Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Datagrid cell focus
> I think this question may be in the archives. Have you checked there? Not > positive how to get there, just know one exists. > Might post your question again as many flash devs are not paying attention to > the list as much anymore, but peek in from > time to time. They probably just missed it or because it's a data grid > question, be hiding from it. :P The archives don't work since the last server migration, unfortunately. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools
>> Take it easy, Oren. There is no spam I've seen. It looks like something got >> corrupted in my reply, but that's hardly spam. I'm posting from a Caribbean >> island, and there might be some transmission problems-- this is a small, >> less-visited island. > > Isn't TCP supposed to prevent that? It will either fail the transfer or > correct the error, never let corrupted data pass. Sure, but TCP isn't an application protocol. SMTP servers can screw up encodings, content, etc. So, in theory, Kerry could have been using a local SMTP server that was misconfigured in some way. That said, this didn't happen here. What happened is Kerry saw the Hebrew characters in Oren's response, and guessed that something got screwed up. Those characters are perfectly valid within Oren's response though. I may not know much about Flash, but this is more my kind of thing. Too bad it's completely OT. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools
> Oren, what's your problem?? Apparently, he was unable to unsubscribe himself and unwilling to ask for help. I've unsubscribed him. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)
> To all problems that Flash has I found new. > I tested some flash sites in Windows 8 Metro and found that some pages with > flash sites does not play. Adobe.com plays well. What reason can be for > other sites? > Some sites said you need to upgrate you Flash player if they use swfobject, > some just nothing show. Did you check this page? http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-8.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)
> Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this > but for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff? We do not. I personally tend to just rely on StackExchange for JS questions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)
> Our key learning event for 2013 will be O'Reilly's Fluent Conference in San > Francisco in May I'd second Fluent, based on feedback I got about the last one. I didn't attend myself, though. Once you have a specific toolset, you might find other, more directed, conferences. For example, we do a lot of stuff with Sencha (Touch, EXT-JS, EXT for GWT, Sencha Designer) and they have their own conference called, appropriately enough, SenchaCon. On an unrelated note, I recommend you check out Sencha Designer, which is shaping up to be a very nice tool. You might also want to check out Google I/O - although this is certainly not a JS conference, they do cover a lot of technologies that rely heavily on JS. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] remove from list
Use the link at the bottom of each list message to remove yourself. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 05:28, Studio aan de Werf wrote: > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Should I use BlazeDS for this?
> When we have network slowdowns, polling sometimes fails and the > project hangs. Is Blaze/LiveCycle well behaved on thin networks? Is it > more robust than polling under these conditions? To add to Henrik's answer, LiveCycle supports async (push) via RTMP, but BlazeDS doesn't include RTMP support. It does support HTTP "long-polling", which is about as efficient as you get without actual async communication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology#Long_polling Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash
> I was more curious that you said you get those controls by default and I've > never seen that, except in Reader. Well, normally when you serve a PDF, the browser hands it off to a "helper" application, and usually that's Adobe Reader. Reader is then opened within the browser. This behavior is becoming a bit less common, as Chrome can render PDFs directly, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash
> > Normally, when you load a PDF in HTML, you get those controls by default. > > Well I know of no way to import a PDF inside of a swf, AIR app or projector. > Can you enlighten me, please? I don't know if I can. As I stated earlier, I've seen this with LiveCycle Workspace, which is a Flex app that loads PDFs. You can read all about that application here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/customizeworkspaceui.pdf I suspect it uses HTML to load the PDFs, as I mentioned earlier, but am not entirely sure. You can download Workspace and view the source code by downloading the evaluation or developer version of LiveCycle server - you'll probably have to install it, which is kind of a pain, but you should be able to download it for free. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash
> Thank you. I've done HTMLLoader in AS3 and AIR, but they want more control. > The typical Reader controls. Normally, when you load a PDF in HTML, you get those controls by default. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] PDF files in Flash
> Has anyone heard of or has done this before? > > I have a client that wants a Flash app and one of the requirements is to be > able to pull PDF's into the interface. There > are some 80 different PDFs and he use to have a app built in Director using > the PDF Xtra from Integration. I loves the > application and wants to make in Flash now, but can't find any info on the > web about PDF's inside of Flash. > > Any ideas or suggestions? I don't remember exactly how this is done, but I know it's doable - the LiveCycle Workspace is a Flex application that does exactly this. It may open an HTML page to do it, though, I'm not sure. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)
> I remember reading a very thorough Flash blog article > on the problem of loading data from a server repeatedly > and then merging it (removing gone data, adding new data, > changing chaged items) into an Array which served as > data provider to a Flash List component - like a year ago. > > And now I'm struglling with a similar problem. > This time it is a Flex List component, > but I think the solution would be almost same - > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8706153/merge-sorted-data-into-arraycollection > > Any hints or pointers to that blog entry I can't find anymore? Just took a quick look at the SO link. First, if possible, can you use something like LCDS or BlazeDS that can kind of just handle this for you? Second, if you want to manually iterate through the list to check the status of items, remove them, etc, do it backwards. This will keep your iterator from getting screwed up if you, say, delete the item at that index location. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] webcam wackiness...
> I recently developing an AR apps and my clients also face the same problem. > I asked them to update their flash player to 10.3.183.7 > > Check MAC flash player version by visiting the page - > http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ I'm using the latest FP version, and Tom's link didn't work for me. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] webcam wackiness...
