[Flashcoders] right to left text in fp9 using xml

2010-05-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys can anyone give me any pointers as to how to support right to left text like arabic in a as3 fp9 site i've done please? my xml is all utf-8 if that makes a difference? thanks guys a ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] union 1000-user free licence announced (multiuser dev platform)

2010-05-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
sweet - now let's get win-gee to re-release his junglewar game and we're set :D a On 28 May 2010 06:12, co...@moock.org co...@moock.org wrote: greetings flashcoders. at fitc, we recently announced a free 1000-user licence for union: http://www.unionplatform.com/?p=1115 also, this week,

Re: [Flashcoders] right to left text in fp9 using xml

2010-05-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
+ _fteContainer.numChildren + at x,y + textLine.x + , + textLine.y); prevLine = textLine; } addChild(_fteContainer); } On 28/05/2010 10:36, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hi

Re: [Flashcoders] Loader.unload not freeing the memory

2010-05-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
isn't unload buggy still? http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.htmla On 27 May 2010 13:55, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Also note that Flash will only free up memory it thinks it needs

Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision 3d help

2010-05-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh you're going to have to get heavily into some as3 - there's no half measures with pv a On 25 May 2010 21:26, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.comwrote: You need to download the Papervision3D library. And you have to know how to use Papervision - you can't just apply small little

Re: [Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i think that adobe should concentrate on 2 areas - the air runtime for application development and the canvas tag for web deployment at the sxsw conference, the adobe flash guy was getting a lot crap over the canvas tag and he eventually responded with the none-too-indecipherable statement that

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: changing parent from child

2010-05-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
definitely - parents call public methods on children, children fire events to inform parents to call methods i never call parent functions from a child a On 11 May 2010 18:15, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.com wrote: As soon as you removeChild on child1, it loses the reference to the

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://www.t3.com/news/amazon-mp3-store-launches-android-app?=43281 http://www.t3.com/news/amazon-mp3-store-launches-android-app?=43281i prefer the amazon mp3 store on the desktop anyway - i don't know how good it is on android but the promise is there at least a On 11 May 2010 18:42, Dave

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
one of the best comments on digg: [quote] iTunes and Quicktime are absolute piles of shit. People talk about Flash crashing a browser? Quicktime is just as bad. Complete shit. iTunes is just as bad as Outlook when it comes to bloatware. Not to mention a horrible to use piece of software.

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah just re-read the article - this is a javascript framework so nothing to see i guess? a On 10 May 2010 10:19, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: one of the best comments on digg: [quote] iTunes and Quicktime are absolute piles of shit. People talk about

Re: [Flashcoders] debugging Flash apps

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i use flashdevelop, the debugger plugin for firefox and a console logging class that i wrote which i pick up using firebug in firefox a On 8 May 2010 09:01, Jim Andrews j...@vispo.com wrote: I tend to use MonsterDebugger a lot. It is easy to debug stuff in almost any setting outside of

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
, these are extremely horrible proof of concept. The static forms loading is way too long ... and somewhat seems abnormal :| Cedric ah just re-read the article - this is a javascript framework so nothing to see i guess? a On 10 May 2010 10:19, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i find that (even on a mac) iTunes slowly drains the machine of clocks and memory (i don't use it on the pc - if only i could avoid quicktime in the same way) A On 10 May 2010 13:08, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.comwrote: I can understand the Quicktime complaints, but what

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-06 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i agree with kenneth - swf address forms the basis of my navigation i take the current url from the swfaddress event in my model, pass it through a function to make sure the url exists and then dispatch the page change event to the rest of the application which updates the page view and the

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'd also recommend having a root node and an xml type declaration at the start a On 5 May 2010 14:05, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: On 05/05/2010 13:49, John Singleton wrote: Hi; I have this in an external xml file: PAGE pg_name='index' DETAILSThis is some more of the home

Re: [Flashcoders] iPhone viable solutions???

2010-05-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wrote: Well if they can do this.. http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/ I am thinking that HTML 5 could run flash without a plugin possibly On Apr 30, 2010, at 7:01 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: maybe someone will come up with a way of displaying .swf files within

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
some thoughts, point-by-point http://www.thefieldcomic.com/2010/04/29/steve-jobs-just-blew-up-the-internet/ http://www.thefieldcomic.com/2010/04/29/steve-jobs-just-blew-up-the-internet/ a On 30 April 2010 10:46, Jim Andrews j...@vispo.com wrote: i see the html quake is not actually available

Re: [Flashcoders] iPhone viable solutions???

