[Flashcoders] Flex sdk set up question

2009-04-27 Thread Dave Segal
Sorry to ask a Flex question here but I'm sure one of you knows the answer or at least can point me to the place I can find the answer. I am using Flex builder to build a pure AS project. I have been using the 3.0 sdk without a problem. When I updated the SDK to in order to build a Flash 10

[Flashcoders] Document class constructor

2009-04-16 Thread Dave Segal
What is the order of execution for the document class constructor. The behavior seems inconsistent. For example, when I load my swf independently calling this.loaderInfo.url in the constructor returns the correct url. However, the same thing returns null if my swf is loaded by another swf. Is

[Flashcoders] id3 runtime error

2009-04-02 Thread Dave Segal
I have a bug that is driving me nuts. I am loading an mp3 file from the same server as my swf. About 1 in 30 tries when trying to reading the id3 tags after the ID3 event I get a runtime error telling me I need to load the crossdomain policy file in order to access the tags. I tried setting the

[Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload

2008-10-17 Thread Dave Segal
The new Flash 10 security restriction on file upload and lack of backward compatibility is killing me. What was Adobe thinking unleashing this nightmare and breaking working applications? Is there any quick fix for this besides recoding old swfs? ___

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload

2008-10-17 Thread Dave Segal
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload

2008-10-17 Thread Dave Segal
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload

2008-10-17 Thread Dave Segal
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[Flashcoders] GC-ing a SharedObject

2008-08-26 Thread Dave Segal
I have a large scale project I am working on that needs to be loaded and unload so of course I am running into the dreaded AS3 garbage collection mess. I've tracked down the problem to a local SharedObject of a particular class. The destructor of said class closes the SharedObject (even though

[Flashcoders] Object vs *

2008-08-08 Thread Dave Segal
What is the difference between typing an instance as * and typing it as Object? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] webcam issues

2008-07-31 Thread Dave Segal
I am having a number of issues with the Camera class. Most seriously, it crashes the browser on some computers when I call getCamera() or Camera.names. It doesn't seem to be a browser issue as my simple test crashes both IE and FF on the same computers. Anyone know why this would happen?

RE: [Flashcoders] webcam issues

2008-07-31 Thread Dave Segal
No Kensington peripherals that I know of on either cpu here that crashes. It seems like a general problem with the Camera implementation in the Flash player but strangely I can't find any documentation of the issue on the web or in the Adobe bug db. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] Flash Player security hole

2008-05-27 Thread Dave Segal
Does anyone have more info on this? What is the flaw and what can we do to protect our users? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146343/new_adobe_flaw_being_ used_in_attacks_says_symantec.html ___ Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] as3 namespace question

2008-05-14 Thread Dave Segal
Thanks for the response Erik. Yes, I am aware that compiling the entire base class of another swf is problematic. I was just trying to simplify things for the example. If the idea works I will to use an interface as a public api to the loaded swf. Anyway, I am very interested in seeing your

[Flashcoders] as3 namespace question

2008-05-09 Thread Dave Segal
I posted about this before and didn't receive and answer but it is still causing me issues so I am trying again. I need to load an swf from one server that is a member of some class. For example: http://server1.mydomain.com/load_me.swf that uses the Document class

[Flashcoders] to mac or not to mac

2008-03-14 Thread Dave Segal
It's time for me to get a new computer and I have heard so many horror stories about Vista that I am thinking of switching to Mac. What tools are people using to develop on the Mac. I mostly Flash IDE, FlexBuilder, FlashDevelop, SWFMill, SWFDump, HaXe, FlashTracer - are these available on Mac?

RE: [Flashcoders] LoaderContext question

2008-03-07 Thread Dave Segal
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Dave Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to load an swf from one server that is a member of some class. For example: http://server1.mydomain.com/load_me.swf that uses the Document class com.mydomain.componet.LoadMe.as. I want to be able to load

[Flashcoders] LoaderContext question

2008-03-06 Thread Dave Segal
I need to load an swf from one server that is a member of some class. For example: http://server1.mydomain.com/load_me.swf that uses the Document class com.mydomain.componet.LoadMe.as. I want to be able to load this swf from different server, say http://server2.mydomain.com/load_stuff.swf,

[Flashcoders] frame rate guidelines

2008-02-22 Thread Dave Segal
Are there any general guidelines about what frame rate to use when publishing an swf? Also, are there any techniques for adjusting the frame rate of an swf at runtime? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] AVM1 loadMovie problems

2007-12-17 Thread Dave Segal
I am having some problems loading multiple Flash 8 movies into Flash 9. I understand that this not recommended and that is preferred to work with all Flash 9/AS 3 content. Here is the situation. I have 2 Flash 8 swfs, let's call these f8loader1.swf and f8loader2.swf. Both of these swfs

[Flashcoders] System.as vs System.security

2007-04-09 Thread Dave Segal
I asked a question about this on Friday with no response but here goes again this time with more details. It seems like the Flash compiler is choking on the System class when I delete the ASO cache and compile. Here is all the code in my test fla: System.security.allowDomain(

[Flashcoders] compiler error from System class

2007-04-07 Thread Dave Segal
Someone on my team keeps getting compiler errors like this. **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\Smyer\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Classes\FP8\System\security.as: Line 7: The name of this class, 'System.security', conflicts with the name of another class

RE: [Flashcoders] Detecting embedded domain?

2007-03-13 Thread Dave Segal
Someone else on this list hooked me up with this a while back. It works as long as JavaScript is not restricted on the pages your swf is embedded on (see mySpace). var embedded_domain:String = flash.external.ExternalInterface.call(eval, location.href); -Original Message- From:

[Flashcoders] Security error tried to access incompatible context

2007-01-23 Thread Dave Segal
I have local file that is loading a remote file. The remote file sends a number of events to the file that loads it. I have System.security.allowDomain in the loading file set to allow the domain of the file that is loaded. Events are received, everything works, no problem. But, I keep getting

[Flashcoders] Re: swf and referring domain

2006-11-16 Thread Dave Segal
docs; it has a nice diagram to illustrate things. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/2647.html On 11/16/06, Dave Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to find the domain of the page that loads my swf. For example, someone embeds an swf served from my server

[Flashcoders] RE: swf and referring domain

2006-11-16 Thread Dave Segal
Thanks for the response Joey. I actually tried a similar method before that almost worked. From Flash I did this - getURL(javascript:document.mySWF.SetVariable('referringDomain',document.loc ation.host)); The problem I ran into was that in IE as soon as this line executes the page stops

[Flashcoders] swf and referring domain

2006-11-15 Thread Dave Segal
Is there a way to find the domain of the page that loads my swf. For example, someone embeds an swf served from my server on their www.myspace.com http://www.myspace.com/ page. Is there is way for me to determine that the request is coming from myspace.com at runtime? A search of the archive