Re: [Flashcoders] Weird auto format
I copy pasted that into CS4 stock and I could not reproduce the error. I tried it on the timeline and in a class file with no luck. Could there be any updates you've done to your version of flash that could cause this? Ktu On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote: Interesting. Thanks. Any wild guesses as to why it happens?? Karl On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:55 AM, Henrik Andersson wrote: Karl DeSaulniers wrote: So it is a bug? Karl To be blunt, yes, yes it is. I filed a bug report, maybe it will be fixed in CS 5. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ 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] Weird auto format
Nope. Just CS3 Karl On Nov 17, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Ktu wrote: I copy pasted that into CS4 stock and I could not reproduce the error. I tried it on the timeline and in a class file with no luck. Could there be any updates you've done to your version of flash that could cause this? Ktu Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Barry Hannah ba...@shift.co.nz wrote:
OK, I'm lost.
Me too :)
You need a function mcHatAndFace so you can call an asset from the
library?
Does
var myHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
not work?
I exported mcHatAndFace from the library to the first frame of Main.as Below
is the latest incarnation of the code. Here's the error it threw:
Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: mcHatAndFace
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
var mcHatAndFace = new MovieClip();
this.addChild(mcHatAndFace);
mcHatAndFace.x = 100;
mcHatAndFace.y = 100;
mcHatAndFace.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFace, 1, {autoAlpha:1}); // 2nd param in seconds;
3rd in % alpha
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.mcHatAndFace();
}
}
}
Please advise.
I suspect classes and subclasses might be beyond your level of ability
right now, may I respectfully suggest you learn a bit more about why and
how you use classes before dropping yourself in it?
Sounds good to me :)
In the meantime keep firing questions about how to do specific things
(as above) - the answers for those smaller questions might be more
digestible.
Well, now that's the point! I kinda thought the whole concept of multiple
classes was overkill.
beno
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Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
Hi,
Could you try the following ? (you were doing addChild on
'mcHatAndFace' class, but I know you want the instance to be added to
the display list, not its class)
Main.as:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
trace(Main class is initialized);
}
public function init():void
{
trace(Main.init is being called... let's see what happens now...);
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 1, {autoAlpha:1});
}
}
}
now, somewhere in your FLA (where you have the mcHatAndFace symbol),
just for testing purposes:
1) remove all the code (document class, or timeline code)
2) add the following on frame 1
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.init();
hth,
Cedric
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
var mcHatAndFace = new MovieClip();
this.addChild(mcHatAndFace);
mcHatAndFace.x = 100;
mcHatAndFace.y = 100;
mcHatAndFace.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFace, 1, {autoAlpha:1}); // 2nd param in
seconds;
3rd in % alpha
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.mcHatAndFace();
}
}
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
Beno,
It's difficult knowing exactly what you have done. I don't know any AS2,
just AS3. To help sort out the scenario let's say:
You have a program called program.fla
You have clicked the stage and in 'properties' you have named the class
as Main - without the as.
So the code that drives the swf is in a file called Main.as
The class Main must extend MovieClip.
That code in Main.as wants to use an asset called HatAndFace from
program.fla's library.
All files are in the same directory.
If Main.as is going to use HatAndFace from the library then just write
var public myClip:HatAndFace = new HatAndFace;
or
var myClip:HatAndFace = new HatAndFace;
Use the first if it's in the class but not in a function, and the second
if it's in a function.
I assume that mcHatAndFace is in your library, so perhaps your error was
in writing:
var mcHatAndFace = new MovieClip;
For AS3 there are two errors here.
1. You don't want any old MovieClip, you want a HatAndFace MovieClip.
2. After the ':' you have to specify what 'type' of thing your instance
name 'mcHatAndFace' applies to, like this...
var mcHatAndFace:MovieClip = new MovieClip;
Or, to fix both errors:
var mcHatAndFace:HatAndFace = new HatAndFace;
Notice that I have not written HatAndFace();
That's because I have not provided the HatAndFace() constructor method.
For a libary item, Flash will create a constructor that no one will ever
see, just to get it going.
Now if you wanted tp place an HatAndFace instance at say x=100, y=200
with a constructor call like 'new HatAndFace(100,200);' you can't.
To do that, you would write your own class in HatAndFace.as with a
constructor HatAndFace(xx:int,yy:int) {...} that takes your required x,y.
This one will accept an xx,yy position which you can use to set x,y.
The library asset would name this class HatAndFace as the constructor
for the exported code to be found in HatAndFace.as
If main.as is going to find the HatAndFace class in the HatAndFace.as
file, then you have to import it.