> i want to confirm that this... > > http://46.4.226.29/camtest/ > > does not work on a mac, and in chrome 14 beta on the pc? It didn't work on my Mac (Lion, latest version of Chrome stable). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid: save multidim arrayfrom Flash to mySQL with PHP
> Do you mean that is it not possible to send an array from Flash to PHP in
> this way:
>
> private function validateAndSend(e:MouseEvent):void {
> form_variables = new URLVariables();
>...
> form_variables.VALUES = myMultiDimArray;
> form_varLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> completeLoadHandler);
> form_varLoader.load(form_varSend);
> }
That would send a single form field, VALUES, with a single value
containing something that's not a string. But sending data via HTTP
requires that you use strings. In the simplest case, you'd at least
have to convert the array to a string to store it within the single
form field. This kind of thing is a fairly common problem with web
applications - you typically have to serialize your data to send via
HTTP, then deserialize the sent data to use it as an object that's not
a string.
Normally, as an occasional Flex guy, I end up using AMF which includes
serialization/deserialization functionality to handle this for you.
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Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid: save multidim arrayfrom Flash to mySQL with PHP
> My problem is how to fetch my $_POST['VALUES'], which is the > multi-dimensional array: > > myArray[0["id"] > myArray[0]["name"] > myArray[0]["description"] > > ... > > etc. I'm not a PHP expert, but in general you can't really submit an array as form data directly to a CGI program. You have to post name-value pairs - if you have a set of array values, they'd simply end up having the same name and different values (like a checkbox array in HTML, for example). In your case, things are a bit more complicated because you have an array of structs, basically, so you'll need to convert those to a bunch of individual name-value pairs in order to submit them to a CGI program. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Explore the complete list archives
> Thanks for the link, > > It's not the same as the appears on auto-signature of the list. No, the link at the bottom of the list lets you manage your membership and options. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Explore the complete list archives
> Anyone knows how to view the entire archives of this list? http://www.mail-archive.com/flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Array Limit
> And to get the last point var point = myarray[myarray.length -1] OK, I misread the question and didn't subtract 1 as a result. D'oh! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Array Limit
> I want to have an array of x,y I use array of object like this > var arr:Array=new Array > arr[0]=new Object() > arr[0].x=10 > arr[0].y=22 > > .. > I have 4000 or more point because i want to save point of draw wave tore draw > it . i use array to save point > what is Array limit Straight from the docs: "Indexed arrays use an unsigned 32-bit integer for the index number. The maximum size of an indexed array is 232 - 1 or 4,294,967,295. An attempt to create an array that is larger than the maximum size results in a run-time error." > and is there better way to do it I don't know. An array seems suitable to me. > how can i emty array to use it again ? If you want to reuse it, just redeclare it. If you want it to be garbage-collected (you don't want to reuse it), things become a bit more complicated I think. > how can i get last point arr[arr.length] I'll add that I'm not a Flash developer, although I work with Flex some, so others may have better answers. But all of the questions you asked are easily Googleable. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] mx.logging package?
> Any idea where I can get the mx.logging package? Is it an intrinsic or what? > As3 corelib is dependant on it. It's part of the Flex framework, and is automatically included in Flex 3 projects. You can install the Flex 3.x SDK, then reference this directory: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\flash-integration\ (your version number will probably be the latest 3.x SDK rather than 3.0.0, actually) Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] job posting ok here?
> if not where? Relevant job posts are acceptable. Thanks for asking first, though! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ASyncToken - How does it work / Alternatives
> Q1: > How does ASyncToken work? > What is being stored and is it being held by flash, the browser?, sent to > the server and returned? > Does it need server side support/browser support/anything else that I need > to worry about outside of actionscript? It's pretty simple, really, as I understand it. The application simply "fingerprints" the request - I'm not sure exactly what it looks at to do this, but I haven't had to since it seems to work very well - and creates an object corresponding to that unique request. The value is stored by the browser, the server doesn't know anything about it. It doesn't need server-side or browser support, it's built into Flash Player. > Q2: > Are there alternatives to ASyncToken that don't depend on flex? I don't see why you couldn't roll your own here, assuming you can figure out how to "fingerprint" a request. I only do Flex though, so I can't really give you a straight answer to this question. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How do I create a CDATA node using AS2?
> In the xml node itself, the nodes content wrapped CDATA in the XML or the > result of that node wrapped in CDATA in flash? > > > CDATA is not valid for XML attribute values. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Vedanayagam G has invited you to use Google Talk
> Doesn't this qualify as spam? Not really. It indicates the poster doesn't understand how address books work, etc. But that is a forgivable (if tauntable) offense. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Strange Behavior with an email link
Hi! I'm the list administrator. You may post questions, but: - only once, - and not within a thread started by someone else. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] What is up with adobes documentation?
