[Flashcoders] php proxy

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I'm looking for a good proxy solution to circumvent flash cross domain
policies.

Fact is I'm not a php geek and can't discern whether the google results I've
found open up major security holes in my server.

I;m looking for something that will allow me to proxy files from remote
server, allow me to specify which servers are allowed to be proxied, and
maybe implement some kind of token mechanism making it a little harder to
call the proxy from just anywhere.

Any ideas/resources would be appreciated.

regards
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Re: [Flashcoders] php proxy

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Glen,

thanks, but I missing this part , allow me to specify which servers are
allowed to be proxied, and
maybe implement some kind of token mechanism making it a little harder to
call the proxy from just anywhere :)

Any other ones?

thanks!
JC

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote:

 http://xmlrpcflash.mattism.com/proxy_info.php

 Hans Wichman wrote:

  Hi list,

 I'm looking for a good proxy solution to circumvent flash cross domain
 policies.

 Fact is I'm not a php geek and can't discern whether the google results
 I've
 found open up major security holes in my server.

 I;m looking for something that will allow me to proxy files from remote
 server, allow me to specify which servers are allowed to be proxied, and
 maybe implement some kind of token mechanism making it a little harder to
 call the proxy from just anywhere.

 Any ideas/resources would be appreciated.

 regards
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts

[Hans Wichman]

and for as2:
http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.comwrote:

 Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries()

 I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect:
 http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html

 --Matt



 On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk
 wrote:

  Hi,
 
You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single
 letter
  in???
 
Maybe mask the stream area out.  Start each letter at x - letterWidth,
  increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0, create 
  show the next one, add it to your array.
  Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of the
  letters, removing them when they reach the other side???
  Something like that??/
  Glen
 
  ali drongo wrote:
 
  Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in
 their
  own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a stream.
  Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to find
  their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non fixed-width
  font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter.
 
  Any ideas very gratefully received!
 
  Thanks :)
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Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Bitmap and scale question

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

you create a clip based on mc's width, called img.
then you scale image, so its width is half of what it used to be.
Then you draw img into img2. Img2's size is based on half the height and
width, but the draw method ignores those transformation, so it draws an
unscaled version of img in img2.

regards
JC

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya
natavi.m...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi
 Please explain what is wrong in this code:
 function duplicateMovieClipImage(from:MovieClip, target:MovieClip){
var visuals = new flash.display.BitmapData(from._width,
 from._height);
visuals.draw(from);
target.attachBitmap(visuals, 1,auto,true);

 }

 duplicateMovieClipImage(mc,img)
 img._xscale=50;
 img._yscale=50;
 duplicateMovieClipImage(img,img2)
 I expected that img1 and img2 have the same scale. Instead of that
 img2 show 50% of mc.
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Re: [Flashcoders] OOP AS3 learning

[Hans Wichman]

Hey Pedro,

i think with as3 the remark that OOP is only for big projects is not
strictly true anymore (and it wasn't with as2 either). The thing is though
that as3 forces your hand more than as2 did, it terms that every movieclip
can be a class as well etc, so if you create one clip in the library that
you want to add to the stage using as3, you're already OOP-ing.
I think it would be better to say that employing complex design patterns and
a rocksolid OOP architecture is more suited to big projects than to small
projects. And with small I then mean small projects that are going to stay
small.

The reason is mostly that employing a solid architecture and design patterns
might require a lot of work up front, which will pay itself back as the
project gets bigger and bigger. If your project stays small it's easier to
manage your hacks and shortcuts.

That isn't to say that you shouldnt design upfront or use design patterns in
small projects, only that you must take care that the architecture and
designpatterns don't become an end onto itself, they are a means to an end.

For pluses and minuses, just a few I advise you to pick up as 3 design
patterns, it's an easy read.
Pluses:
- common vocabulary makes communicating about your projects to other easier
- time proven solutions prevent you from reinventing the wheel

Minuses:
- may make your application overly complex without good reasons to do so

I saw an example once of a hello world application as a joke, which they
refactored, ending up with a lot of classes and designs pattern, for just a
hello world application. Like I said it was a joke, meant to teach you to
match up the complexity of your application with the complexities of the
design artifacts you apply.

The best situation I think is where your framework allows you to start out
very simple, and allows your application to evolve and be refactored along
the way as demands on your application grow. We had that framework in as 2,
and havent yet in as3 unfortunately, but I'm sure we will eventually:).

regards
JC



On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Pedro Kostelec pedrok...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi

 Can you recommend a good source for learning OOP in as3?
 Until now i found two books:
 ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns - Object Oriented Programming Techniques
 By
 William B. Sanders http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2820, Chandima
 Cumaranatunge http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2931
 and:
 Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0 by Todd
 Yard
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8search-type=ssindex=booksfield-author=Todd%20Yard
 (Author),
 Peter
 Elst
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?%5Fencoding=UTF8search-type=ssindex=booksfield-author=Peter%20Elst
 (Author),
 Sas
 Jacobs
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_3?%5Fencoding=UTF8search-type=ssindex=booksfield-author=Sas%20Jacobs
 (Author)
 Which
 one is better? What i am looking for is a book (max 500 pages) with an
 overview of the different design patterns, and some case studies or
 examples
 on how to write OOP

 I have one question that i can't really understand: Why people say OOP
 programming is only for big projects? What are the pluses and minuses of
 sticking to some design patterns?

 Pedro D. Kostelec
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Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Bitmap and scale question

[Hans Wichman]

Out of the top of my head:
 function duplicateMovieClipImage(from:MovieClip, target:MovieClip){
var visuals = new flash.display.BitmapData(from._width,
 from._height);
var m:Matrix = new Matrix(); //dont forget to import this
m.scale (from._xscale/100, from._yscale/100);
visuals.draw(from, m);
target.attachBitmap(visuals, 1,auto,true);

 }


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 How to create img2 correctly?

 2009/3/4 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
   Hi,
 
  you create a clip based on mc's width, called img.
  then you scale image, so its width is half of what it used to be.
  Then you draw img into img2. Img2's size is based on half the height and
  width, but the draw method ignores those transformation, so it draws an
  unscaled version of img in img2.
 
  regards
  JC
 
  On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya
  natavi.m...@gmail.comwrote:
 
  Hi
  Please explain what is wrong in this code:
  function duplicateMovieClipImage(from:MovieClip, target:MovieClip){
 var visuals = new flash.display.BitmapData(from._width,
  from._height);
 visuals.draw(from);
 target.attachBitmap(visuals, 1,auto,true);
 
  }
 
  duplicateMovieClipImage(mc,img)
  img._xscale=50;
  img._yscale=50;
  duplicateMovieClipImage(img,img2)
  I expected that img1 and img2 have the same scale. Instead of that
  img2 show 50% of mc.
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Re: [Flashcoders] OOP AS3 learning

[Hans Wichman]

lmao erm yes definately:)

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote:

 - Original Message - From: Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com
 To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:08 PM
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP AS3 learning


 snip

 If your project stays small it's easier to
 manage your hacks and shortcuts.