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
at sxsw, the adobe guy giving the flash talk was getting pummelled by the audience about flash's absence from the iShiny and his eventual response (so i reliably informed) was 'we make tools' i take this to mean that when the plugin has outlived it's usefulness, they'll already be exporting to

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: HTML5 capabilitites

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
very nice On 30 April 2010 13:31, Andrew Murphy amur...@delvinia.com wrote: A few people have posted wondering about HTML5's capabilities so I thought I'd share a few web pages that I've come across which give some more details. I am by no means an expert on this subject! (Who is yet?)

Re: [Flashcoders] Template w/ XML?

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
loading external data to accessing and manipulating that data once it's in flash, to take in the other option is to start digging through the flash help files although i think you'll find this tough going good luck allandt On 30 April 2010 14:17, John Singleton johnsingleton...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
this basically sums up why apple don't support flash Another Adobe claim is that Apple devices cannot play Flash games. This is true. Fortunately, there are over 50,000 games and entertainment titles on the App Store, and many of them are free. in other words 'we don't want you to play flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Google

2010-04-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
does google still ignore the fragment identifiers used in swfaddress urls? if so do you do any .htaccess redirecting to get around this as otherwise, even with a set of links in your no flash div, you'll still only end up with a set of links into the index a On 21 April 2010 01:21, tom rhodes

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
any developer can add an app to their phone through the compilation options from xcode using the sdk but there's no way i know of rolling this out to the public. i think for what you want, going through the cydia ( http://www.appsafari.com/software/5325/cydia/) store on jailbroken phones / pods

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
note: to roll out an app to your dev handset requires a 100$ iphone developer license On 20 April 2010 15:00, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: any developer can add an app to their phone through the compilation options from xcode using the sdk but there's

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
sure but you can compile to your own handset for testing as much as you like - it just won't get through the appstore approval process On 20 April 2010 15:24, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: On 20/04/2010 15:01, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: note: to roll out an app

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
that's the problem with apple's closed system - it's their way or the high way android supports both models - you can put your software in their appstore or provide a direct link on the net a On 20 April 2010 15:46, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: On 20/04/2010 15:31, allandt bik

Re: [Flashcoders] Seamless e-commerce for AS3? Noob question

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i've never seen one specifically made for flash - my guess is that you'll need to create an interface for something xml based a On 20 April 2010 17:40, Steve Klein s.kl...@steveklein.cc wrote: Hello, All- I don't want to bomb the list with info that's probably been covered to death,

Re: [Flashcoders] Hello Everyone!!

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
^ this On 20 April 2010 18:12, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Ryan P wrote: I am kinda new to this listing thing. I am on here cause a friend of my uses this for help with AS3. Is there a faq about how this works, so I don't waste anyones time.. Thanks!! Just one rule:

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
just a thought - it's amazing how many times i wrack my brains trying to find a solution to a problem that is just something i assumed was done that wasn't i got nothing apart from that On 15 April 2010 20:15, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
unity also exports to wii and soon android ( http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity-unveils-3rd-generation-platform-press.html) although sadly the much lauded support for iphone is now gone these factors make it highly likely that unity will stick around for a bit longer than the previous 3d web

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah and ps3 and xbox 360 On 15 April 2010 10:04, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: unity also exports to wii and soon android ( http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity-unveils-3rd-generation-platform-press.html) although sadly the much lauded support for iphone

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is it using an f4v? because they have an onXMPData which they use which fulfills a similar role (although i thought they had metadata as well) a On 13 April 2010 17:34, kennethkawam...@gmail.com kennethkawam...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Flash Coders, I have this issue: NetStream onMetaData does

[Flashcoders] SOLUTION: converting string to unicode range

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
uk.co.thereceptacle.utils { import flash.errors.IllegalOperationError; /** * text utilities * @author Allandt Bik-Elliott * @version 1.0 */ public class TextUtils { // constructor public function TextUtils() { throw new IllegalOperationError(TextUtils is a static class and should not be instantiated

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple iPad

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ROFL On 15 April 2010 16:55, Matt S. mattsp...@gmail.com wrote: Most. ironic. spam. evar. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
/ On 15 April 2010 10:40, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: is it using an f4v? because they have an onXMPData which they use which fulfills a similar role (although i thought they had metadata as well) a On 13 April 2010 17:34, kennethkawam...@gmail.com

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 On 11 April 2010 23:00, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: OK, that sort of makes sense - the sort of because cross-platform compiled apps can already be accepted or rejected at the app

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i was in print at the time that came out and i remember that. As a platform the mac was failing, the powerpc chip was flaky and quite often not living up to the workhorse quadra chips before it. Adobe was looking at pulling out as a business decision because premiere was very popular on pc and the