Avoid a function built inside a function.
We never stop struggling.
You are not alone.
John
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Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, Could you try the following ? (you were doing addChild on 'mcHatAndFace' class, but I know you want the instance to be added to the display list, not its class) Main.as: This is what came back from the code, etc. you sent me: Main class is initialized Error: Error #2136: The SWF file file contains invalid data at Main/frame1() When I took out the initialization code from the first frame, it stated that the Main class had been initialized; however, the tweened alpha of mcHatAndFace didn't appear, as the second trace never showed up. Please advise, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
beno - wrote: Error: Error #2136: The SWF filefile contains invalid data at Main/frame1() The flash player does not like you creating a new instance of a class that is the document class for a swf. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in html text fields
I noticed a difference in how Flash CS3 and simple HTML page parses b and i tags. For example: var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /B L M N O /I P Q R S T; txt.htmlText = test2; Flash produces: A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - bold+italic P Q R S T - bold (it completely ignores the closing /B tag). While using the same string, pure HTML produces (as we could expect): A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font (clearly considers closing bold /B). Conclusion - Flash allows nesting bi.../i/b, but does not allow intersecting two style formatting, like b...i.../b../i (I'm not sure if intersection is an appropriate word in this case). Am I right here ? g ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in html text fields
intersection is not correct HTML, right? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Greg Ligierko gre...@l-d5.com wrote: I noticed a difference in how Flash CS3 and simple HTML page parses b and i tags. For example: var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /B L M N O /I P Q R S T; txt.htmlText = test2; Flash produces: A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - bold+italic P Q R S T - bold (it completely ignores the closing /B tag). While using the same string, pure HTML produces (as we could expect): A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font (clearly considers closing bold /B). Conclusion - Flash allows nesting bi.../i/b, but does not allow intersecting two style formatting, like b...i.../b../i (I'm not sure if intersection is an appropriate word in this case). Am I right here ? g ___ 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] Problem with First Flash Movie
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote:
beno - wrote:
Error: Error #2136: The SWF filefile contains invalid data at
Main/frame1()
The flash player does not like you creating a new instance of a class that
is the document class for a swf.
How is public function:init():void; creating a new instance of a class
that is the document class for a swf? Is init() defined as such a class?
Here is the revised code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
trace(Main class is initialized);
}
public function init():void
{
trace(Main.init is being called... let's see what happens now...);
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 1, {autoAlpha:1});
}
}
}
Here is the old code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
var mcHatAndFace = new MovieClip();
this.addChild(mcHatAndFace);
mcHatAndFace.x = 100;
mcHatAndFace.y = 100;
mcHatAndFace.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFace, 1, {autoAlpha:1}); // 2nd param in seconds;
3rd in % alpha
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.mcHatAndFace();
}
}
}
Please advise.
beno
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Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
1) Just open your FLA in Flash IDE
2) In the PUBLISH panel, you have a textfield input named Class:
--- this is the document class, just leave it blank
3) retest with the revised code
hth,
Cedric
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Henrik Andersson
he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote:
beno - wrote:
Error: Error #2136: The SWF filefile contains invalid data at
Main/frame1()
The flash player does not like you creating a new instance of a
class that
is the document class for a swf.
How is public function:init():void; creating a new instance of a
class
that is the document class for a swf? Is init() defined as such a
class?
Here is the revised code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
trace(Main class is initialized);
}
public function init():void
{
trace(Main.init is being called... let's see what happens
now...);
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 1, {autoAlpha:1});
}
}
}
Here is the old code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
var mcHatAndFace = new MovieClip();
this.addChild(mcHatAndFace);
mcHatAndFace.x = 100;
mcHatAndFace.y = 100;
mcHatAndFace.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFace, 1, {autoAlpha:1}); // 2nd param in
seconds;
3rd in % alpha
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.mcHatAndFace();
}
}
}
Please advise.
