Re: [Flashcoders] (no subject)

2010-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
nixKenney5517.co.cc > ___ > 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.

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

2010-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
he consumer market, so much the better, but Apple has always been about control over openness. 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 v

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread Dave Watts
> hey guys > > sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i > thought you might like to join in While I'm not from the UK, I do share your sympathies. But this is not the place to discuss this topic. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.

Re: [Flashcoders] NoCache XML

2010-04-05 Thread Dave Watts
> Is that even legal http? clearly "no-cache" contradicts "must-revalidate". Yes, it's legal. The two commands don't actually conflict. There are several different cache-control directives you can set in an HTTP response. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Soft

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread Dave Watts
gn pattern in question might better be described as Model-View-Presenter (MVP): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_View_Presenter Now, this doesn't take into consideration the use of client-side functionality and where that fits, but that presumably would just be additional view logic. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-27 Thread Dave Watts
> and i guess i should check: dave do you mind posts about actionscript ide > releases (fdt, flashdevelop, fb, etc) on flashcoders? Not 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 (VO

Re: [Flashcoders] xml: counting parents

2010-03-23 Thread Dave Watts
n. The only issue I can think of offhand is how you'd handle matrix management, but even that could be modeled strictly by hierarchy, using either duplicate elements or an attribute that lets one element "point" to another. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/

Re: [Flashcoders] xml: counting parents

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Watts
chema? Because that sort of thing happens all the time, and a rigid hierarchy simply won't be able to match that without frequent changes. 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 Sc

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex3: how to refer the child canvas of a TabNavigator

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Watts
lex questions. I try to answer them when I see them, but that's kind of hit or miss. 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-auth

Re: [Flashcoders] Embedding fonts CS3 vs FD

2010-03-17 Thread Dave Watts
> Silly question: shouldn't they be backslashes to get to the correct path? Probably not, actually. Windows does support the use of slashes instead of backslashes (as it should). and many programming environments reserve the use of backslashes as metacharacters. Dave Watts, CTO,

Re: [Flashcoders] ternary operator with function.call?

2010-03-09 Thread Dave Watts
t;):traceNum.call(44); Sure. Function calls are valid expressions. 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

Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Tutorial

2010-03-05 Thread Dave Watts
t plain faster. Not to speak for Meinte, but different people learn things different ways. Some people learn well by reading books, others don't. This has nothing to do with how smart or accomplished we are or aren't. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://tr

Re: [Flashcoders] Rcommendation for server side Java remoting libs - AS3 Flash compatible

2010-02-12 Thread Dave Watts
d into AS3, so I don't know what you're looking for on the client. 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 ins

Re: [Flashcoders] yuva...@gmail.com has sent you a private message

2010-02-11 Thread Dave Watts
> Ok, how did this happen? > > Is it just some lame spam or is it some misconfiguration? Just some lame spam. I've unsubscribed the sender. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business

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

2010-02-08 Thread Dave Watts
> Thanks Dave.  I'm using Flash.  Any suggestions for that? Nope. I'm at a loss to see how running Flash involves Java at all, but then I don't use the Flash IDE. Does the Flash IDE use Java for anything? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://tr

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

2010-02-07 Thread Dave Watts
ght try upgrading the JVM you're using with Flex Builder, or editing the flexbuilder.ini file to fix the specific problem indicated in the HotSpot error file. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Busi

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
> GEEZ!!  Enough already.  Where's the list moderator when you really need > him?   Finding the guy is not all that intuitive. :) Yeah, well, he's kind of a dick anyway. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
ng of the word, leading to significant confusion, products failing or succeeding, etc. It makes a big difference in my own observation. 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

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
You don't go double-tapping or pinching things anywhere else to make them zoom in. 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 calibe

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
of a calendar event, and get automatic GPS navigation to that address. I could go on and on, but you get the point I guess. 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 prov

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
an iPod Touch just for that. But I suspect that'll change over time as well, as developers embrace Android. There's a market for $0.99 fart apps on the Android as well, I'm sure. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
tial to be great in that marketplace just > wondering what's holding them up from promoting > themselves as major players there. I think that's the release of FP 10.1 across its targeted platforms. When that happens, I think that'll make a big difference. Dave Watts, CTO, Fi