> Every time I do a big search I seem to get a LOT of as2 links and when I add > as3 into the search terms I keep getting links to either a page offering up > a bunch of generic documentation pages (ie not direct links to the class I'm > looking for) or I get class documentation pages that are only half full. > Seriously do a search on the livedocs site for the flvplayback class, its > shocking especially in light of the fact that there is no longer any local > docs installed with the software any more I use Livedocs quite a bit - mostly for ColdFusion - and if you do searches directly from Google you tend to get older Livedocs content just because it's been around longer. For example, if I just type a CFML tag into a Google search, the first Livedocs hit will likely be for CF 7 or even 6 - the current version is 9. And this isn't just an issue with Adobe's documentation. I see it all the time with other documentation - even Google's own documentation. I do a lot of work with the Google Search Appliance, and my first documentation hit for a search on that typically goes to a pretty old version of the appliance. Fortunately, a little Google-fu goes a long way here. You can use helpful search operators to help filter your search to newer document sets. For example, with CF, I can add this to my search: site:livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/9 And of course, you can automate this pretty easily in a variety of ways. > What is going on with this? With people (rightly or wrongly) bashing flash > in favour of the yet untried html5 spec, adobe can ill afford this kind of > crap support for the flash platform. I think you're making a big leap from one thing to the other here. Flash detractors don't care about the state of Adobe's documentation. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Thought some one would like this online book
> > ww.scribd.com/Flash-As3-Programming/d/19382007 > > Nice. I had to search "Flash AS3 Programming" once I got to the > site--the link redirected me to their home page. > > Once I got to the book, though, it looks nice. Just add the missing w to "ww.scribd.com" and it'll take you to the right page. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 / OOP training
> I'm looking for a quality AS3 / OOP training program. I'm (pathetically) > still writing everything in AS2, and have only a vague > understanding of OOP. In my experience it's difficult to find training > suitable for somebody at my level - not a newbie, but far from > an expert. Anybody have any suggestions? I'm thinking a 3 to 5 day program, > and I'm in the Greater Boston area, so preferably > around here, but I can travel if necessary. I'd suggest this. It's not running in the Boston area right now: http://training.figleaf.com/courses/Flash_ActionScript.cfm Of course, I'm a bit biased, but it gets positive reviews from students. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?
Hi, I'm the list admin. > My forum post is to provide information, it turns into a spam when the > amount of information it provides is reduced to 0 and becomes a war of words. This list has a fairly narrow focus. It's about Flash coding. Posts about how to use the Flash IDE are off-topic. Information that is useful in one place or context, may well be noise in another place. Unless this is a tool is something you use to write ActionScript or MXML, this is not the place to be talking about it. While we may not adhere to this high standard as well as we should, we do try, and I don't want to start going in the other direction. > So, this is absolutely my last post. If you do this again, yes, this will be your last post. Please don't do this again. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Call method by name: A few questions...
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking for. > 1. How to call com.google.maps.controls.* methods by name? new com.google.maps.controls.ZoomControl(); > 2. Is it bad practice to pass an array to a setter? Not if you have a property of the object that is an array. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AIR for Android - video on mobile problem.
> Firstly, would anyone know if there is a list similar to flashcoders > specifically for AIR for Android questions? I don't know if there's one just for AIR on Android. But there is a good AIR list, called AIR-Tight. http://groups.google.com/group/air-tight?hl=en Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] How to utilize this code:public staticconst: Needhelp understanding...
> Yeah, people need to turn off their boilerplate signatures. That's not how boilerplate signatures work. I strongly doubt Jason has the ability to disable them. He could use a personal address instead of his work address, but there are plenty of reasons for him not to do that, I'm sure. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] test
> > And along the same lines, what's going on with feeds.adobe.com? That's > > been down for weeks! > > They're aware of the situation and are working on it. Aaaand it's back! At least, that's what the Adobe folks told me. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] test
> And along the same lines, what's going on with feeds.adobe.com? That's been > down for weeks! They're aware of the situation and are working on it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Components With Pure ActionScript
> Ok, a follow-up question. You can use Flash components in a Flex AS3 > project, can't you? Yes, you can. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Call to a possibly undefined method inflate through a reference with static type flash.utils:ByteArray
>> No, I think Dave has a valid point - if my ByteArray _bytes >> is null - because a socket read has thrown an exception, >> then the compiler might be able to recognize it (same is in Java). > > The compiler does not know that an exception has been thrown. That's runtime > events. Exceptions are not checked in actionscript, so the compiler MAY NOT > raise any errors. In general, I think Henrik is more likely to be correct about Actionscript than I am. I've been doing a lot of Java programming lately, where you do have checked exceptions, but I'm off the mark here. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Call to a possibly undefined method inflate through a reference with static type flash.utils:ByteArray
> I'm trying to compress XML data being exchanged via Socket with a Perl > backend and after taking several hurdles, I'm stuck at this error message: > > 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method inflate through > a reference with static type flash.utils:ByteArray. In your code, if there's nothing to read, your exception handlers fall through after calling handleTcpError. At compile time, the compiler has no guarantee that there'll be anything in the byte array. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 where to put tween engines etc?
> It's much better if you keep all classes and libraries local to the project, > even if it means 'clogging' up drive space with copies of the same thing. > This ensures that > > A) projects are portable, as you can pack/move them all from the same source > without having to care about dependencies; and > B) you don't depend on library versioning, where one update in project X can > break project Y silently This sounds like a job for symlinks. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Bounce Backs
> Does anyone else get these every time that they post to the list (as I do)? > > If so, would it make any sense to remove them? I've unsubscribed them. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Fwd: Looking for Flash/Web Designer! Great
> This is meant to be a Flash coders list. When did it become a job-seeker site > which apparently specializes in underpaid web > developer jobs? Most developers I know are very busy people who do not need > their time wasted by spurious, inappropriate posts > to the list. We generally allow job postings, and they're not very common, so we'll probably continue to do so. If the number of postings increase to an unacceptably high level, or the consensus of the list changes, we may revisit that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] parsing multi-dimensional array
> I think I still don't understand the big trick of value objects. :-(
There really isn't any trick. Maybe that's the trick!