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
. (and today I stumbled upon the WePad, another iPad pretender... may I say with an added appeal) Cedric Well said Lee Brimelow. Apple wielding the knife like this makes them look angry, isolated and desperate. John allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: thanks lee brimelow

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
about jailbreaking iPads. :)) Might be worth some peoples time to research. Best, Karl On Apr 12, 2010, at 4:00 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 On 11 April 2010 23:00, Mattheis

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkqbycvuKwfeature=player_embedded * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkqbycvuKwfeature=player_embedded*apologies in advance ;) * On 12 April 2010 11:12, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: ooo this is interesting http

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Co mpiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
jailbreaking iPads. :)) Might be worth some peoples time to research. Best, Karl On Apr 12, 2010, at 4:00 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 On 11 April 2010 23:00

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Adobe should announce after cs5 that cs6 will be pc and linux only I've been a lifelong Apple fan (maybe even fanboy) but over the last couple of years, with their stance on flash, suing htc using patents they basically bought instead of competing and now this crap, i am slowly phasing all of my

[Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i'm currently researching 3d engines for a project that i might be working and i was wondering which, if any, of the 3d engines that people have used and which they value the most papervision, sandy and away 3d seem to be the most prominent choices and i'm leaning towards away 3d but i

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Away. There are books on Papervision and not any of the other ones, and I learn best with a paper book beside me. On 4/9/2010 5:25 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hey guys i'm currently researching 3d engines for a project that i might be working and i was wondering

[Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i thought you might like to join in is anyone here from the UK and worried about the digital economy bill because as a father of 2 and a flash developer who needs access to the internet, i'm bricking it pertinent

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
understood On 8 April 2010 15:01, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: hey guys sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i thought you might like to join in While I'm not from the UK, I do share your sympathies. But this is not the place to discuss this

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
reading through the docs for robot legs left me feeling a bit lost wth is [Inject] and why have i never heard of it before? a On 29 March 2010 23:54, Steven Sacks flash...@stevensacks.net wrote: MVC Public Service Announcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91C7ax0UAAc If you want to learn

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh - i over simplied that example and ended up with the wrong answer On 30 March 2010 14:25, Karina Steffens kar...@neo-archaic.net wrote: While html and css would certainly be part of the View, and the database (MySQL, XML or any other way of holding data) would be part of the Model

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
also does it include some of the great shortcut stuff from fdt and fd like the shortcuts for creating methods or jumping to a method / variable implementation from it's usage which fb3 was sorely missing? a On 29 March 2010 09:51, John McCormack j...@easypeasy.co.uk wrote: I will be buying it

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
: move a line down command+shift+uparrow: duplicate a line up command+shift+downarrow: duplicate a line down that's in fb3/4, and i assume it's in fdt too as they're both based on eclipse, but i don't know for sure. colin allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: also does it include

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the way i understand it, the controller is supposed to provide the logic and functionality for the views as well as acting as an intermediary between the view and the model (my version fires events back to the views but others use the controller to pass events back from the model to the view as

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
:) On 29 March 2010 18:03, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: there is plenty of commentary out there to suggest that the controller is largely unnecessary and that the views can do it all as encapsulated objects (i've even read something by someone much smarter than me [

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
in my mvc setup, i use a set of public static constants for event types on the model object and dispatch(new Event(ModelObject.CUSTOM_EVENT_TYPE)); when the listening object receives it, it goes and retrieves the data from a public variable / accessor on the model. There are plenty of reasons to

[Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if there is a way of using faux fontstyle (italic for me) using a font that has been [Embed]'ed. my DynamicFonts class uses the setup suggested by colin moock - i've tried embedding the font with fontStyle = italic but as that isn't part of the font, it errors out. am

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
describe a little working example how to do this? Regards Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: vrijdag 26 maart 2010 11:07 To: Flash Coders List

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wrote: Hi, You probably have to embed the italic font file - I don't have Helvetica, but in my windows font's folder there is an italic version of my Arial font called ARIALI.TTF Glen allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hey guys does anyone know if there is a way

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
, had that problem in the past and got told off for telling an esteemed designer that their font sucked ;) allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hey glen i'm not using helvetica, it's actually a custom cut of bryant with no italic variant. I just didn't know if there was a way i could

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
have fun On 26 March 2010 13:39, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote: Thank you!! I will start playing with this. Regards Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
flashdevelops templates are an awesome way to speed up coding, especially as you can update them (i add headings for constants, properties, constructor, methods, handlers and accessors / mutators into mine so that i can easily find everything within a class a On 26 March 2010 15:40, Cor