 I think you meant manage your lightweight interconnected architecture
 optimised for the smaller project and desparate client..  ;-)

 LOL

 Paul



 snip

 regards
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Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Bitmap and scale question

[Hans Wichman]

I'm guessing the point is to create a scaled version for some reason;) if
not well yes thats even easier:)

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Keith Reinfeld keithreinf...@comcast.netwrote:



  How to create img2 correctly?

 The same way you created img:

 duplicateMovieClipImage(mc,img2);
 img2._xscale=50;
 img2._yscale=50;


 Regards,

 -Keith
 http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net


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  From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-
  boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of natalia Vikhtinskaya
  Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:54 AM
  To: Flash Coders List
  Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Bitmap and scale question
 
  How to create img2 correctly?
 
  2009/3/4 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
   Hi,
  
   you create a clip based on mc's width, called img.
   then you scale image, so its width is half of what it used to be.
   Then you draw img into img2. Img2's size is based on half the height
 and
   width, but the draw method ignores those transformation, so it draws an
   unscaled version of img in img2.
  
   regards
   JC
  
   On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya
   natavi.m...@gmail.comwrote:
  
   Hi
   Please explain what is wrong in this code:
   function duplicateMovieClipImage(from:MovieClip, target:MovieClip){
  var visuals = new flash.display.BitmapData(from._width,
   from._height);
  visuals.draw(from);
  target.attachBitmap(visuals, 1,auto,true);
  
   }
  
   duplicateMovieClipImage(mc,img)
   img._xscale=50;
   img._yscale=50;
   duplicateMovieClipImage(img,img2)
   I expected that img1 and img2 have the same scale. Instead of that
   img2 show 50% of mc.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Check for Full Screen Availability

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

how about switching to full screen and back, and catching any security
exceptions?
If you can switch and back it is allowed, if a security exception occurs, it
isn't

greetz
JC

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:

 Aha, I see - don't think you can read this for some strange reason.  I had
 problems trying to get it working, probably part of the security thing.  I
 could not even get a context menu to do the same...

 Glen


 John Giotta wrote:

 Yes, Stage.displayState vs StageDisplayState.NORMAL or
 StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN, but its always NORMAL and I can only
 compare when full screen is the event for resize is called. Its a
 reactionary condition; I need the event first.

 I want to know if its possible from a security/capability stand point
 before the end-user has the chance request full screen.

 - John G

 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk
 wrote:


 John Giotta wrote:


 I want to render the UI based on availability of features. One of them
 is a full screen Button/Sprite that I want to not appear if
 allowFullScreen is false.

 Does anyone know of a way to check for full screen availability? I've
 been scouring the interwebs for an answer, but no luck so far. Is it
 just not possible?

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 I think there is a property on the Stage instance to get the state -
 compare
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Re: [Flashcoders] using applyFilter with a BitmapData object (AS2)

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

yes it is destructive, but as you can read here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/image_api_05.html
you can find out the size of the bitmap after filtering (imagine a big
blur), create a new bitmap and specify a source bitmap to the applyfilter
call.
If you don't want it to be destructive, attach the bitmap to a movieclip
first, and set the filters on that.

HTH
JC

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:14 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) 
alla...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi guys

 I have a question - if I use a ColorMatrixFilter on a BitmapData object,
 does it work like mc.filters = arFiltersArray in that it is non-destructive
 to the mc (it can be removed) or is it destructive (once you apply it, you
 can't then un-apply it)?

 ta

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Re: [Flashcoders] Particle Playground, Flash 10 General Purpose Comuting with Pixel Bender

[Hans Wichman]

awesome:)

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM, mike cann mike.c...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey List,

 I have been playing around with particles again...

 I have just released my latest little saunter into the world of particles
 and shaders in flash 10. It started off as and idea to use the new pixel
 bender shaders of flash 10 as a more efficient method of updating particle
 simulations.

 Well after a few struggling evenings I managed to get a little prototype
 going. I was so amazed at some of the beautiful patterns and effects that
 the particles were making I thought it may be nice rather than just
 releasing a tech demo, to add abit more to it and release it for others to
 enjoy.

 I will be releasing the source code in the coming weeks along with a blog
 post which should explain in detail how the technical aspects of updating
 and rendering tens of thousands of particles per frame works.

 The tool features a gallery tab which you can use to take screenshots then
 upload them to my picassa account (proxyed via php). The hope is to get
 some
 realy beautiful images in here, perhaps if some are good enough ill get
 them
 printed and framed ;)

 You can see it in action over on my blog: http://www.mikecann.co.uk/?p=384

 Let me know what you think!
 
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[Flashcoders] swfobject 2.1

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I reinstalled my pc recently and I only installed the latest flash 10
player.

I opened my site and it tells me I don't have flash installed (using
swfobject 2.1).
So just for fun, I installed player version 6, and now it tells me I have
version 10 installed.

Can anyone tell me what is going on?
(swfobject tests for a minimum version of 8.0.0)

regards,
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[Flashcoders] setBufferTime on stream locks up flashplayer

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

when setting the buffertime on a stream thats played through http, setting
the buffertime completely locks up my interface for a few seconds.
has anyone seen this before?

regards,
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Re: [Flashcoders] setBufferTime on stream locks up flashplayer

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Im getting it on 8, 9 and 10 :(

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:

 I had a problem with FP9 connecting to a http stream which went with
 FP10...

 Hans Wichman wrote:

  Hi list,

 when setting the buffertime on a stream thats played through http, setting
 the buffertime completely locks up my interface for a few seconds.
 has anyone seen this before?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Storing x and y in a bytearray

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ah no then you'll be fine !
Although if it's just a simple shape, hittest will work as well of course,
depending on the performance you need.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com wrote:

 On stage there is a draw shape. I copy it to BitmapData and use the
 transparancy for testing walkable or not.
 So i dont use compressed image format, just raw bitmap data. Or am i
 missing something?

 Jiri


 Hans Wichman wrote:

 yup exactly, only thing is that I'm not sure how detailed this info can be
 when using compressed image formats...