beno
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Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in html text fields
Should be like this.. var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /i/B iL M N O / I P Q R S T; if you want these results. A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font Karl On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Andrei Thomaz wrote: intersection is not correct HTML, right? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Greg Ligierko gre...@l-d5.com wrote: I noticed a difference in how Flash CS3 and simple HTML page parses b and i tags. For example: var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /B L M N O /I P Q R S T; txt.htmlText = test2; Flash produces: A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - bold+italic P Q R S T - bold (it completely ignores the closing /B tag). While using the same string, pure HTML produces (as we could expect): A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font (clearly considers closing bold /B). Conclusion - Flash allows nesting bi.../i/b, but does not allow intersecting two style formatting, like b...i.../b../i (I'm not sure if intersection is an appropriate word in this case). Am I right here ? g ___ 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 Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields
Yeah, intersecting if you will, is improper HTML coding. I can't even think of a reason why you would want to do that... --Original Message-- From: Karl DeSaulniers Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields Sent: Nov 17, 2009 6:37 AM Should be like this.. var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /i/B iL M N O / I P Q R S T; if you want these results. A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font Karl On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Andrei Thomaz wrote: intersection is not correct HTML, right? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Greg Ligierko gre...@l-d5.com wrote: I noticed a difference in how Flash CS3 and simple HTML page parses b and i tags. For example: var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /B L M N O /I P Q R S T; txt.htmlText = test2; Flash produces: A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - bold+italic P Q R S T - bold (it completely ignores the closing /B tag). While using the same string, pure HTML produces (as we could expect): A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font (clearly considers closing bold /B). Conclusion - Flash allows nesting bi.../i/b, but does not allow intersecting two style formatting, like b...i.../b../i (I'm not sure if intersection is an appropriate word in this case). Am I right here ? g ___ 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 Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer nat...@mynarcik.com 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: 1) Just open your FLA in Flash IDE 2) In the PUBLISH panel, you have a textfield input named Class: --- this is the document class, just leave it blank 3) retest with the revised code YAHOO hth, Ya, mon! Thanks! beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
:) Now, the best is to try out different ways to launch your application and truely understand the differences between Classes, methods, properties, symbols, etc ... :) Moreover, now that you've got your Main class working, please read Adobe tutorials and senocular's excellent information, you will grab a lot from there. http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/ hth, Cedric On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: 1) Just open your FLA in Flash IDE 2) In the PUBLISH panel, you have a textfield input named Class: --- this is the document class, just leave it blank 3) retest with the revised code YAHOO hth, Ya, mon! Thanks! beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
Hi;
Okay, I have this as code in the first frame of a timeline:
var main:Main = new Main();
addChild(main);
main.init();
main.another();
I have this code in Main.as:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.plugins.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main():void
{
trace(main);
}
public function init():void
{
trace(init);
var mcHatAndFaceInstance:mcHatAndFace = new mcHatAndFace();
TweenPlugin.activate([AutoAlphaPlugin]);
addChild(mcHatAndFaceInstance);
mcHatAndFaceInstance.x = 350;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.y = 100;
mcHatAndFaceInstance.alpha = 0;
TweenLite.to(mcHatAndFaceInstance, 1, {autoAlpha:1});
}
public function another():void
{
var mcHandInstance:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance);
mcHand.x = 400;
mcHand.y = 400;
}
}
}
This throws errors concerning mcHand and no traces are printed. When I take
out public function another():void and the call to the same in the code from
the timeline, everything works and the traces are printed as well. Why is
this? I also tried putting the mcHand code in the init() function and that
didn't work. Why?
TIA,
beno
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Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: :) Now, the best is to try out different ways to launch your application and truely understand the differences between Classes, methods, properties, symbols, etc ... :) I've put up a new post (Baby Step #2). Already run into a new problem :) Moreover, now that you've got your Main class working, please read Adobe tutorials and senocular's excellent information, you will grab a lot from there. http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/ I read the whole thing yesterday :) Still confused. Will consult it and the flashandmath stuff I pulled down before consulting this list as I wait for your replies. TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
beno - wrote:
public function another():void
{
var mcHandInstance:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance);
mcHand.x = 400;
mcHand.y = 400;
}
Compare line 3 and 4 with line 5 and 6 and note the difference, you are
using the wrong variable name.
You mixed up the class name and the instance reference variable again.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with First Flash Movie
Well done Cedric! beno, Later on, have a look at: Using the Document Class on: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/ John Cedric Muller wrote: :) Now, the best is to try out different ways to launch your application and truely understand the differences between Classes, methods, properties, symbols, etc ... :) Moreover, now that you've got your Main class working, please read Adobe tutorials and senocular's excellent information, you will grab a lot from there. http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/ hth, Cedric On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: 1) Just open your FLA in Flash IDE 2) In the PUBLISH panel, you have a textfield input named Class: --- this is the document class, just leave it blank 3) retest with the revised code YAHOO hth, Ya, mon! Thanks! beno ___ 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] Baby Step #2
who's the Instance who's the Class symbol ? mcHand --- Class symbol mcHandInstance --- instance when you want to change x and y on **any** instance, who do you target ? the Class or the instance ? :) var mcHandInstance:mcHand = new mcHand(); addChild(mcHandInstance); mcHand.x = 400; mcHand.y = 400; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote:
who's the Instance who's the Class symbol ?
mcHand --- Class symbol
mcHandInstance --- instance
when you want to change x and y on **any** instance, who do you target ?
the Class or the instance ?