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

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
device... Why not? A 'FlashStore' could then > take on the 'AppStore'... Adobe should get into the hardware business? Really? Very soon, practically anything not iPhone/iPod/iPad will be able to run Flash! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://tra

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Watts
> I always use CDATA tags for text in nodes where special characters might > exist. I really strongly second this. This has been the cause of more problems I've seen than I can count. You never know what kind of characters you might be getting from a database query. Dave Watts, CT

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

2010-02-03 Thread Dave Watts
> >  I don't think it supports Flash which is ironic. > > Oh really! Wow that seems a bit odd. Not really, because AIR can run Flash directly, rather than within a browser. You don't need Flash within your browser within Flash. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http:/

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

2010-02-03 Thread Dave Watts
y're installed, you don't need a browser. It includes Webkit, which is the engine powering Chrome and Safari. 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 provid

[Flashcoders] Fig Leaf Software is hiring!

2010-02-01 Thread Dave Watts
...@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, on

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Watts
27;t control them through the App Store. There is no technical obstacle to them supporting Flash today - lots of other devices run Flash nicely. So, this is an issue which should concern them whether they're technically savvy or not. That said, I don't think that this should stop most peop

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and MySQL

2010-01-29 Thread Dave Watts
open to internet clients. This is a big no-no for security reasons. And, even if you did have it directly open, many clients would be blocked from making connections to arbitrary ports on remote servers for security reasons of their own. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ htt

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-27 Thread Dave Watts
ers you don't like. You can simply return them for your money back. So, please, more Flash coding, and less "life of beno." Thanks in advance for your cooperation. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Vete

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread Dave Watts
not suitable topics. And if you post questions on the list that ultimately boil down to life troubles, etc, you should expect to get "Dr. Phil" responses. Finally, you are arguably degrading the quality of the list for people who are interested in the specific focus of the list. Dave Wa

Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error

2010-01-25 Thread Dave Watts
you would the Flexcoders list Jason mentioned. Don't let that stop you from posting questions here, 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

Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error

2010-01-25 Thread Dave Watts
corrupt? I don't understand... Again, I'm pretty certain that the cause of your problem is the click handler attached to your MenuBar. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business

Re: [Flashcoders] MenuEvent causes 1046 error

2010-01-25 Thread Dave Watts
to name things other than classes in title case - the convention is to use camel case for variables and functions. 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, a

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-22 Thread Dave Watts
clude the file. Otherwise, you could have a flashvar containing a URL to which you append specific file names as needed. 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 provi

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-22 Thread Dave Watts
t; > Any other ideas? I would recommend that you rewrite your Flash app so that you can specify a fully-qualified URL as an argument in flashvars, then have them specify the fully-qualified URL to the XML file. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

2010-01-22 Thread Dave Watts
begin with a slash, such as /xml/data.xml, tell the client (Flash, in this case) to start from the web root and work down - in this case, that would be http://domainname.com/xml/data/xml. If you want to get the data from /flash/xml/data.xml, you need to use that path, or use a fully-qualified URL

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

2010-01-20 Thread Dave Watts
ot constrain the tasks you're trying to accomplish. Frameworks should generally only constrain arbitrary choices, not functional choices. But you shouldn't have to get two different frameworks to not kill each other, because within a single project, there should be only one (just like Highla

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

2010-01-20 Thread Dave Watts
en you *have* to work with a team that uses them > 2) you're advanced enough as a developer that you seek out new ways to > program instead of being creative... *snark* 3) when your projects get large enough that you can't easily distinguish between all of the different types of thing

Re: [Flashcoders] Crossdomain.xml, shared hosting, https, oh my!

2010-01-13 Thread Dave Watts
server. But of course that's really the same thing that people can do with browsers or any other HTTP clients - load public URLs from your server. So it's more a matter of potentially abusive resource consumption than anything else, I think. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http:/

Re: [Flashcoders] archives?