 On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com
 wrote:

 Good point, i can use getPixel to retrieve the color value and based on
 that 'know' if it is walkable.

 Cheers.

 Jiri


 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi,

 why not use an image? Eg use an image that represents your area, lookup
 the
 pixel values, AND them and decide what you can or cannot do in that
 area.

 greetz JC

 On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com
 wrote:

 I have a byte question.

 I have to store a walkable area so a character 'knows' where it can
 walk
 or
 not. Currently I am using a multi-dim array based on the x and y pos of
 the
 tiles .

 so [[1],[0],[1]..etc]

 where pos(0,0) = array[0][0] = 1 (walkable)

 I was wondering if I could store this using a bytearray, for storing
 and
 possibly faster lookup using bitwise operators. I am very knew to this,
 so I
 am ot sure where to begin and how to deal with it.
 The range of int is sufficient to store all the data, because a full
 walkarea would take 370560 (772*480) elements in the previous mentioned
 multi array.

 I could be completely wrong, but would like some advice.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Storing x and y in a bytearray

[Hans Wichman]

yup exactly, only thing is that I'm not sure how detailed this info can be
when using compressed image formats...

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Good point, i can use getPixel to retrieve the color value and based on
 that 'know' if it is walkable.

 Cheers.

 Jiri


 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi,

 why not use an image? Eg use an image that represents your area, lookup
 the
 pixel values, AND them and decide what you can or cannot do in that area.

 greetz JC

 On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com
 wrote:

 I have a byte question.
 I have to store a walkable area so a character 'knows' where it can walk
 or
 not. Currently I am using a multi-dim array based on the x and y pos of
 the
 tiles .

 so [[1],[0],[1]..etc]

 where pos(0,0) = array[0][0] = 1 (walkable)

 I was wondering if I could store this using a bytearray, for storing and
 possibly faster lookup using bitwise operators. I am very knew to this,
 so I
 am ot sure where to begin and how to deal with it.
 The range of int is sufficient to store all the data, because a full
 walkarea would take 370560 (772*480) elements in the previous mentioned
 multi array.

 I could be completely wrong, but would like some advice.

 Jiri


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Re: [Flashcoders] Storing x and y in a bytearray

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

why not use an image? Eg use an image that represents your area, lookup the
pixel values, AND them and decide what you can or cannot do in that area.

greetz JC

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com wrote:

 I have a byte question.
 I have to store a walkable area so a character 'knows' where it can walk or
 not. Currently I am using a multi-dim array based on the x and y pos of the
 tiles .

 so [[1],[0],[1]..etc]

 where pos(0,0) = array[0][0] = 1 (walkable)

 I was wondering if I could store this using a bytearray, for storing and
 possibly faster lookup using bitwise operators. I am very knew to this, so I
 am ot sure where to begin and how to deal with it.
 The range of int is sufficient to store all the data, because a full
 walkarea would take 370560 (772*480) elements in the previous mentioned
 multi array.

 I could be completely wrong, but would like some advice.

 Jiri


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Re: [Flashcoders] Bitwise selection

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

isn't the absence of break statements messing things up?

greetz
JC

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Jiri jiriheitla...@googlemail.com wrote:

 I am new to bitwise operators, so I am trying to learn it.

 I have the following code and it works half. I am using a switch case to
 get the result, but this is messing things up. I could revert to and if -
 else statement, but I was wondering if there is a more elagant way of doing
 it. I post my code below, and would have some advice.

 var NO_RESTRICTION:int = 1;
 var NUM_ONLY:int = 2;
 var CHAR_ONLY:int = 4;

 var RESTRICTION:int =  NUM_ONLY ;

 function setInputCharRestriction(tInt:int):void {
RESTRICTION = tInt | tInt2 | tInt3;
 }

 function getRestrict():String{
var tRestrict:String = '';

trace('all ' , Boolean(RESTRICTION1))
trace('num ' , Boolean(RESTRICTION2))
trace('char ' ,Boolean(RESTRICTION4))

switch(RESTRICTION){
case RESTRICTION1 :
tRestrict +=\u0020-\u007E;
trace('all')
case RESTRICTION2:
tRestrict = 0-9;
trace('num')
case RESTRICTION4:
tRestrict = A-Z a-z;
trace('char')
}
trace('restrict field ' , tRestrict)
return tRestrict;
 }

 getRestrict()

 Thank you.

 Jiri
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Re: [Flashcoders] Loading MC

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Karl,

your best bet is probably to checkout the imageloader source from martijn de
visser that you are using, and adapt that to be able to get at the values
you want.

Maybe this works:
 target._width = target._width / 3;
 target._height = target._height / 3;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW = target._width;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH = target._height;

regards,
JC

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote:

 Hello,
 I was wondering if anyone can point me in the rigth direction.

 I have been trying for days now to figure this out.
 I know there is some little thing I am missing
 and its probably right under my nose so to speak.

 Here is my code:

 //--
 // Start Image loader
 //--

 import com.martijndevisser.ImageLoader;

 _root.stage_mc.attachMovie(LargePic,LargePic +
 ID,this.getNextHighestDepth());
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].ID = ID;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID]._x = originalX;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID]._y = originalY;
 var mcProgress:Number = 0;

 var checkLoader:Object = new Object();
 checkLoader.onLoadStart = function(target:MovieClip):Void  {
trace(Start Width: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW);
trace(Start Height: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH);
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader._visible = true;
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader.gotoAndPlay(2);
 };
 checkLoader.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip) {
target = _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.Image_mc;
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.percentCom.text = ;
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader.stop();
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader.gotoAndStop(1);
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader._visible =
 false;
target._width = target._width / 3;
target._height = target._height / 3;
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW = _root.stage_mc[LargePic
 + ID].newPic._width;
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH = _root.stage_mc[LargePic
 + ID].newPic._height;
trace(End Width: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW);
trace(End Height: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH);
 };
 checkLoader.onLoadProgress = function(target:MovieClip, bytesLoaded:Number,
 bytesTotal:Number):Void  {
mcProgress = Math.ceil((bytesLoaded / bytesTotal) * 100);
_root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.percentCom.text =
 mcProgress.toString() + %;
 };
 var loader:ImageLoader = new ImageLoader(_root.stage_mc[LargePic +
 ID].newPic.Image_mc);
 loader.addListener(checkLoader);
 loader.loadImage(_global.projectPic,_root.stage_mc[LargePic +
 ID].newPic.Image_mc);

 //--
 // End Image Loader
 //--


 To explain further, I have a oversized image loading at first which is
 sized down 3 times.
 Once it sizes down, I want previewW and previewH to equal the new width and
 height.
 Everything loads fine, it loads and the progress runs and it resizes fine,
 but when I hit my resize button to make it smaller, the variables previewW
 and previewH
 take on the dimensions of _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.Image_mc
  before anything was loaded into it.
 (my resize button works off of the previewW and previewH vairables, this
 info is just FYI)
 var fitSizeW:Number = previewW;
 var fitSizeH:Number = previewH;
 var maxSizeW:Number = (previewW * 3);
 var maxSizeH:Number = (previewW * 3);
 var minSizeW:Number = (previewW / 3);
 var minSizeH:Number = (previewH / 3);

 Note: I have to keep previewW and previewH also because I have a
 mousescroll attached to that variable as well.