I apologize for my sloppiness. Here's the new code:
public function another():void
{
var mcHandInstance:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance);
mcHandInstance.x = 400;
mcHandInstance.y = 400;
}
However, it still throws this error:
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant
TIA,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
this looks like you have not set the linkage in your symbol
properties panel, have you ? (ie: is 'mcHand' really defined
somewhere ? somehow ?)
hth,
Cedric
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Cedric Muller
flashco...@benga.li wrote:
who's the Instance who's the Class symbol ?
mcHand --- Class symbol
mcHandInstance --- instance
when you want to change x and y on **any** instance, who do you
target ?
the Class or the instance ?
I apologize for my sloppiness. Here's the new code:
public function another():void
{
var mcHandInstance:mcHand = new mcHand();
addChild(mcHandInstance);
mcHandInstance.x = 400;
mcHandInstance.y = 400;
}
However, it still throws this error:
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant
TIA,
beno
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Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: this looks like you have not set the linkage in your symbol properties panel, have you ? (ie: is 'mcHand' really defined somewhere ? somehow ?) That was it :-) I'm currently studying the Adobe online docs...really good stuff :) I don't know if they have it, but neither senocular or flashandmath had any decent documentation on classes/packages. Can you recommend a good source? TIA, beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
to be honest ... I don't know :( - senocular is key for me: it is not long and so informative ... - the Adobe documentation is hard at first glance, but it prooves itself to be very useful. The hardest part is to first take time to read 200-300 pages from the base doc' ... otherwise (if you haven't) you should buy a serious book ;) First recommendation (if you are absoluetly new) http://books.google.com/books?id=Qlia0Bq-ZmoC Second recommendation (if you are somewhat ok with AS2 and need a clean transition process) http://books.google.com/books?id=gUHX2fcLKxYC All in all, you should take time to logically build your code in your mind, or on a piece of paper (and be explicit). Do some kind of a checklist for each process (like your previous error where you have forgotten to check if the class symbol was linked), and build bricks, step by step. hth, Cedric On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: this looks like you have not set the linkage in your symbol properties panel, have you ? (ie: is 'mcHand' really defined somewhere ? somehow ?) That was it :-) I'm currently studying the Adobe online docs...really good stuff :) I don't know if they have it, but neither senocular or flashandmath had any decent documentation on classes/packages. Can you recommend a good source? TIA, beno ___ 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] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields
You are all right. Mixing styles this way breaks HTML/XML hierarchy and it's not a good idea. I am writing a piece of code that converts [b]..[/b] and [i]..[/i] to HTML bold and italic tags. I was trying to figure out if I should allow intersecting styles. For some reason, browsers support this but obviously I should not. Thanks, Greg Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (2:42:17 PM) Nathan Mynarcik wrote: Yeah, intersecting if you will, is improper HTML coding. I can't even think of a reason why you would want to do that... --Original Message-- From: Karl DeSaulniers Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields Sent: Nov 17, 2009 6:37 AM Should be like this.. var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /i/B iL M N O / I P Q R S T; if you want these results. A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font Karl On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Andrei Thomaz wrote: intersection is not correct HTML, right? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Greg Ligierko gre...@l-d5.com wrote: I noticed a difference in how Flash CS3 and simple HTML page parses b and i tags. For example: var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /B L M N O /I P Q R S T; txt.htmlText = test2; Flash produces: A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - bold+italic P Q R S T - bold (it completely ignores the closing /B tag). While using the same string, pure HTML produces (as we could expect): A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font (clearly considers closing bold /B). Conclusion - Flash allows nesting bi.../i/b, but does not allow intersecting two style formatting, like b...i.../b../i (I'm not sure if intersection is an appropriate word in this case). Am I right here ? g ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields
If you're mixing XML and HTML, you should just enclose the HTML inside of CDATA tags, then it's not an issue as any proper XML parser will ignore it as XML structure and treat it as a string. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Greg Ligierko Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:12 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields You are all right. Mixing styles this way breaks HTML/XML hierarchy and it's not a good idea. I am writing a piece of code that converts [b]..[/b] and [i]..[/i] to HTML bold and italic tags. I was trying to figure out if I should allow intersecting styles. For some reason, browsers support this but obviously I should not. Thanks, Greg Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (2:42:17 PM) Nathan Mynarcik wrote: Yeah, intersecting if you will, is improper HTML coding. I can't even think of a reason why you would want to do that... --Original Message-- From: Karl DeSaulniers Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields Sent: Nov 17, 2009 6:37 AM Should be like this.. var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /i/B iL M N O / I P Q R S T; if you want these results. A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font Karl On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Andrei Thomaz wrote: intersection is not correct HTML, right? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Greg Ligierko gre...@l-d5.com wrote: I noticed a difference in how Flash CS3 and simple HTML page parses b and i tags. For example: var test2 = A B C D B E F G I H I J K /B L M N O /I P Q R S T; txt.htmlText = test2; Flash produces: A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - bold+italic P Q R S T - bold (it completely ignores the closing /B tag). While using the same string, pure HTML produces (as we could expect): A B C D - regular font E F G - bold H I J K - bold+italic L M N O - italic P Q R S T - regular font (clearly considers closing bold /B). Conclusion - Flash allows nesting bi.../i/b, but does not allow intersecting two style formatting, like b...i.../b../i (I'm not sure if intersection is an appropriate word in this case). Am I right here ? g ___ 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] one class listening for another classes dispatched event
Hi list... I have a singleton (let's say it's class a) which contains instances of two different classes, b and c. Class B and C both extend Event Dispatcher. var b:B = new B(); var c:C = new C(); In c's constructor, a custom event is dispatched. I want b to listen for it, but this doesn't work: b.addEventListener(CustomEvent.LISTEN_FOR_C, handler); but this does: c.addEventListener(CustomEvent.LISTEN_FOR_C, handler); How can I have b listen for something dispatched by c? Remember, they're both in class a. I tried bubbles=true for the new custom event, but that doesn't work. Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: - the Adobe documentation is hard at first glance, but it prooves itself to be very useful. The hardest part is to first take time to read 200-300 pages from the base doc' ... I'm reading it ;) I've done enough programming to know the value of this document ;) otherwise (if you haven't) you should buy a serious book ;) You know, I just moved back from a 3rd world country (the Dominican Republic) where I went broke (it was wonderful). I learned to survive on very little in the process. And I ain't changing those habits. I don't buy nuttin unless I absolutely have to :)) beno ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatched event
Hi Michael, When you do b.addEventListener - you're listening for events in b, not in c. You should not, architecturally speaking, have b listen to c at all - that's called tight coupling, which is bad. You should instead do loose coupling, which would have your singleton class a listen for events in c, then when they are heard, tell b to do something. Have a public function in b that a calls when it hears it in c (via in class A, you simply code up a c.addEventListener with the handler, which calls public function in b). Make sense? Bubbling is only up the display hierarchy chain, so in order for that, B and C would have to both be extensions of DisplayObject (like a Sprite) and b would have to be a parent of c. I don't know what you're doing in your app, so hard to know if one should be a parent of the other or not. So better to do the loose coupling thing I outlined above. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Mendelsohn, Michael Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:59 PM To: Flashcoders; Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatched event Hi list... I have a singleton (let's say it's class a) which contains instances of two different classes, b and c. Class B and C both extend Event Dispatcher. var b:B = new B(); var c:C = new C(); In c's constructor, a custom event is dispatched. I want b to listen for it, but this doesn't work: b.addEventListener(CustomEvent.LISTEN_FOR_C, handler); but this does: c.addEventListener(CustomEvent.LISTEN_FOR_C, handler); How can I have b listen for something dispatched by c? Remember, they're both in class a. I tried bubbles=true for the new custom event, but that doesn't work. Thanks, - Michael M. ___ 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] one class listening for another classes dispatched event
Thanks Jason. I wasn't sure if a listening for c and calling a function in b as a result qualifies as tight coupling also between the three classes. In any case, that was the other plan I had intended on going with. Thanks for the great answer! - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatched event
Merrill, Jason wrote: Hi Michael, When you do b.addEventListener - you're listening for events in b, not in c. You should not, architecturally speaking, have b listen to c at all - that's called tight coupling, which is bad. So better to do the loose coupling thing I outlined above. Tight coupling is not as bad as people make it out to be. Use your head and don't overcomplicate things trying to avoid overcomplication. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
Tight coupling is not as bad as people make it out to be. Yes it is. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
Merrill, Jason wrote: Tight coupling is not as bad as people make it out to be. Yes it is. No, it is not. Btw, thanks for your very stimulating response. Meh, I get to argue for my point first then. Tight coupling can be an issue, if the coupled components shouldn't be coupled. It is not an issue at all if they more or less couldn't work without something doing the job of the other and few if any replacement options. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classesdispatchedevent