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
jason's been doing it for a lot longer than me but mine is basically the following: var model:Model = new Model(); var controller1:Controller = new Controller(model); var controller2:Controller = new Controller(model); var view1:View = new View(model, controller1); var view2:View = new

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i picked up several books (because you never know which one will prove to be the best to use and 4 of them are from a set) and have been flicking through them and doing some of the tutorials. From my (very) limited experience with cocoa touch i got some amazing insights into the mvc

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott
I think of the .h files as interfaces - it makes sense after that Sent from my iPhone On 16 Mar 2010, at 18:59, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: I have heard that one should know C before diving into Obj-C. I did not do that as I wanted to dive in quicker. Once you get your head

Re: [Flashcoders] Draw Outline Slowly

2010-03-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
that's amazing a On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Ivan Dembicki ivan.dembi...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Victor, Wait a minute! How's that work on curves? Can I scale that, too? you have one way only: use

Re: [Flashcoders] DoubleClick AS2 swc/library

2010-03-02 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
format files. Extract the .ASI file that is the class you are interfacing. Assume you know where the file needs to be located for use by FlashDevelop. Jim --- On Mon, 3/1/10, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: From: allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla

[Flashcoders] DoubleClick AS2 swc/library

2010-03-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if DoubleClick have an AS2 library so that I can use it to write a class in flashdevelop? thanks a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Can't Find Libraries

2010-02-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
could you reinstall? On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.comwrote: Hi; Forgive me asking this question here. I tried the newbies list an hour ago, but I'm just sitting here twiddling my thumbs until I get this resolved...can't do a thing. And it's an easy

Re: [Flashcoders] accessing event dispatchers in a loosely-coupled, modular design

2010-02-23 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
aside from the advice that i got on this message list, i found this article from adobe really useful http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/blueprint.html might help here too best a On 23 Feb 2010, at 17:19, Merrill, Jason wrote: Sort of - but I wouldn't have the controller dispatch

Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?

2010-02-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
msi have a 10in tablet running android coming out (cite http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/msi-shows-off-10-inch-android-tablet-running-new-tegra-chipset/) - looks like it might be this? a On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Paul Andrews wrote: John

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating a XMLList in the source code

2010-02-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
as far as i know, xml list is really designed to be a way of accessing multiple nodes in an xml doc so you would start with an XML object and pull the list from there var xml:XML = users user pos=0 money=123 changed=2 pool=10.20.30 whist1=10.20 whist2=100 / user pos=2 money=-123 changed=4

Re: [Flashcoders] Moock

2010-02-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
good job - time to make it look like a used hooker (that's what mine looks like) good luck a On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote: I got the book! (You can all breathe a collective sigh of relief lol.) Yes, I forgot how essential the O'Reilly books are and yes, I

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
how is it as a music player? a On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:24 AM, John R. Sweeney Jr jr.swee...@comcast.netwrote: I've been a Mac/Apple guy since the Apple IIe and I love the iPhone (several of my friends have them) and I've gotten to use it and take for a spin many, many times. I just got

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO + Flash = any great strategies?

2010-02-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wow i'd like to put this up on our intranet - can i get a link to credit you for this? a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:46 PM, raymondp...@cox.net wrote: Artur, I did some research this morning to unearth the latest best practices. I'll share the results of my findings. I found some

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is that the msi built one? that looked nice On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: What's everyone's take on a possible Google tablet running on Android? Of course, with the Flash Player that Adobe is building for Android. I saw a mockup

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'll usually put output text content in html with a css file in CDATA tags. Anything that describes that content goes into attributes - like jason says, it uses the xml in the most efficient way. i also will use the sorting abilities of xml and xml list (myxml.nodesToSearch.(@attributeToFind ==

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
after linkhopping from one of the links on this thread, i came across this post http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/01/sympathy_for_the_devil.html by john nack from adobe i think it addresses some of the points that have been picked up by this list although it still suffers from the flash = video

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
at 12:39 PM, Alexander Farber alexander.far...@gmail.com wrote: Wrong thread again? I've actually read several AS books :-) On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: i'll usually put output text content in html with a css file in CDATA

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's just not my day.

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
try tracing artistBio.length() (note the () - it's different to array) try also tracing artistBio.toString() and artistBio.toXMLString() a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Ugh! What am I missing here? //XML: var artData:XML = art

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's just not my day.