2010-01-10 Thread Dave Watts
> Wow, this is so cool.  Did this just get put up, because 2 days ago Dave > Watts, our list moderator, seemed to suggest that the archives ended in > 2007. The archives that are supposed to be automatically generated by the listserv sofftware ended in 2007. But the mail-archive ones ar

Re: [Flashcoders] archives?

2010-01-08 Thread Dave Watts
ge first, as they get less traffic, 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 cente

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-05 Thread Dave Watts
> Also, because I am told that they are similar, will it may make it easier to > learn > C# if I already know AS3? I found it easier to learn AS3, knowing some C# and Java - all three are quite similar, although I think C# is a little more like AS3 than Java is. Dave Watts, CTO,

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-05 Thread Dave Watts
earn another language to do so, or mistakenly attempt to > take on two new languages as an entry to programming at the same time. Well, that's all true if you want to learn ActionScript. But many people presumably want to learn AS in order to build web applications, which potentially involve

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-04 Thread Dave Watts
so great for other things. As a ColdFusion developer, I see the same sort of thing all the time. People learn how to write ColdFusion, as it's very easy, but they develop a tunnel vision of sorts, and they don't understand a lot of things about programming in general (like concurrency) be

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-04 Thread Dave Watts
> but I got Colins book for Christmas :)) and a 12 yr. old Chivas Regal to sit > down with ;) Chivas and coding don't mix well! At least, not in my own experience. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-04 Thread Dave Watts
programming language solves problems in a single problem domain. You can't use AS3 to build console applications, for example. You can't do anything with it except building Flash applications. C#, on the other hand, can be used to build desktop applications, console applications, web ap

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-04 Thread Dave Watts
arn other languages, but choose something > complimentary such a server-side scripting language - PHP, C# whatever. A general-purpose programming language (C#, Python) complements anything. My problem with recommending PHP is that it's another domain-specific language. Dave Watts,

Re: [Flashcoders] hen's teeth...

2010-01-04 Thread Dave Watts
ng programmers to learn more than one language, especially if one of the languages they're learning is domain-specific, like AS3. I think C# would be a fine choice for an alternate language to learn, although it might actually be better to choose something that isn't so similar, like Python.

Re: [Flashcoders] Java servlets and receiving XML fr om Flash’s xml.sendAndLoad() function

2009-12-16 Thread Dave Watts
ther it's a GET or a POST as an optional argument if you're using loadVars, and it's always POST if you use XML.sendAndLoad. Perhaps their Java app has some sort of HTTP redirect in front of it? I don't know what happens when you get a redirect in a case like this. A traffic sn

Re: [Flashcoders] Lost My checkFrame

2009-12-11 Thread Dave Watts
           } >                if (e.target.currentFrame == 40) >            { >... >            } >        } This may not have anything to do with your problem, but why do you have two identical conditional tests, one right after the other? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figl

Re: [Flashcoders] Passing a Variable to Adobe Acrobat

2009-12-09 Thread Dave Watts
RL parameters you can send to a PDF on a web server: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf Note that this list is fairly limited - you can't just send any old URL parameters to a PDF, only the ones on this list. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figl

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

2009-12-09 Thread Dave Watts
initely works that way in AS3. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://t

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Socket Class Does Not Wait For Flush

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Watts
7;m never too old for toilet humor. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Socket Class Does Not Wait For Flush

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Watts
> Then why was it added in the first place? My guess is that behavior changed between FP versions, and that it was left there for code compatibility reasons. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruct

Re: [Flashcoders] prevent superclass from being instanced directly

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Watts
ing instantiation of the superclass that's only provided by the subclasses. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Vir

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Watts
> Maybe you should be a preacher, rather than a programmer? That's how I feel today. I've been preaching all day to everyone to STOP THE OT STUFF, INCLUDING OT RESPONSES TO OTHER PEOPLE'S OT STUFF. Not to pick on you specifically, let's just all let it drop. Dave Watts,

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Watts
hread now. I prefer to do as little moderation as possible, but this is getting ridiculous. Thanks in advance! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, At