It is not an issue at all if they more or less couldn't work without something doing the job of the other and few if any replacement options. That's a strange point of view, I would love to see a good example of that. If you've got a system designed that way, then you've got bigger problems. IMO, tight coupling is the best way to complicate things, not the other way around. The point is, the default position should be to loosely couple your code unless you have good reason to do otherwise. The default position should not be to tightly couple your classes unless you see a reason to do otherwise. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Tight coupling can be an issue, if the coupled components shouldn't be coupled. It is not an issue at all if they more or less couldn't work without something doing the job of the other and few if any replacement options. In which case they're actually one component, conceptually - if the dependencies are really that inextricable. :o) Ian ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
Ian Thomas wrote: In which case they're actually one component, conceptually - if the dependencies are really that inextricable. :o) Two sub modules in a webbrowser is a http client and an image parser. Yet, they need to cooperate for images to download while being displayed. When do you draw the line? How does submodules interact with this rule? In the end, you need to start focusing on the individual case. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
*blink* But those two components should not be tightly coupled. Bad example, I think. The HTTP client doesn't depend on the image parser; it's used to provide HTTP services to a number of different components of a browser. You could use the HTTP client code in complete isolation from knowing anything about images - it might not even be used for a visual browser. Exchanging data via HTTP is all it should do and all it should care about. As for the image parser, it's likely you'd have more than one image parser - one for PNG, one for GIF, one for JPEG and so on. They don't care whether they're parsing data fetched from an HTTP client or from a local file. They just parse data. The browser itself connects up the pieces. As I've already pointed out, think of a browser displaying a local JPEG image. The HTTP client code isn't even involved in that process. Then think of a browser fetching, say, a text file. The image parser isn't involved in that process. I'm not saying you _couldn't_ write a browser where the two were inextricably connected, but that's just poor design, it really is, if you ever want to reuse any of your code or extend your browser in any way. Perhaps you can give a better example :-) Ian On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Ian Thomas wrote: In which case they're actually one component, conceptually - if the dependencies are really that inextricable. :o) Two sub modules in a webbrowser is a http client and an image parser. Yet, they need to cooperate for images to download while being displayed. When do you draw the line? How does submodules interact with this rule? In the end, you need to start focusing on the individual case. ___ 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] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
Alright, since I asked the question, I'm piping in. I just finished a project that became immensely complicated precisely because I eventually had everything tightly coupled. Had I used custom events and done some other things from the get go, I'm nearly certain it would have been easier to do my updates. With the tight coupling of that project, it would be difficult for anyone else to go into it in the future. In smaller one-off projects, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'm trying to force myself to get in the habit of loosely coupling everything, via custom events. - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
Ian Thomas wrote: stuff My point is that things that can seem unrelated can have a direct relationship anyway. The image parser can run alone, yes. But it needs to cooperate with the http client module if you want to show the image while it is still loading. That was my point of the example, to show that things that work well alone can work even better if they cooperate. Anyway, one thing for certain, most people would agree that it's kinda silly to write a full event dispatching job when all you wanted was to start an animation in the movieclip behind you. I am not saying that it's a bad idea to keep things reasonably separated, but I am saying that it is a bad idea to keep them too separated as well. Integration is important for usable applications. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
Sorry, we're way off topic here. :-D I'll shut up. Ian On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Alright, since I asked the question, I'm piping in. I just finished a project that became immensely complicated precisely because I eventually had everything tightly coupled. Had I used custom events and done some other things from the get go, I'm nearly certain it would have been easier to do my updates. With the tight coupling of that project, it would be difficult for anyone else to go into it in the future. In smaller one-off projects, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'm trying to force myself to get in the habit of loosely coupling everything, via custom events. - MM ___ 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] one class listening for another classes dispatchedevent
I completely agree with this as I've been in exactly the same situation with a largish scale project. The sort of projects I tend to do are small scale games for which the totally tightly coupled solution is overkill. However, I've eaten my words on that point as well... On 17 Nov 2009, at 21:05, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Alright, since I asked the question, I'm piping in. I just finished a project that became immensely complicated precisely because I eventually had everything tightly coupled. Had I used custom events and done some other things from the get go, I'm nearly certain it would have been easier to do my updates. With the tight coupling of that project, it would be difficult for anyone else to go into it in the future. In smaller one-off projects, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'm trying to force myself to get in the habit of loosely coupling everything, via custom events. - MM ___ 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] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...
