Sent from losPhone ___ 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 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 mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] FPS question
Like a true 30fps no matter what the stream Sent from losPhone On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: Close. I am trying to basically see if I can control how fast my movie plays according to the type of stream it is receiving. If slow on bandwidth play faster, if normal or high bandwidth play at normal fps. So that when their is low bandwidth while loading page, the user never knows or sees it. No lag if you will. Sent from losPhone On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I'm pretty confused by your requested, so I've probably got this wrong. You're trying to slow down a playing movie because it's not streaming it's content fast enough to play at the true frame rate? Paul - Original Message - From: Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] FPS question Sorry I guess I was not clear on my first post, but I am looking to find out how to ready how much stream I am getting and adjust my frame rate of the movie (swf) accordingly. Main part of my question is to figure out how to get the stream info so to be able to adjust the FPS to it. Better?? Thanks for any input. Anthony, thanks for the FPS link, that will come in handy. BTW I am still coding in AS2 for this project. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: Sorry I didn't respond earlier... passed out last night and just woke up. http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/AS3-Dynamically-Change-The- Frame-Rate-09765.html Should help you out. Karl DeSaulniers wrote: in this i mean movie = swf . i am not necessarily asking about just a moviclip but the whole movie. Hope that clarifies. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Anthony Pace wrote: First you say swf, and yes, controlling the frame rate for an swf is doable; yet, then you say movie... do you mean movie clip, or stream? Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Ok here is a new one. Is there a way to control the way your swf plays according to the bandwidth it's getting? For eg: control how fast FPS your movie plays according to the stream of info it's getting from the server? If the stream is low play fast and if the stream is good then play regular fps? All of this to simulate no lag. Karl Sent from losPhone ___ 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 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 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] AS3: How to check if an URLVariables contains a field?
Hello,
I have the following function called repeatedly:
private function handleComplete(event:Event):void {
var urlvars:URLVariables = event.target.data;
.
if (urlvars.lobby) {
.
} else if (urlvars.bids) {
populate(urlvars.bids, User.BIDS);
} else if (urlvars.cards) {
populate(urlvars.cards, Card.CARDS);
}
}
and for some strange reason eventhough
the urlvars doesn't contain the field bids
(I watch the urlvars in debugger and
advance step by step), the function
populate(urlvars.bids, User.BIDS);
still gets called (and then fails with
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
object reference.
at Pref/populate() )
I don't understand why it happens and
how should I perform the check instead...
Any advices please?
Thank you
Alex
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