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Watts
everyone's advice, why ask questions on a mailing list in the first place? Please don't reply to this, unless your reply consists of Flash programming questions. Thanks in advance! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber v

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-07 Thread Dave Watts
ail addresses, and therefore know where you live. Well, anyway, let's try to stick with technical stuff. Thanks in advance! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Wash

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-07 Thread Dave Watts
27;ve saved up your $8 buy the books and try > getting into flash more > f) THEN start pitching clients > > > Best of luck! > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Dave Watts,

Re: [Flashcoders] Back On Course, Still Problems

2009-12-07 Thread Dave Watts
oral of the story is, if you absolutely need timely professional help, you will need to pay for it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, No

Re: [Flashcoders] The Flash Debug Player

2009-12-04 Thread Dave Watts
ng? In general, no. However, I've occasionally encountered sites where people have published Flash content with debug symbols still included, and the debug player will let you capture that information. That can sometimes be entertaining. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fi

Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing List Idea: Teddy Bear

2009-11-21 Thread Dave Watts
y and paste it to your regular mailing list. > > Whaddya think? ;) It seems that the obvious best solution would not be a mailing list, but rather a virtual Flash-driven teddy bear. It could even deliver snide responses. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Softwa

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
> How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? $15K USD is a drop in the bucket for enterprise software. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atla

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
und $15k USD according to our pricelist. And, frankly, it kind of sucked. But Flex 2 changed all that! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimo

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
which is really quite a different thing from many Flash development projects I suspect. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Nort

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Coders List

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
> What is the Flex equivalent of this mailing list? The biggest list, I think, is Flexcoders on Yahoo. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atla

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
e who uses the other. But if you just see Flex as nothing more than a subset of Flash, you're kind of missing the point. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washingto

Re: [Flashcoders] Drag and drop from desktop to browser

2009-11-04 Thread Dave Watts
> If Google Wave, can do it, how can the rest of us pull it off =) Get yourself a REALLY BIG company and influence the next version of HTML? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our train

Re: [Flashcoders] List etiquette

2009-11-02 Thread Dave Watts
that people respond appropriately, we don't enforce it, or point out when people don't do this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltim

Re: [Flashcoders] add properties to Event object

2009-10-27 Thread Dave Watts
o extend Event to create a custom event class. Don't forget to override the clone method and create a new event! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington D

Re: [Flashcoders] Job Postings OK?

2009-10-26 Thread Dave Watts
> I have not actively participated in this list for years, sorry :).  I was > wondering if it would be ok to put a job posting up? Yes. I'm the list admin. Go ahead. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor

Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid not updating after DataProvider item changes

2009-10-26 Thread Dave Watts
> And the dataprovider is also set to a [Bindable] property right? This is almost certainly the problem, right here. Array isn't Bindable, ArrayCollection is. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized ins

Re: [Flashcoders] image upload from flex to .net

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Watts
tter off not using a gateway for file uploads. I don't know if a gateway will work at all for that. The URL to which you upload can perform whatever post-processing you need. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-autho

Re: [Flashcoders] Metadata in actionscript files

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Watts
/html/help.html?content=metadata_3.html Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your locat

Re: [Flashcoders] Policy file for a socket connection

2009-09-08 Thread Dave Watts
esn't necessarily mean that the connection would be kept open during the transition. On the other hand, I don't work with sockets enough to know for sure either way. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-author

Re: [Flashcoders] Policy file for a socket connection

2009-09-08 Thread Dave Watts
27;m still not clear about when > + 0 byte is being sent? > At the very beginning? And is the socket connection > closed a reopened afterwards? > Or is the connection kept opened? > > The Adobe doc is confusing, they don't > even list an example policy file for sockets. >

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
> I think you're right, but I saw one guy here at work writing something like > this for readability he said! > > if (value != null) { >    ; > } else if (value == null) { >    ; > } There's a difference between verbose and just plain dumb. Dave

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
I've written, I usually use implicit Boolean evaluation. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virgini