Simply put, a value object is just a container for a bunch of related
properties. Say you wanted to talk about people in your program. You'd
define the properties of a person, and incorporate those properties
within a class that contains nothing but those properties. You'd use
the appropriate data types for each property, of course:
[Bindable]
public class Person {
public var firstName:String;
public var lastName:String;
public var age:Number;
}
Then, when you wanted to talk about a group of people, you'd create
one instance of Person for each person in the group, and store it in
an Array or ArrayCollection. The advantage of this over just using
multidimensional arrays is that you get strict typing and
easier-to-read code.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
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Re: [Flashcoders] Database Centric with Flash Builder 4 and Without the Flex Framework
> I have a simple question regarding the latest Flash Builder 4. > Based on viewing some recent demos, I am aware the latest Flash Builder 4 > has some quick solutions for generating data server connections with the > click of a button. > Is it possible to build a database application, e.g. PHP and MySQL with > pure Action script 3.0 and the latest Flash Builder 4 aforementioned feature, > without using the Flex framework? The remoting classes are part of the Flex framework, so I don't think so. You can build Flex applications just using AS 3 without MXML, but they'd still require the Flex class library. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] test
> Am I bouncing? I can't see whether you are or not. But your email isn't bouncing. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Haven't seen emails since 8/16
> Testing to see if the list is working. It seems to be. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS) & Moodle
> (2) Whether it is PHP or ColdFusion, if someone already has or can > recommend a sample code of Actionscript 3.0 only (w/o Flex) for synching the > local > database SQlite to the server and vs from the server back to the local > database, that would be appreciated and compensated. This is basically built into CF 9: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSAFE323E5-CA8B-429e-BC1C-450DA839D705.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS)
> I was going to suggest Moodle as well, but it doesn't work offline as > far as I know, so this wouldn't seem to help his need at all. But then > I saw there is some development of "Offline Moodle" - perhaps this is > worth looking into and seeing if it could be integrated with AIR: > http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Offline_Moodle Well, I think you could build an AIR app that stores learning objects and scores offline until a connection is available, without any specific server-side functionality. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS)
>> Well, ColdFusion is much better than PHP! >> >> But more seriously, > > I hope that you are joking, as you seem to be implying. Actually, no, but this isn't the time or the place to rise to the defense of ColdFusion I suppose. As far as the original poster goes, he'd be better served using whatever he already knows best, I think, if he can't use something off the shelf like Moodle. If he already knows PHP, he should use that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Developing Simplified Learning Management System (LMS)
> Currently, for the server side I am leaning toward PHP and MySQL. If > required and more beneficial I would consider Cold Fusion. Well, ColdFusion is much better than PHP! But more seriously, instead of using either, have you looked into implementing an existing LMS like Moodle? This would allow you to use standard APIs like SCORM for your learning objects. > As I have not done anything with Flex and Flash Builder4, I am wondering > whether I should start learning it to accomplish this task. Flex programming is quite a bit different from traditional Flash programming, so it couldn't hurt to learn a bit about that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Using Flash Clients for capacity testing
> My suspicion is that the flash runtime and network stack is too inefficient > to really utilise available hardware compared to a lower > level language or framework.. I wouldn't necessarily say "inefficient", but there are far easier approaches. The typical load testing approach is to use a single client, and record that client's interaction with the server. Once that's done, the recording becomes the basis of a script that you'd run from within the load testing tool. I believe there's a load testing tool that supports AMF, but if you're not using AMF than you don't even have to worry about that - just use a standard load testing tool that can record all interaction between the client and the server. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex not playing in browser
> I have a better solution, courtesy of Mark Jonkman, the best Flex > programmer I know (I suspect Colin Holgate is right up there with > Mark, but I haven't seen him work in Flex). > > This is for Windows only--there may be a similar process on the Mac, > but I don't know it. I've also only done this with FB4, and I don't > know if it will work with earlier versions of FB. > > In the control panel, open Administrative Tools and run Internet > Information Services Manager. In rhe panel on the left, drill down to > Default Web Site. > > Right-click and choose Manage Web Site -> Advanced Settings. Dbl-click > Physical Path and browse to your Flex project. Click Ok. > > Still in the Default Web Site window, dbl-click HTTP Response Headers. > On the right, click the "Set Common Headers" link and click Expire Web > Content immediately. The proces will work without this, but I think it > forces the browser to refresh. > > Now, directly from Flex, select your project and run or debug it. It > will run in the browser, as if it were online. If you have break > points set, it will drop into the debugger midstream. In case of a > crash, you can click on the debug tab and see the call stack, get the > current value of variables and expressions, and the like. There seem to me to be a few issues here. First, it's not clear that Ted is using Flash Builder. If he is, he should be able to just click the Run button and it'll run his content within a browser. Second, you don't need a web server to develop Flex applications (although you'll probably need a web server to develop server-side APIs for your Flex applications). But the Flex application itself can be launched directly from Flash Builder using a browser without having a web server - the browser will have a "file://" URL. Third, simply configuring your web server to point to your project directory won't change how Flash Builder launches your project. For that, you need to configure your Flex project itself to use a web server. And if you do configure Flash Builder that way, you can simply have it copy your debug (and release) SWFs to a specific directory on your web server, without any reconfiguration of the web server. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and Domino
> Anyone have tips on how to integrate Flash and Domino - basically looking to > update Domino fields from a Flash interface Domino supports web services: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/nd7-webservices/ In Flex, it's fairly straightforward to consume SOAP services via the WebService object. I don't know enough about Flash to recommend the best option there, but if you can consume SOAP services in Flash you should be all set. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flex