 I have a feeling that because the ImageLoader class loads a dummy MC for
 the bitmap
 and then removes it to place the img MC for smoothing, my script is not
 getting the final value
 of what is loaded into it and so previewW and previewH do not inherit its
 final values, just its beginning values.
 There is a background bitmap that gets replaced by the loaded image that is
 in the MC when it is placed on stage.
 This is the beginning value.

 This is in AS2 BTW.

 Any help would be GREATLY appreciated at this point.

 THX

 Karl DeSaulniers
 Design Drumm
 http://designdrumm.com

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Re: [Flashcoders] Creating Dynamic addEventListeners with AS3

[Hans Wichman]

Might it be possible to only add a single listener to the parent for all
buttons?

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Rob Romanek robli...@manibus.com wrote:

 You can try something along the lines of

 var stateButton = getChildByName(State_ + rs[i]);
 stateButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, StateButtonClicked);

 hth,

 Rob

 On 5-Apr-09, at 8:33 PM, Graham Pearson wrote:


 What I am trying to do is when I retrieve the recordset back from the
 coldfusion component is to loop through the results like

 function GetClientsWithinCategory_Result(rs.Object) {
 for (var i:int = 0; i  rs.length; i++) {
  State_rs[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, StateButtonClicked);
  // The Value of rs[i] will return the 2 letter abriviation of the
 State eg: IN, WI, etc
 }
 }


 How do I go about combining State_ + the result from rs[i] so that
 when a user clicks on Indiana it will run the actionscript within the
 State Button Clicked Function


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Re: [Flashcoders] Loading MC

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

erm no that's not what I said:).

Just read the original source file to deduct where it goes wrong, or try out
the replacement I suggested in your own code.

regards,
JC

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote:

 Hey thanks for your thoughts. Do you mean take the code out of the class
 and put it directly in my fla?

 Karl

 Sent from losPhone


 On Apr 5, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com
 wrote:

 Hi Karl,

 your best bet is probably to checkout the imageloader source from martijn
 de
 visser that you are using, and adapt that to be able to get at the values
 you want.

 Maybe this works:
 target._width = target._width / 3;
 target._height = target._height / 3;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW = target._width;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH = target._height;

 regards,
 JC

 On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
 wrote:

 Hello,
 I was wondering if anyone can point me in the rigth direction.

 I have been trying for days now to figure this out.
 I know there is some little thing I am missing
 and its probably right under my nose so to speak.

 Here is my code:

 //--
 // Start Image loader
 //--

 import com.martijndevisser.ImageLoader;

 _root.stage_mc.attachMovie(LargePic,LargePic +
 ID,this.getNextHighestDepth());
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].ID = ID;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID]._x = originalX;
 _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID]._y = originalY;
 var mcProgress:Number = 0;

 var checkLoader:Object = new Object();
 checkLoader.onLoadStart = function(target:MovieClip):Void  {
  trace(Start Width: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW);
  trace(Start Height: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH);
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader._visible = true;
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader.gotoAndPlay(2);
 };
 checkLoader.onLoadComplete = function(target:MovieClip) {
  target = _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.Image_mc;
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.percentCom.text = ;
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader.stop();
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader.gotoAndStop(1);
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.spiralLoader._visible =
 false;
  target._width = target._width / 3;
  target._height = target._height / 3;
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW = _root.stage_mc[LargePic
 + ID].newPic._width;
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH = _root.stage_mc[LargePic
 + ID].newPic._height;
  trace(End Width: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewW);
  trace(End Height: + _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].previewH);
 };
 checkLoader.onLoadProgress = function(target:MovieClip,
 bytesLoaded:Number,
 bytesTotal:Number):Void  {
  mcProgress = Math.ceil((bytesLoaded / bytesTotal) * 100);
  _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.percentCom.text =
 mcProgress.toString() + %;
 };
 var loader:ImageLoader = new ImageLoader(_root.stage_mc[LargePic +
 ID].newPic.Image_mc);
 loader.addListener(checkLoader);
 loader.loadImage(_global.projectPic,_root.stage_mc[LargePic +
 ID].newPic.Image_mc);

 //--
 // End Image Loader
 //--


 To explain further, I have a oversized image loading at first which is
 sized down 3 times.
 Once it sizes down, I want previewW and previewH to equal the new width
 and
 height.
 Everything loads fine, it loads and the progress runs and it resizes
 fine,
 but when I hit my resize button to make it smaller, the variables
 previewW
 and previewH
 take on the dimensions of _root.stage_mc[LargePic + ID].newPic.Image_mc
 before anything was loaded into it.
 (my resize button works off of the previewW and previewH vairables, this
 info is just FYI)
 var fitSizeW:Number = previewW;
 var fitSizeH:Number = previewH;
 var maxSizeW:Number = (previewW * 3);
 var maxSizeH:Number = (previewW * 3);
 var minSizeW:Number = (previewW / 3);
 var minSizeH:Number = (previewH / 3);

 Note: I have to keep previewW and previewH also because I have a
 mousescroll attached to that variable as well.

 I have a feeling that because the ImageLoader class loads a dummy MC for
 the bitmap
 and then removes it to place the img MC for smoothing, my script is not
 getting the final value
 of what is loaded into it and so previewW and previewH do not inherit its
 final values, just its beginning values.
 There is a background bitmap that gets replaced by the loaded image that
 is
 in the MC when it is placed on stage.
 This is the beginning value.

 This is in AS2 BTW.

 Any help would be GREATLY appreciated at this point.

 THX

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[Flashcoders] flash ocx on c++ form

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I'm adapting an existing c++ application, but I'm not well versed in it.
I have a flash ocx on a form, which loads a movie fine the first time, but
not the 2nd time.

It seems timeline based flash files are no problem, but my class based swf
is.
It is initialized and loaded, but things like onEnterFrame do no longer
work.
In addition if I load another swf first, the background color is different
and stays different from the movies I subsequently load.