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
can i also recommend you are a little more verbose with your attribute names? makes the whole thing much more readable a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:27 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: try tracing artistBio.length() (note the () - it's different to array

Re: [Flashcoders] Joining XMLList elements

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hmmm ordinarily i would loop through the list to accomplish what you're trying to do function handleChat(list:XMLList):void { for (var i:int = 0; i list.length(); i++) { trace(list[i]); } } On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Alexander Farber alexander.far...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader error (AS3)

2010-02-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
don't know if it helps but instead of if (pcent0==100) { gotoAndStop(setup); } i would add a listener for Event.COMPLETE a On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Paul Steven paul_ste...@btinternet.comwrote: I am getting the following error in my browser when I load my

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader error (AS3)

2010-02-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
especially as pcent0 is a rounded out number so 99.6% would come out as 100% On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: don't know if it helps but instead of if (pcent0==100) { gotoAndStop(setup); } i

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-31 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
do we know what kind of functionality they're up to? i'd heard fp1 and no as but that was a couple of weeks ago and i don't know how seriously they're working on this a On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Carl Welch carlwelchdes...@gmail.comwrote: OMG! My faith in humanity has been restored!

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
apple will be the closed tablet / smartphone that will never have flash. ever. look out for the android / windows clones that will run flash. apple will do to it's hand-held appliance marketshare what it has done to it's computer marketshare - piss off enough devs that they start talking up the

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware what's this based on? it looks pretty slick to me, for what it is On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com wrote: The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware. The

Re: [Flashcoders] Ideas, Please

2010-01-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
/votekick On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Piers Cowburn m...@pierscowburn.com wrote: Hi Beno, It's on the way over to the list, but I've just posted the part that does the actual explosion, it assumes you've got

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the flashnewbie list was really helpful when i was starting out i'd also recommend http://gotoandlearn.com best a On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Geografiek geograf...@geografiek.nlwrote: Hi Beno, This might help: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashnewbie Willem On

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i've also found the forums at http://actionscript.org pretty useful best a On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.comwrote: Hitting F1 on your keyboard when in Flash is a good resource. --Original Message-- From: beno - Sender:

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
one primitive shape into another which is why they go horribly wrong when anything more complicated is thrown at them best a On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:01 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: i've also found the forums at http://actionscript.org pretty useful

Re: [Flashcoders] Butt-Ugly

2010-01-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if you're doing shape tweens you need to start playing with shape hints. These give you a point which you snap to a point at the start of the tween and then there's a matching one where you'd like that point to finish at the end of the tween. I warn you now - you should do a step and if you like

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework (for non-programmers)

2010-01-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
great alternative thread thanks guys On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: No one needs to learn framework mumbo-jumbo, but if that's how you see frameworks, you're missing the point. The point of using a framework is to be able to spend less time

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
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 allandt bik-elliott

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:09 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework Hi

Re: [Flashcoders] Using MVC for a site framework

2010-01-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:05 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re

[Flashcoders] Gordon: Flash in javascript runtime

2010-01-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
You guys probably already know about this but it blew my mind http://www.metafilter.com/88307/Adobe-Flash-Gordon It only supports swf v1 at the moment but it's a really interesting idea and a GREAT hack... and it works on the iPhone best a ___

[Flashcoders] What is your policy on loading files?

2010-01-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys I'm re-looking at my microsite building engine and rewriting it for MVC but something is bothering me that i was hoping to get a consensus on. How do you load your (micro)sites? Do you: 1 load the entire site at the start by loading a single xml file and trawling it for assets 2 load the

Re: [Flashcoders] can I get some recommendations for development tools?

2009-12-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
flashdevelop + flash cs3 / flex 3 sdk On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Steven loe stevenloe5...@yahoo.com wrote: FDT is a well-liked dev tool. Not cheap. But worth it On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:21 AM, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote: Flash CS4 FlashDevelop -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flashcoders] .fla in Flex/Flash builder

2009-12-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
you can embed swf files into a flex app check this out http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=embed_4.html#175759 http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=embed_4.html#175759 best ax On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:53 PM, ktt kestuti...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, I

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott
you will never want to as2 again ax On 8 Dec 2009, at 22:36, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Greg, I see your point. I am more familiar with AS2, so oops. I will be migrating soon. I promise. Karl On Dec 8, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Greg Ligierko wrote: I don't think, because braces are not required

Re: [Flashcoders] how clearInterval in AS2 when swf unloaded from parent

2009-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott
hi just trawling through the posts and don't know if you managed to fix this problem if you're having problems with unreferenced variables in as2, there is always the _global object to fall back on. It's not a good thing to use all the time but basically you can attach a property and

Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yep - same in as2 and as3 On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: BTW, what is the point of braces if you dont need them, except the separation of your code part. Are they needed in some situations over others? Braces let you build a code block containing

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