> Any good flex tutorials online for beginners? Sure! Have you looked at the ones on the Adobe Devnet site? http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ Flex is way easier than regular Flash programming! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Video encoding service
> We have a client need to allow users to record their own podcast with their > webcam but don't want to shell out for Flash Media > Interactive Server. Thoughts, recommendations? Link to thread in archive? > Options we're exploring - Adobe Connect hosted solution? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Adobe Air Marketplace
> Sorry for the OT post - however i was just wondering what your experiences > with the Adobe Air marketplace have been like? If you don't get a good answer here, you might want to post on the AIR-Tight list - lots of Adobe folks on it: http://groups.google.com/group/air-tight?hl=en Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] access/search archives
> I haven't attempted to access the FlashCoders archives for some time - since > just after they were hacked, I think maybe four years ago(?) All I found was > flashNewbie archives, and no search capability. Is that all there is?? Yeah, that's all there is. I've been meaning to migrate the list to Google Groups, but simply haven't had the time. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] searching a string
> If I had a string: > > Leadership > > And I was comparing a word: > > Leader > > How could I have the comparison show it as true since the string Leader is in > Leadership? > > Does this even make sense?? So if I was comparing Swim and Leadership it > would be false but Leader and Leadership would be > true... kind of like if I did a SQL statement such as: > > .fieldName LIKE "%Leader%" AS, like JavaScript, has a built-in library of string functions. Most of them have the same names and work the same as they do in JavaScript. The indexOf function lets you search for the existence of a substring. http://www.foundation-flash.com/tutorials/stringfunctions2/ I'm not sure why everyone else is recommending the use of regular expressions, which seem massive overkill for what you're trying to do. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] security notice: upgrade your flash player
> Someone threw me these links about it. > > http://qoop.org/security/poc/cve-2010-1297/ > http://ganjanet.org/flash0day.06092010.tgz (all the files) I'm not sure I'd recommend going to the first one of those unless you're running in a VM - it appears to be doing more than just crashing your browser. But it does crash your browser all right. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RIA Secure Coding
> Thanks Dave, this is probably why my head hurts. I guess I'm pretty > interested in > security specific to flash player and how it can be attacked. Right, but for the most part this doesn't have anything to do with developers. As a developer, I can build applications that use the features of the Flash Player, but presumably they're going to use those features in a responsible way. Most Flash Player-specific security issues are end-user issues: an end-user might run someone else's application which is intentionally designed to do malicious things. The same thing happens with PDFs: as a developer I might build PDF forms, for example, but I'm not going to try to compromise the client that uses them. But end-users may well download PDFs intentionally designed to do just that. So, in summary, as a developer, you need to assume that your client-side code can be completely viewed by an attacker, and you need to secure the server-side calls made by that code just like you would with an HTML interface. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] RIA Secure Coding
> This one is for all the RIA developers on the list. I haven't really seen > secure coding > widely addressed here but was hoping someone had knowledge that could get me > started. > > I'm leading effort to develop flash coding standards in corporate environment > so there > are fewer (or no) security risks and so there's a knowledge base of what to > look for. I > gather that this is not an exciting topic for FC but I have to do a thorough > job > documenting vulnerabilities, best practices, common pitfalls. > > I'm hoping someone here has had to wrestle with security for financial app or > hotel > booking... I understand that the player itself is the main concern but I > don't know how > it can be hacked... I don't even want to google 'hacking flash' for fear an > adobe goon will > hunt me down (and take my iPod touch). > > Any of you familiar with OWASP? I have to write a report based on these top > ten > vulnerabilities (link). > > I can see the value but it hurts my web designer brain :^) > http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project Well, honestly, most of these issues don't really have anything to do with Flash, Flex or AIR. They're issues that you face with any server-side web application. The server-side web application that your RIA client invokes has to be secure from those common vulnerabilities listed in OWASP's Top Ten list. As for the other issues that aren't really server-side, like XSS and CSRF, your RIA will be more likely to be safe than a standard AJAX HTML application interface - especially if it's an AIR application running completely outside of a browser instance that may be used for other things as well as your application. I wouldn't worry about running those Google searches, anyway. Adobe's had to let go of their goon squad due to budgetary cutbacks. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] problem with import mx.controls.Alert
> Thanks, Eric. So I guess none of the mx.controls are for Flash but, rather, > are all for Flex? Yes, they are part of the Flex class libraries. You may be able to use them in Flash directly, but that's not their design intent. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Rede social une usuários do mundo acadêmico
> Oh boy... here we go again. > Anyone got a spanglish dictionary I could use? > Sounds like something big. They used the word grande. > How do you type an upside-down question mark??? Gmail prompts me to translate it from Portuguese, so I suspect that's the dictionary you'd want to use. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dylan responds to e-mails at 12pm and 4pm. (Auto-Response)
>> Dave likes his chicken spicy! > > Sounds kinky ;-) No, sounds Costanza: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jimmy Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dylan responds to e-mails at 12pm and 4pm. (Auto-Response)
> Dylan refers to himself in the third person and has turned on this annoying > feature in his email client that spams this list with auto-responses > containing information that none of its recipients give a hoot about. Two > good reasons to black-list him until he desists from inflicting at least one > of the aforementioned offenses. Dave has disabled mail sending from the list to Dylan's account. Dave doesn't care if Dylan refers to himself in the third person. Dave likes his chicken spicy! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dylan responds to e-mails at 12pm and 4pm. (Auto-Response)