Does anyone have experience with resetting a flash ocx completely?

regards,
Hans
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Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClip inside MoveClip. Path confusion.

[Hans Wichman]

pages.page1.width :)

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Dav d...@funkdaweb.com wrote:

 Hi all,



 Wondering if anyone can help me with a problem that's left me scratching my
 head!



 Basically I have a main movieclip (group) and then several other movieclips
 inside it (page[1-6]).



 I was thinking I could access them like this group.page1, group.page2 and
 so
 on. However it is not working for me.



 Here is some stripped down sample code, obviously the moviclips have
 content
 rather than just being blank:



 ///

 var group:MovieClip   = new MovieClip();

 addChild(group);



 var pages:Object  = new Object();

 pages[page1]= new MovieClip();

 pages[page2]= new MovieClip();

 pages[page3]= new MovieClip();

 pages[page4]= new MovieClip();

 pages[page5]= new MovieClip();

 pages[page6]= new MovieClip();



 for each (var page:MovieClip in pages)

 {

group.addChild(page);

 }



 group.page1.width = 200;// [Fault] exception,
 information=TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no
 properties. Fault, initScene() at Main.as:103

 



 So I get this error when trying to access the width of page1 inside group:
 [Fault] exception, information=TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined
 and has no properties. Fault, initScene() at Main.as:103



 Any ideas how I can access the page movieclips within the group movieclip?



 Thanks!

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[Flashcoders] arguments.caller.name in AS 3

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Lists,

I was looking for a way to trace the name of the current function or the
calling function and I came up with a hackish bit of code.

Don't know if anyone already came up with something like this but anyway, I
thought it was pretty cool so I'd like to share it with you.
I'm still working on making it more general, and you should not use it in a
production enviroment (unless the compiler directive is set to false)

package nl.trimm.lang
{

 /**
  * @author JC Wichman
  */
 public class DebugUtil
 {

  public static function getCallingInfo(pInfo:String = , pFull:Boolean =
false):String {
   return getInfo (pInfo, pFull, 2);
  }
  public static function traceCallingInfo(pInfo:String = , pFull:Boolean =
false):void {
   trace (getCallingInfo (pInfo, pFull));
  }
  public static function getCallerInfo(pInfo:String = , pFull:Boolean =
false):String {
   return getInfo(pInfo, pFull, 3)
  }
  public static function traceCallerInfo(pInfo:String = , pFull:Boolean =
false):void {
   trace (getCallerInfo (pInfo, pFull));
  }

  private static function getInfo (pInfo:String = , pFull:Boolean = false,
pIndex:Number = 0):String {
   CONFIG::EXTENDED_INFO_ON {
try {
 throw new Error();
} catch (e:Error) {
 var lTrace:String = e.getStackTrace().split(\tat )[pIndex+1];
 lTrace = pFull?lTrace:lTrace.split([)[0];
 return (lTrace + - + pInfo);
}
   }
   return pInfo;
  }
 }

}

Usage:
- define a compiler directive and set it to true or false (can be optimized)

Example:
 public class Test extends Sprite
 {

  public function Test():void
  {
 init();
  }

  private function init():void
  {
trace (DebugUtil.getCallerInfo(here, true));
trace (DebugUtil.getCallingInfo(here, true));
  }

 }

Prints:

Test()[D:\MY_DATA\checkouts\co_as3_library\\src\Test.as:21]-here

Test/init()[D:\MY_DATA\checkouts\co_as3_library\src\Test.as:42]-here

If you use DebugUtil.getCallingInfo(here, false) the source line is
omited.

In the next version that will be a global flag as well.

I'm not sure what happens in other languages, you might need to replace \tat
with \t

Have fun!

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Re: [Flashcoders] UK time clock

[Hans Wichman]

or use something like this:

*http://www.earthtools.org/timezone-1.1/39.96/5.6250*http://www.earthtools.org/timezone-1.1/39.96/5.6250


On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Weyert de Boer w...@innerfuse.biz wrote:

 You can check if the locale takes DST into account by compare the offsets
 of a winter day with a summer day. If they are the same the locale doesn't
 care about DST.
 If not, I would need to fix my alarm clock ;)


 On 22/04/2009, at 10:12 PM, Keith Reinfeld wrote:

 Pedro,


 To calculate the time elsewhere you have to factor-in the local machine's
 timezone offset value.
 I worked out the following for my World Clock last year:

 snip
 // Local Time
 var lDate:Date = new Date();
 // Elsewhere Time: London Standard Time: 0, DST: 1
 var utcH:Number = 1;
 var utcM:Number = 0;
 var wDate:Date = new Date(lDate.getTime() + (lDate.getTimezoneOffset() *
 1000 * 60) + (utcH * 1000 * 60 * 60) + (utcM * 1000 * 60));
 trace(wDate = +wDate);
 /snip

 Note:
 The GMT value in the trace will still reflect the local machine's
 timezone.
 Just ignore it. The important data are the time and date.

 Going forward you will want to consider the issues presented by Daylight
 Saving Time:
 Does the locale of the local machine observe DST?
 Is the locale of the local machine currently in DST?
 Do they observe DST in the designated Elsewhere?
 Is the designated Elsewhere currently in DST?

 Regards,

 -Keith
 http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net



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Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Natalia,

I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into account, it
takes masks into account, hope it helps:
http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/11/23/visual-reflections-in-as2/

Gots lots of samples in the zip including video.

greetz
JC

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi to all

 I use reflection effect for video. But I want to draw not horizontal
 line between video and reflection Mc. So I mask my video with shape:

 var distance:Number=20;
 function drawShapeMask(mc:MovieClip, startX:Number, startY:Number,
 w:Number, h:Number) {
   mc.beginFill(0xFF);
   mc.moveTo(startX, startY);
   mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY);
   mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY + h);
   mc.lineTo(startX, startY + h-distance);
   mc.lineTo(startX, startY);
   mc.endFill();
 }
 Now bottom line of video has an angle.