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
> Dave, come on. Take a stand on the issue. Stop straddling the fence. > > Pick a side. Im or Ex? I think you're missing the point. You're asking a pacifist which army he should join. I really don't have a strong opinion either way. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http

Re: [Flashcoders] mac vs pc

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
> > (atomic == indivisible). > > You need to do some reading on string theory. :) No doubt, but in general, when people use the term "atomic" w/r/t computing, they mean indivisible. For example, database transactions conform to the "ACID" test - atomic, consiste

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
> Ugh, then you go and use an if statement without brackets, and on the same > line to boot! I for one, would not want to maintain your code. Hey, you're just lucky he's not using the ternary operator! After all, that would be the simplest approach. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Le

Re: [Flashcoders] mac vs pc

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
them "atomic" is to indicate that they don't have properties of their own that correspond to other objects. (atomic == indivisible). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our train

Re: [Flashcoders] mac vs pc

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
> What's an "atomic" property? A property that is a primitive type (string, int, Boolean, etc), I think. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Wash

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-18 Thread Dave Watts
one with another. And as much as I like Ash, I'm not sure I want to take coding advice from the guy who couldn't remember "klaatu barada nikto" - maybe he was too enamored of shortcuts? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-17 Thread Dave Watts
-typed language, right? I thought strong typing was old and busted, and loose typing was the new hotness. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chi

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-17 Thread Dave Watts
no matter how many AS3 style guide links you bust out. You say they're good, James Gosling says otherwise, I don't know who to believe. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our traini

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-17 Thread Dave Watts
ust" nowadays. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.fig

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add a DisplayObject into a container without using addChild() method.

2009-08-17 Thread Dave Watts
lean conversion is superior and everyone should use it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-si

Re: [Flashcoders] Slow emails

2009-08-14 Thread Dave Watts
s is that we should move over there, I'm willing to go ahead and do that. But I'm a little reluctant to migrate the Flashcoders user list directly over there on my own volition, because of the negative feedback I got last time I had problems with the user list. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf

Re: [Flashcoders] Slow emails

2009-08-13 Thread Dave Watts
idth. But we only have a single dedicated server, unlike Yahoo. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-si

Re: [Flashcoders] FlexBuilder 3 auto-complete vs. FlashDevelop

2009-08-13 Thread Dave Watts
atically create the import for me. The trick is to type the variable name and the colon, then choose the variable type using autocomplete. If you do this, it builds the import for you. Otherwise, not so much. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the h

Re: [Flashcoders] Slow emails

2009-08-13 Thread Dave Watts
I can do to help you. You need to talk to whoever manages mail6.atlas.pipex.net. There are lots of things that could cause delayed delivery, such as greylisting, intermittent connectivity problems, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest c

Re: [Flashcoders] mac vs pc

2009-08-12 Thread Dave Watts
x, not Flash, so I haven't felt compelled to go look at other editors (and I use Eclipse for practically everything else). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washingt

Re: [Flashcoders] OT - bizarre Adobe pricing

2009-08-09 Thread Dave Watts
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't monopolys illegal? Some are, most aren't. There's nothing stopping you or anyone else from coming up with a Flash competitor. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest ca

Re: [Flashcoders] OT - bizarre Adobe pricing

2009-08-09 Thread Dave Watts
eloper happy. This is pretty much the entire answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_segment#Price_Discrimination Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlan

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC and Event Architecture

2009-08-04 Thread Dave Watts
has happenned and perhaps > also passing data that is meaningful. This is really the key. If you don't do this, you're baking dependencies into your application. > That said, for small systems I still sometimes use callbacks. Me too, but I feel dirty afterward. Dave W

Re: [Flashcoders] Reach a single attribute value on a XML node with xpath AS3

2009-06-26 Thread Dave Watts
ything else). Are there actually asterisks (*) around the attribute and its value? While you can use asterisks within an attribute name, you can't have one after the quoted value. I'm also not sure if you can use an asterisk for the first character of the attribute name. Dave Watts, CTO, F

[Flashcoders] test message

2009-06-14 Thread Dave Watts
testing ... -- Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

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