Dylan, you've had your Flashcoders mail turned off until you fix your autoresponder. You can log in and reenable mail reception when you're ready. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:05, wrote: > Hello Friends and Colleagues, > > In order to continuously focus my attention on the large projects I am > working on, I am currently checking and responding to e-mail twice daily, at > 12pm PST and 4pm PST. > > If you require immediate assistance (please ensure it is urgent and it cannot > wait until either 12pm or 4pm) please contact me via phone at 323-963-3307. > > Thank you for understanding this move to a more productive work flow. > > Dylan Fergus > > o 323 963 3307 > > dy...@ontheriverent.com > > www.ontheriverent.com > > www.flooredandlifted.com > > www.dylanfergus.com > > This message and any attached documents contain information that may be > confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you > may not read, copy, distribute, or use this information. If you have received > this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply > e-mail and then delete this message. > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads
> Yes the users will have gone through a registration and login to get to the > downloads. > The files will be served from MySQL and output to HTML of Flash. > This is for a small project of limited edition audio or pictures or scripts, > etc. > Hens, "I'd like" to limit each user in the allotted 150 to be able to > download (whatever it is) only once. > But up to 150 users can get in on it kind of thing. I think you'd be better off simply allowing the logged-in users access to the download for a fairly short period of time - a week, or maybe just a couple of days. Downloads can fail, after all. This is the approach that some epublishers use. For example, I buy a decent number of books from Manning. When I buy them, or later when they've been updated, I get an email with a link good for a week. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads
> Limited edition releases. If it can be represented by a sequence of zeroes and ones, I submit to you that it's not a "limited edition". That only really makes sense for physical objects. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads
> I was starting to wrap my head around an idea like this. > Where each user was given a list of available downloads and as they > downloaded, the list got shorter. > Once the list was depleted, no more downloads. > I didn't think about tokens because I have never used them and they seem too > complicated for such a small task. If you're going to have users log in - which you'd need to track the downloads available for a given user - why bother limiting the number of times they can download the file at all? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads
> I see. Would PHP work as that server side language? I am thinking so. > You can create a PHP counter, so... hmmm. Sure, I think it would be very easy to do in PHP. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File Downloads
> How can I go about restricting the number of downloads of a file on my > server? > For Eg: if I want a music track to only be able to be downloaded by 150 > people and thats it.. ever, > how can I go about doing this? You'll need to serve the file through a server-side (CGI) program. That program can read from a counter to see if additional downloads are allowed, then write to the counter after a download has been initiated. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] union 1000-user free licence announced (multiuser dev platform)
> dave, please let me know if this type of announcement is inappropriate for > flashcoders. It's not inappropriate at all. Thanks for posting this! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer
> What if I have two computers? or what if I visualized the image and ran the > app twice? or what if I snoop the protocol? or what if I etc... I could > have a thousand sessions from one system and unless you track it in a db on > the server the user is connecting to, you would never know it. I mentioned all that in the message that you quoted. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer
> ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? There are no client security guarantees for web applications. You can spend a lot of time fighting this, but if someone has enough incentive to circumvent your limitations, they'll do it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer
> I agree on both points. Thanks guys. > What about setting up the lesson api to be an air app? > Would I be able to control this with an air app? Yeah, that should work, as the user will only be able to run one copy of the app at a time unless you specifically design around that. http://www.colettas.org/?p=273 Of course, that wouldn't apply to virtualization or the user having multiple computers, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer
> Let me clarify a little more. How do I prevent multiple logins to my site > from one computer regardless of the user? > So that someone cant open safari and IE and log in to my site using both > browsers on that one computer. > Even if the usernames are different. I don't think you can guarantee this, but you can make it more difficult by looking at the user's IP address. Your web server will make that available as a CGI variable. This however may cause problems for users behind proxies - multiple legitimate users might then share the same IP address - and users can circumvent this by using multiple computers, including virtualized computers. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Line break in dynamic text imported from xml
>> I managed to get this to work by using just as you >> suggested. I hadn't understood that it needed to go inside each of my >> xml tags. > > Just a clarification--it doesn't need to be inside each of your XML > tags. Only the ones that contain text you're going to display, > especially if they have HTML tags like or \n. Well, to clarify the clarification - you need to use CDATA whenever you have contents of an element that may contain unescaped XML metacharacters: <, >, ', ", &. If you don't do this - whether you plan to display the contents or not - and your element contains a metacharacter, the XML parser will be unable to parse the file. Basically, a CDATA block tells the parser to ignore the contents. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Omit Files on Build in Flash Builder
> How do I define which files to omit when the building process occurs in > Flash Builder. > > Flash Builder likes to include every single swf, gif, png. Are any of those files directly included in the file you're building via the Embed directive? If so, they're going to be included in the build process, as they have to be read by the compiler into the output. In other cases, you can define a working set that includes just the resources you want, then uncheck "Build Automatically" and build the working set instead. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Two computers talking using AS3 Socket on same network
> Is it possible to spoof another machine on a single Mac to get around > setting up another box and using a flash drive to push files around for > testing? Sure, I don't see why not, as long as you use different ports. In the worst case, you could definitely do it using a virtualized environment on your Mac. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads
> <http://www.t3.com/news/amazon-mp3-store-launches-android-app?=43281>i > 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 I've used it to download free stuff on Android - if your phone doesn't have Mojo Nixon, your phone could use some fixin' - and it works pretty well. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads
> You said, "Aside from the breadth of the App Store, there really isn't any > advantage that iPhone has over the Android 2.1 phones." > > My point was that iTunes is a pretty compelling conduit for the iPhone. Do > Android phones have such a thing? OK, I see. Well, first, iTunes isn't all that compelling for me (on Windows) beyond the Music Store, which I don't use that much. I really dislike iTunes, because I have frequent sync problems with my 3G iPod. But that's neither here nor there, I guess. Android doesn't come with anything for this "out of the box". You just get the phone, and no desktop software. But DoubleTwist is a good solution. Also, it's dead simple to just mount your Android phone as a generic USB storage device. Finally, there's a plugin for iTunes to let it work with Android phones: http://ita.sourceforge.net/ I haven't used it, so I don't know how well it works. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads
> Wouldn't the mere fact that iTunes as a sync conduit is a pretty decent... > conduit? Makes things pretty simple and even flexible to a certain degree. I'm not sure I understand your question. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads
> The real problem is not market share but "mind share". That is, even > if the proportion of users viewing your site via an iPad is small, the > reaction from clients when they realize their content isnt viewable on > the magical device will be disproportionally large. It becomes > stickier still when you consider that a big percentage of the people > who will use iPads are in the ad/creative/communications world, eg the > same people making decisions and recommendations for whether or not to > use Flash. If you're sitting in a conference room in which 90% of the > people have iPhones and there are a few iPads sitting on the table, > arguing that the percentage of non-Flash users is negligible becomes > tougher. That's definitely how Apple views this, anyway. That's the bet they're making. As a Flash developer, though, you are obviously going to bet the other way, right? Fortunately for us, I don't think that's going to happen. While 90% of the people in the conference room may have iPhones, I haven't seen any indicator that leads me to expect that sort of buy-in for iPads. I was just chatting with a creative director I know - a real Apple zealot - and he told me he didn't see any value in the iPad. The people in the conference room will already have MacBooks, etc, and Flash will work fine on those (once they release a version of Flash Player that uses the new hardware APIs that Apple just released - and that have been around in Windows for ages). And, you know, once people see that Flash can work well on other devices, maybe the iPhone won't be as popular as it is. I'm seeing a few people switch from iPhone to Android (mostly from frustration with ATT, actually). Aside from the breadth of the App Store, there really isn't any advantage that iPhone has over the Android 2.1 phones. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads
> It seems to me that Flash might not be the tool most "threatened" by HTML5, > but rather the PDF format. HTML5 obviously can't > replace all of Flash's capabilities. But, it has all of these new tags that > enhance the accuracy of describing documents. So, > should the Adobe Reader plugin feel more afraid? I don't think either Flash or PDF are seriously threatened by the iPad, really. Even if Apple sells every iPad it makes, this will be a minuscule amount of the market. For every iPad sold, there will be dozens of other devices (netbooks, Android tablets, whatever) sold as well. > On a side note, is the iPad supporting the Reader plugin? The iPad includes some native PDF viewing functionality (apparently fairly hard to get at), and it does support ePub natively - that's the format that it uses for its books. The ePub format is basically a retooled PDF format specifically designed for electronic readers. There are also third-party PDF viewers available for iPad. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative
> I can understand the Quicktime complaints, but what are the common complaints > about iTunes? I've been using iTunes for years (on a PC) and without a doubt I have more problems with it than anything else I use. Actually, I'm not sure it's all iTunes' fault - every so often my iPod locks up during a sync - but iTunes itself is slow, bloated, unresponsive, and ignores every UI convention on Windows. I'm half convinced it's intentionally so bad to convince people to get a Mac to run it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative
> Well, you have a point Paul. But compare and contrast to Microsoft. > Microsoft liked > the Flash client too, so they came up with their own. They never went on an > insult > spree. Apple apparently likes the Flash client too, but they did go on an > insult spree. > That's underhanded to me, and in my personal opinion, not good business form. I'm not sure that Gianduja is intended as an analogue to Flash. It looks more like another JavaScript library to me, and there are plenty of those already. > Yes, of course I agree. But I am concerned that our world is going to get > split in two > now (not that it isn't fragmented already). Isn't the concept for what we do > supposed to > be write once, deploy everywhere? Instead, we're going the route of one for > i* and one > for Android/Flash. Well, that's too bad, but there's nothing to be done about it. Apple strictly controls their mobile device platform, and it's not in their perceived best interest to support Flash. They see this as diluting the value of their platform, and I think they're probably right about this. They're gambling that people will continue developing for their platform, and will develop first for their platform, which will be a disadvantage for competing platforms like Android. Of course, their gamble could be wrong. If you don't like it, I suggest you not develop for the App Store. If enough people do this, the problem will self-correct. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Question about Flash Builder 4
> Ok, I'll bite - where is that setting? Poking around in prefs right now. Project ... Build Automatically. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] CIM Interview Day
> Can you post the following message to the members? Uh, you just did. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash
> 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 games, we want you to play > apple games which we get paid for, especially when we bring out our iAd > platform that will monetise the free apps as well' > > FUD Don Jobbso This is exactly right. It's a business decision - a sound one - but that's all it is. It has nothing to do with "protecting the user experience" etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Quick question about dynamic groupings
> So the personVO.as should look like this:
> package
> {
> class PersonVO
> {
> public var firstName:String;
> public var lastName:String;
> public var phoneNumber:Number;
> public var indicatorColor:uint;
> }
> }
>
> Now I think I understand what you are doing, but I lost to see the benefit
> of the VO over doing it with a generic Object.