 Reflection code works correctly without masked video. With masked
 video it shows only half of video without gradient mask.
 This is how that looks http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/reflect.jpg
 .
 What  is wrong? Maybe I can create the same angle position between
 video and reflection without using mask?


 var reflectionDropoff:Number=1.1;
 var reflectionAlpha:Number=50;


 reflectIt=function(){
   var bounds = new Object();
   bounds.width = myVideo_mc._width;
   bounds.height = myVideo_mc._height;
   matrixHeight = bounds.height/reflectionDropoff;
   var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width,
 bounds.height, true, 0xFF);
   myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
   var reflect=this.createEmptyMovieClip(reflect, 10);
   reflect.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, 1);
   reflect._yscale = -100;
   reflect._x =myVideo_mc._x;
   reflect._y =myVideo_mc._y+(bounds.height*2)-distance;
   reflect._alpha = reflectionAlpha;
   var gra=this.createEmptyMovieClip(gra, 15);
   var fillType = linear;
   var colors = [0xFF, 0xFF];
   var alphas = [80, 0];
   var ratios = [0, 255];
   var matrix = {matrixType:box, x:0, y:0, w:bounds.width,
 h:matrixHeight, r:(90/180)*Math.PI};
   var spreadMethod:String = pad;
   gra.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors, alphas, ratios, matrix,
 spreadMethod);
   gra.moveTo(0, 0);
   gra.lineTo(bounds.width, distance);
   gra.lineTo(bounds.width, bounds.height);
   gra.lineTo(0, bounds.height);
   gra.lineTo(0, 0);
   gra.endFill();
   gra._y = reflect._y - reflect._height;
   gra._x = reflect._x;
   reflect.cacheAsBitmap = true;
   gra.cacheAsBitmap = true;
   reflect.setMask(gra);
   this.onEnterFrame = function ()
   {
   myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
   };

   }

 Thanks for any help!
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Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

no don't think so, there is an example in there of a masked clip, and a
sample of video.
I'm assuming you've tried my code with masked video and it didn't work, or
are you asking me to try that for you? I wasn't quite sure;). Because I see
no reason why it wouldn't work :)

regards,
JC

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes, I saw these excellent examples and learned a lot. But it does not
 help with this situation. Do you have example where you have masked
 video?

 2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
   that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account - some
 days
  I'm like a broken record lol
 
 
 
 
  On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Hans Wichman 
  j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
 
  Hi Natalia,
 
  I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into account, it
  takes masks into account, hope it helps:
  http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/11/23/visual-reflections-in-as2/
 
  Gots lots of samples in the zip including video.
 
  greetz
  JC
 
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
  natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Hi to all
 
  I use reflection effect for video. But I want to draw not horizontal
  line between video and reflection Mc. So I mask my video with shape:
 
  var distance:Number=20;
  function drawShapeMask(mc:MovieClip, startX:Number, startY:Number,
  w:Number, h:Number) {
mc.beginFill(0xFF);
mc.moveTo(startX, startY);
mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY);
mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY + h);
mc.lineTo(startX, startY + h-distance);
mc.lineTo(startX, startY);
mc.endFill();
  }
  Now bottom line of video has an angle.
 
  Reflection code works correctly without masked video. With masked
  video it shows only half of video without gradient mask.
  This is how that looks http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/reflect.jpg
  .
  What  is wrong? Maybe I can create the same angle position between
  video and reflection without using mask?
 
 
  var reflectionDropoff:Number=1.1;
  var reflectionAlpha:Number=50;
 
 
  reflectIt=function(){
var bounds = new Object();
bounds.width = myVideo_mc._width;
bounds.height = myVideo_mc._height;
matrixHeight = bounds.height/reflectionDropoff;
var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width,
  bounds.height, true, 0xFF);
myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
var reflect=this.createEmptyMovieClip(reflect, 10);
reflect.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, 1);
reflect._yscale = -100;
reflect._x =myVideo_mc._x;
reflect._y =myVideo_mc._y+(bounds.height*2)-distance;
reflect._alpha = reflectionAlpha;
var gra=this.createEmptyMovieClip(gra, 15);
var fillType = linear;
var colors = [0xFF, 0xFF];
var alphas = [80, 0];
var ratios = [0, 255];
var matrix = {matrixType:box, x:0, y:0, w:bounds.width,
  h:matrixHeight, r:(90/180)*Math.PI};
var spreadMethod:String = pad;
gra.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors, alphas, ratios, matrix,
  spreadMethod);
gra.moveTo(0, 0);
gra.lineTo(bounds.width, distance);
gra.lineTo(bounds.width, bounds.height);
gra.lineTo(0, bounds.height);
gra.lineTo(0, 0);
gra.endFill();
gra._y = reflect._y - reflect._height;
gra._x = reflect._x;
reflect.cacheAsBitmap = true;
gra.cacheAsBitmap = true;
reflect.setMask(gra);
this.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
};
 
}
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

[Hans Wichman]

that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account - some days
I'm like a broken record lol




On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi Natalia,

 I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into account, it
 takes masks into account, hope it helps:
 http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/11/23/visual-reflections-in-as2/

 Gots lots of samples in the zip including video.

 greetz
 JC

   On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
 natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi to all

 I use reflection effect for video. But I want to draw not horizontal
 line between video and reflection Mc. So I mask my video with shape:

 var distance:Number=20;
 function drawShapeMask(mc:MovieClip, startX:Number, startY:Number,
 w:Number, h:Number) {
   mc.beginFill(0xFF);
   mc.moveTo(startX, startY);
   mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY);
   mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY + h);
   mc.lineTo(startX, startY + h-distance);
   mc.lineTo(startX, startY);
   mc.endFill();
 }
 Now bottom line of video has an angle.

 Reflection code works correctly without masked video. With masked
 video it shows only half of video without gradient mask.
 This is how that looks http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/reflect.jpg
 .
 What  is wrong? Maybe I can create the same angle position between
 video and reflection without using mask?


 var reflectionDropoff:Number=1.1;
 var reflectionAlpha:Number=50;


 reflectIt=function(){
   var bounds = new Object();
   bounds.width = myVideo_mc._width;
   bounds.height = myVideo_mc._height;
   matrixHeight = bounds.height/reflectionDropoff;
   var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width,
 bounds.height, true, 0xFF);
   myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
   var reflect=this.createEmptyMovieClip(reflect, 10);
   reflect.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, 1);
   reflect._yscale = -100;
   reflect._x =myVideo_mc._x;
   reflect._y =myVideo_mc._y+(bounds.height*2)-distance;
   reflect._alpha = reflectionAlpha;
   var gra=this.createEmptyMovieClip(gra, 15);
   var fillType = linear;
   var colors = [0xFF, 0xFF];
   var alphas = [80, 0];
   var ratios = [0, 255];
   var matrix = {matrixType:box, x:0, y:0, w:bounds.width,
 h:matrixHeight, r:(90/180)*Math.PI};
   var spreadMethod:String = pad;
   gra.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors, alphas, ratios, matrix,
 spreadMethod);
   gra.moveTo(0, 0);
   gra.lineTo(bounds.width, distance);
   gra.lineTo(bounds.width, bounds.height);
   gra.lineTo(0, bounds.height);
   gra.lineTo(0, 0);
   gra.endFill();
   gra._y = reflect._y - reflect._height;
   gra._x = reflect._x;
   reflect.cacheAsBitmap = true;
   gra.cacheAsBitmap = true;
   reflect.setMask(gra);
   this.onEnterFrame = function ()
   {
   myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
   };

   }

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Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

[Hans Wichman]

Hmmm,
might be that some values end up negative while they shouldn't or as floats
while they should be integers.
To be honest, I don't completely understand what you are trying to do in the
left image, the lower part has to have an angle in it?
I'm not sure that's going to work without skewing of some sort.

regards,
JC


On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Yes I could not get correct rusult with masked video using neither
 your code nor my code.