Hi, I'm using JSFL to modify a bunch of FLAs created by a designer. I need to change the antialiasing on a large number of textfields from 'bitmap' to 'antialias for animation' but the only parameters I can see are 'standard', 'device', 'bitmap', 'advanced' and 'customThicknessSharpness'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst Interactive Pty Ltd www.catalystinteractive.com.au 8 Townsville Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 PO Box 722 Fyshwick 2609 a KBR company --- IMPORTANT: The Information contained in this electronic message is confidential and intended only for the named recipient(s). Any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...
hmm good question - i don't know if that's accessible from jsfl. you could probably just loop through everything on the stage, and if it's a text field then select it - that dropdown will affect all selected textfields. not exactly what you're looking for though, maybe someone else has a better solution. jared On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi, I'm using JSFL to modify a bunch of FLAs created by a designer. I need to change the antialiasing on a large number of textfields from 'bitmap' to 'antialias for animation' but the only parameters I can see are 'standard', 'device', 'bitmap', 'advanced' and 'customThicknessSharpness'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst Interactive Pty Ltd www.catalystinteractive.com.au 8 Townsville Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 PO Box 722 Fyshwick 2609 a KBR company --- IMPORTANT: The Information contained in this electronic message is confidential and intended only for the named recipient(s). Any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ___ 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] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...
Did a quick test. I think Stanley is wright: not possible. My ASV swf decompiler creates JSFL to reconstuct a FLA. I created a bunch of different textfields, compiled to swf and decompiled with ASV. Got ASV creating JSFL rebuild script for recreating a FLA. For antialias for readability fields it creates JSFL code that creates the textfield from scratch. For antailias for animation textfields it creates a new symbol-SWF of the textfield graphic and ads that as a symbol directly into the library; Just to complement Stanley's idea that it might not be in the power of JSFL otherwise ASV would just implement that 100% scriptwise, loosing the additional imported SWF's. Latcho jared stanley wrote: hmm good question - i don't know if that's accessible from jsfl. you could probably just loop through everything on the stage, and if it's a text field then select it - that dropdown will affect all selected textfields. not exactly what you're looking for though, maybe someone else has a better solution. jared On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi, I'm using JSFL to modify a bunch of FLAs created by a designer. I need to change the antialiasing on a large number of textfields from 'bitmap' to 'antialias for animation' but the only parameters I can see are 'standard', 'device', 'bitmap', 'advanced' and 'customThicknessSharpness'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst Interactive Pty Ltd www.catalystinteractive.com.au 8 Townsville Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 PO Box 722 Fyshwick 2609 a KBR company --- IMPORTANT: The Information contained in this electronic message is confidential and intended only for the named recipient(s). Any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ___ 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] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...
Thanks guys, that's confirmed my suspicions. Much appreciated, C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Latcho Sent: Wednesday, 18 November 2009 10:47 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question... Did a quick test. I think Stanley is wright: not possible. My ASV swf decompiler creates JSFL to reconstuct a FLA. I created a bunch of different textfields, compiled to swf and decompiled with ASV. Got ASV creating JSFL rebuild script for recreating a FLA. For antialias for readability fields it creates JSFL code that creates the textfield from scratch. For antailias for animation textfields it creates a new symbol-SWF of the textfield graphic and ads that as a symbol directly into the library; Just to complement Stanley's idea that it might not be in the power of JSFL otherwise ASV would just implement that 100% scriptwise, loosing the additional imported SWF's. Latcho jared stanley wrote: hmm good question - i don't know if that's accessible from jsfl. you could probably just loop through everything on the stage, and if it's a text field then select it - that dropdown will affect all selected textfields. not exactly what you're looking for though, maybe someone else has a better solution. jared On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi, I'm using JSFL to modify a bunch of FLAs created by a designer. I need to change the antialiasing on a large number of textfields from 'bitmap' to 'antialias for animation' but the only parameters I can see are 'standard', 'device', 'bitmap', 'advanced' and 'customThicknessSharpness'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst Interactive Pty Ltd www.catalystinteractive.com.au 8 Townsville Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 PO Box 722 Fyshwick 2609 a KBR company --- IMPORTANT: The Information contained in this electronic message is confidential and intended only for the named recipient(s). Any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ___ 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] one class listening for another classes, doing it tight
If like you said, --totally tightly coupled solution is overkill.-- ,than I can agree with you :P But alright, to plug in on this matter. As I found out it's not hard to lose the tight coupling. The hard part is to find a system that works fast and intuitive for you. Once you found or created one, you'll be happy to reuse that system, even for simple setups and for the simple reason that it is YOUR OWN ( or preferred ) loosely coupled (event) system. At that click you will find out that it that it can work more for you than against you or against your speed. Integrating a loosely coupled flow also helps you in creating your own app-paradigm and workflow and enables you to start or reopen a project faster. You now know the best place to implement and to listen for that shout. And a lightyear later when you look back into your crappy-small-app code of the past, you will smile and think: Nice try but I know better now ;) Latcho Matt Folkard wrote: I completely agree with this as I've been in exactly the same situation with a largish scale project. The sort of projects I tend to do are small scale games for which the totally tightly coupled solution is overkill. However, I've eaten my words on that point as well... On 17 Nov 2009, at 21:05, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Alright, since I asked the question, I'm piping in. I just finished a project that became immensely complicated precisely because I eventually had everything tightly coupled. Had I used custom events and done some other things from the get go, I'm nearly certain it would have been easier to do my updates. With the tight coupling of that project, it would be difficult for anyone else to go into it in the future. In smaller one-off projects, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'm trying to force myself to get in the habit of loosely coupling everything, via custom events. - MM ___ 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] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...