Well, from the Flex side, the reason you'd use a custom value object
instead of a generic object is for strongly typed values, compile-time
checking, and code-completion in Flash Builder. I imagine some of
those carry over to regular Flash development.
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Re: [Flashcoders] No-Cache script
> How would I go about insuring quality on a script like this? > By no means am I randomly grabbing codes. The RFCs cover in detail all of the things you can do to control caching with HTTP response headers: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec13.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Quick question about dynamic groupings
> Interesting take - thank you for your feedback. I don't think I would have > considered something like that. I think FB4 will like this approach as well. Yes, FB4 will definitely like this approach. In fact, if you're using ColdFusion as the back end, you can use the wizards in FB4 and CFB (which is bundled with FB4) to generate both the server-side (CF) and client-side (AS3) value object representations by just right-clicking on the database table you want to represent. In addition to the value objects, you'll also get a gateway object in charge of translating the value objects to database rows and vice-versa. Then, using the Data/Services tab, you can generate the service calls to fetch the value objects and you can generate bindings between the value objects and the UI components you use to display them. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash for Android: resources?
Adobe is now accepting applicants for the private beta for FP 10.1 and AIR 2 on Android 2.1: http://androidandme.com/2010/04/news/sign-up-for-flash-player-and-adobe-air-betas-for-android/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob
> No. I am actually looking to see if there is a loophole for using Flash on > an iWhatever in a limited set of circumstances, either as prototyping tool > or as a limited distribution application. I really don't know if an > alternative "open" SDK yet exists or some kind of alternative open toolset > exists that could make Adobes cross-compilation efforts at all usable. It appears that Adobe is pulling their iPxx tools: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/adobe-throws-in-the-towel-on-flash-for-iphone-20100421/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash & Google
> In the case that Flash is driven by dynamic content dependent on user > interaction, I don't see how such a criteria of "similar content" can > reasonably be applied. Most web applications that I work on, that have HTML interfaces, also have dynamic content. Presumably, you'd have the same dynamic content whether you're delivering it via Flash or AJAX. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Flash & Google
> Isn't that kind of thing considered "unfair" play and penalized by search > engines if discovered? It depends on how it's done, exactly. If you have very similar content within Flash and within the alternative HTML you serve, it's not considered "cloaking": http://www.cnet.com/8301-13530_1-9748159-28.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe¹s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler
> Not that Apple necessarily is a monopoly, but they are talking like one. The key is, they have to actually be one to be subject to meaningful regulation on what they do here. There is no regulation against being a dick, unless you are also a monopolist. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe¹s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler
> Why is it that their phone can embrace flash but Apple cant? Purely because it's not in Apple's perceived business interest to do so. That's the only reason. There are various technical-sounding excuses given - poor performance, poor quality for cross-platform apps - but that's all BS. Apple makes money from the App Store. Allowing Flash detracts from the value of the App Store. Allowing developers to use cross-platform tools detracts from the value of the App Store; if I can build an app for Apple and Android simultaneously, the App Store has less of an advantage over the Android Market. > I think its time for Apple and Adobe to zip up the 'ol pants and get to > making things work for the people who one program for their devices and two > for the customers to enjoy that variety. > Just sayin.. Apple has no incentive to zip up their pants. This strategy makes it likely they'll get (and keep) a big pile of money. Adobe would like to pull their pants up, since Apple didn't even kiss them first, but there's really nothing they can do short of a lawsuit, and I doubt that'll be successful in any case. Apple can make up whatever ridiculous rules they want, as they only have a small slice of the mobile market. They're not a monopoly by a long shot. > Heh, then you can pitch a HTML 5 version to them and maybe have a script > that tells if its a iPhone and switches to the HTML5 preview. There's only one problem, really. HTML 5 kind of sucks. And it's certainly no replacement for native apps. Web apps don't have access to most of the good stuff in the phone - contacts, etc. > Anyone seen a market study on how many jailbroken iPhones there are? Be > interesting to see. No, but interestingly there is an "alternative" app store called Cydia for jailbroken phones. But jailbreaking is not an alternative if you really want to sell your apps. Hobbyists jailbreak their phones. Typical users don't, and never will. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler
> A lot of outrage hass been expressed, but there has to be a "why". Why? Because it makes economic sense for Apple, and it hurts a company that Steve Jobs doesn't care for right now. If you don't allow cross-platform tools to work, developers have to explicitly choose your platform. Right now, Apple has the market advantage - lots of people have and want iPhones, iPads, etc. So developers will choose to build for the Apple platform rather than building for multiple platforms, giving the App Store a continuing competitive advantage. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler
> Yeah, you don't think that you need to manage memory in those. But you do. > Just not as often. And not in the same way, either. But yes, there are memory management concerns in VM languages too, you just don't typically get faced with them directly every time you do something. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