 2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
  Hi,
 
  no don't think so, there is an example in there of a masked clip, and a
  sample of video.
  I'm assuming you've tried my code with masked video and it didn't work,
 or
  are you asking me to try that for you? I wasn't quite sure;). Because I
 see
  no reason why it wouldn't work :)
 
  regards,
  JC
 
  On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
  natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Yes, I saw these excellent examples and learned a lot. But it does not
  help with this situation. Do you have example where you have masked
  video?
 
  2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account - some
  days
   I'm like a broken record lol
  
  
  
  
   On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Hans Wichman 
   j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
  
   Hi Natalia,
  
   I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into account,
 it
   takes masks into account, hope it helps:
   http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/11/23/visual-reflections-in-as2/
  
   Gots lots of samples in the zip including video.
  
   greetz
   JC
  
 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
   natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:
  
   Hi to all
  
   I use reflection effect for video. But I want to draw not horizontal
   line between video and reflection Mc. So I mask my video with shape:
  
   var distance:Number=20;
   function drawShapeMask(mc:MovieClip, startX:Number, startY:Number,
   w:Number, h:Number) {
 mc.beginFill(0xFF);
 mc.moveTo(startX, startY);
 mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY);
 mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY + h);
 mc.lineTo(startX, startY + h-distance);
 mc.lineTo(startX, startY);
 mc.endFill();
   }
   Now bottom line of video has an angle.
  
   Reflection code works correctly without masked video. With masked
   video it shows only half of video without gradient mask.
   This is how that looks http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/reflect.jpg
   .
   What  is wrong? Maybe I can create the same angle position between
   video and reflection without using mask?
  
  
   var reflectionDropoff:Number=1.1;
   var reflectionAlpha:Number=50;
  
  
   reflectIt=function(){
 var bounds = new Object();
 bounds.width = myVideo_mc._width;
 bounds.height = myVideo_mc._height;
 matrixHeight = bounds.height/reflectionDropoff;
 var myBitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width,
   bounds.height, true, 0xFF);
 myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
 var reflect=this.createEmptyMovieClip(reflect, 10);
 reflect.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, 1);
 reflect._yscale = -100;
 reflect._x =myVideo_mc._x;
 reflect._y =myVideo_mc._y+(bounds.height*2)-distance;
 reflect._alpha = reflectionAlpha;
 var gra=this.createEmptyMovieClip(gra, 15);
 var fillType = linear;
 var colors = [0xFF, 0xFF];
 var alphas = [80, 0];
 var ratios = [0, 255];
 var matrix = {matrixType:box, x:0, y:0, w:bounds.width,
   h:matrixHeight, r:(90/180)*Math.PI};
 var spreadMethod:String = pad;
 gra.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors, alphas, ratios,
 matrix,
   spreadMethod);
 gra.moveTo(0, 0);
 gra.lineTo(bounds.width, distance);
 gra.lineTo(bounds.width, bounds.height);
 gra.lineTo(0, bounds.height);
 gra.lineTo(0, 0);
 gra.endFill();
 gra._y = reflect._y - reflect._height;
 gra._x = reflect._x;
 reflect.cacheAsBitmap = true;
 gra.cacheAsBitmap = true;
 reflect.setMask(gra);
 this.onEnterFrame = function ()
 {
 myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
 };
  
 }
  
   Thanks for any help!
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Re: [Flashcoders] Video reflection with masked video

[Hans Wichman]

nice find!
I wonder what happens if you nest the video_mc and its coded mask into
another parent clip and reflect that.

regards,
JC



On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 I found that if I use layer mask reflection code works correctly
 http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/video_perspective.html

 If I try to use script mask over my video clip

 var videoMaska=this.createEmptyMovieClip(videoMaska,100);
 videoMaska._x=myVideo_mc._x;
 videoMaska._y=myVideo_mc._y;
 drawShapeMask(videoMaska, 0, 0, myVideo_mc._width,myVideo_mc._height);
 myVideo_mc.setMask(videoMaska);

 Result is wrong
 http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/video_perspective_wrong.html







 2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
  Hmmm,
  might be that some values end up negative while they shouldn't or as
 floats
  while they should be integers.
  To be honest, I don't completely understand what you are trying to do in
 the
  left image, the lower part has to have an angle in it?
  I'm not sure that's going to work without skewing of some sort.
 
  regards,
  JC
 
 
  On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
 natavi.m...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
  Yes I could not get correct rusult with masked video using neither
  your code nor my code.
 
  2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
   Hi,
  
   no don't think so, there is an example in there of a masked clip, and
 a
   sample of video.
   I'm assuming you've tried my code with masked video and it didn't
 work,
  or
   are you asking me to try that for you? I wasn't quite sure;). Because
 I
  see
   no reason why it wouldn't work :)
  
   regards,
   JC
  
   On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
   natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:
  
   Yes, I saw these excellent examples and learned a lot. But it does
 not
   help with this situation. Do you have example where you have masked
   video?
  
   2009/4/28 Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com:
 that takes masking into account, it takes masks into account -
 some
   days
I'm like a broken record lol
   
   
   
   
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
   
Hi Natalia,
   
I recently wrote a reflection class that takes masking into
 account,
  it
takes masks into account, hope it helps:
   
 http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/11/23/visual-reflections-in-as2/
   
Gots lots of samples in the zip including video.
   
greetz
JC
   
  On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya 
natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:
   
Hi to all
   
I use reflection effect for video. But I want to draw not
 horizontal
line between video and reflection Mc. So I mask my video with
 shape:
   
var distance:Number=20;
function drawShapeMask(mc:MovieClip, startX:Number,
 startY:Number,
w:Number, h:Number) {
  mc.beginFill(0xFF);
  mc.moveTo(startX, startY);
  mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY);
  mc.lineTo(startX + w, startY + h);
  mc.lineTo(startX, startY + h-distance);
  mc.lineTo(startX, startY);
  mc.endFill();
}
Now bottom line of video has an angle.
   