As found in http://www.scribd.com/doc/3939992/Flash-Javascript-API My best guess is that to represent antialias for animation you would use text.fontRenderingMode - standard text.fontRenderingMode - static Latcho Chris Foster wrote: Hi, I'm using JSFL to modify a bunch of FLAs created by a designer. I need to change the antialiasing on a large number of textfields from 'bitmap' to 'antialias for animation' but the only parameters I can see are 'standard', 'device', 'bitmap', 'advanced' and 'customThicknessSharpness'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst Interactive Pty Ltd www.catalystinteractive.com.au 8 Townsville Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 PO Box 722 Fyshwick 2609 a KBR company --- IMPORTANT: The Information contained in this electronic message is confidential and intended only for the named recipient(s). Any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ___ 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] Adobe AIR 2.0 up on Labs!
I have not seen this surface in the group yet. I want to take this opportunity to again invite all Flash/Flex developers interested in Adobe AIR to going the AIR-Tight Google Group. AIR-Tight Links - You can join in one of two ways. 1. Send e-mail to air-tight+subscr...@googlegroups.com with the Subject of Subscribe. Gmail account *not* required when using this option. 2. Visit the group page at http://groups.google.com/group/air-tight?hl=enand join there. Group information - http://groups.google.com/group/air-tight/web/rules-and-information AIR 2.0 Links - Adobe AIR 2 beta on Labs http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/ Adobe AIR Team Blog: Adobe AIR 2 Beta Now Available http://blogs.adobe.com/air/2009/11/adobe_air_2_beta_now_available.html Adobe AIR 2 Beta Release Notes on Labs http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Release_Notes#Overview Adobe AIR 2 Beta Developer FAQ http://www.adobe.com/go/air2_faq Adobe AIR 2 Beta Sample Applications http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/samples/ Charles P. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Baby Step #2
I agree that Colin's book Essential ActionScript 3.0http://books.google.com/books?id=gUHX2fcLKxYClpg=PP1dq=actionscript%203.0%20design%20patterns%20object%20oriented%20programming%20techniquespg=PP14#v=onepageq=f=falseis a must have for any AS3 programmer. If you are looking to get deeper into OOP and how objects can interact with one another, then I would look at design patterns. Some book suggestions... ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: OOP Techniqueshttp://books.google.com/books?id=lgk0Q7pMmLYClpg=PA1dq=actionscript%203.0%20design%20patterns%20object%20oriented%20programming%20techniquespg=PA1#v=onepageq=f=false ActionScript 3.0 with Design Patternshttp://books.google.com/books?id=DT7INNE3ui8Clpg=PP1dq=actionscript%203.0%20design%20patternspg=PP1#v=onepageq=actionscript%203.0%20design%20patternsf=false There are other books on the topic, but I have not read them and can not vouch for their content. The books above are very good in my opinion. Charles P. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:04 PM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: - the Adobe documentation is hard at first glance, but it prooves itself to be very useful. The hardest part is to first take time to read 200-300 pages from the base doc' ... I'm reading it ;) I've done enough programming to know the value of this document ;) otherwise (if you haven't) you should buy a serious book ;) You know, I just moved back from a 3rd world country (the Dominican Republic) where I went broke (it was wonderful). I learned to survive on very little in the process. And I ain't changing those habits. I don't buy nuttin unless I absolutely have to :)) beno ___ 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