Reflection code works correctly without masked video. With masked
video it shows only half of video without gradient mask.
This is how that looks http://www.natavi.co.uk/test/reflect.jpg
.
What  is wrong? Maybe I can create the same angle position
 between
video and reflection without using mask?
   
   
var reflectionDropoff:Number=1.1;
var reflectionAlpha:Number=50;
   
   
reflectIt=function(){
  var bounds = new Object();
  bounds.width = myVideo_mc._width;
  bounds.height = myVideo_mc._height;
  matrixHeight = bounds.height/reflectionDropoff;
  var myBitmapData = new
 flash.display.BitmapData(bounds.width,
bounds.height, true, 0xFF);
  myBitmapData.draw(myVideo_mc);
  var reflect=this.createEmptyMovieClip(reflect, 10);
  reflect.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, 1);
  reflect._yscale = -100;
  reflect._x =myVideo_mc._x;
  reflect._y =myVideo_mc._y+(bounds.height*2)-distance;
  reflect._alpha = reflectionAlpha;
  var gra=this.createEmptyMovieClip(gra, 15);
  var fillType = linear;
  var colors = [0xFF, 0xFF];
  var alphas = [80, 0];
  var ratios = [0, 255];
  var matrix = {matrixType:box, x:0, y:0, w:bounds.width,
h:matrixHeight, r:(90/180)*Math.PI};
  var spreadMethod:String = pad;
  gra.beginGradientFill(fillType, colors, alphas, ratios,
  matrix,
spreadMethod);
  gra.moveTo(0, 0);
  gra.lineTo(bounds.width, distance);
  gra.lineTo(bounds.width, bounds.height);
  gra.lineTo(0, bounds.height);
  gra.lineTo(0, 0);
  gra.endFill();
  gra._y = reflect._y - reflect._height

Re: [Flashcoders] Tween a matrix transformation

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

there is probably a better way, but one solution is to do: x* state1Matrix +
(x-1)*state2Matrix and tween x over 0..1

greetz
JC

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael 
michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote:

 Hi list...

 I'm trying to think of the best way to tween a sprite that's been
 transformed, with all 6 props of its matrix property having been altered.  I
 use TweenLite a lot...should I write 6 lines of code, one for each matrix
 property?

 Any suggestions for the most optimal way to tween a matrix transform?

 Thanks,
 - Michael M.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamically generate blend colors

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

mask out the r,g, b and tween them individually.

eg write a class:

RGBTween.getRGB (source, dest, 0..1);

The getRGB should mask out the r,g,b values, calculate the result r,g,b
based on source, dest and a 0..1 factor and combine the parts into a new rgb
value.

It will do the trick, but Im not sure its visually correct.

HTH
JC

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:38 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya
natavi.m...@gmail.comwrote:

 Thank you. Yes this class allows to create gradient. But I need code
 that allows to have N  MovieClips with blend colors from one to
 another.

 2009/5/1 Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk:
   Have a look at the Greensock Tween classes - they might help.
 
  natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote:
 
  Hi to all
  I need dynamically generate blend colors from one color to another.
  For example RGB:
  1Mc 255  255 255
  2?
  3?
  4?
  5?
  6?
  7 136 114 141
  Is there a way to calculate blend colors for 5 steps?
  Thanks you for any help or links.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Creating for loops for event listeners

[Hans Wichman]

yes you can accomplish that with one loop.

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM, zu...@zadesigns.com wrote:



 Is there a better way to write Event Listeners for a large number of
 buttons that increment the names by 1? example:
 solution_button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn1_down);
 solution_button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn2_down);
 solution_button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn3_down);
 solution_button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn4_down);
 solution_button5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn5_down);
 solution_button6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn6_down);
 solution_button7.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn7_down);
 solution_button8.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn8_down);
 solution_button9.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, s_btn9_down);

  can the above be accomplished with a for loop? what about more than one
 event over, out, down, click. can those also be automated or would I need 4
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RE: [Flashcoders] ClassPath madness

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

shouldnt your classpath be:
Macintosh HD:Users:gingerman:Sites:project:ACC:flash:src

instead of 

Macintosh HD:Users:gingerman:Sites:project:ACC:flash:src:com

?

And then your classes will have a package statement com.YourClass ?

regards
JC

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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Matthews
Sent: zondag 3 mei 2009 16:43
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] ClassPath madness

I am working out of the src directory ( which is shown in fully  
qualified the classpath below )

Macintosh HD:Users:gingerman:Sites:project:ACC:flash:src:com

In this instance you would think that I could go relative and use  
com instead, seeing that my FLA is in the Macintosh  
HD:Users:gingerman:Sites:project:ACC:flash:src directory.

This does not work.

ClassPaths drive me Math.abs( mad );


If you have any hints or have seen anything which makes ClassPaths  
seem easier to manage - please let me know

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Re: [Flashcoders] Try... catch......

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,
yup

either
public function myBall( value:int ):Ball
   {
   var ball:Ball

   try{

  //my code goes here.
  return ball;
  } catch (e:TypeError ){
  trace(Whoops);
   }
   return null;
   }

or

public function myBall( value:int ):Ball
   {
   var ball:Ball = null;

   try{

  //my code goes here.
  } catch (e:TypeError ){

   }
   return ball;
 }
There are more possibilities, some of which are better practice than others,
but in such a small method, I wouldn't make to much of a fuss about it.

regards,
JC


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 Hi there,

 I am trying to add try block in my code, how can I deal it with return
 function?

 If the code without any problems, I'd like to return ball , otherwise I'd
 like to EXIT or return null.

 Thanks

 -

  public function myBall( value:int ):Ball
{
var ball:Ball

try{

   //my code goes here.
   return ball;
   } catch (e:TypeError ){

}

   // shall I add = return null here?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Rounded Polygons; rounded triangles

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

nope not really, but I do know polymercode
http://www.polymercode.com/code/index.php has a nice set of drawing tools
for as2.

If you combine that with the knowledge of how to draw a curve through a
controlpoint:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zK7zaGGVi60Cpg=PA78lpg=PA78dq=how+to+draw+a+curve+through+a+controlpointsource=blots=yRYuZFe8Vhsig=H5GgAEoYJmMpxmUd-7_Fn9dmZfohl=enei=dt0PSrHaD6HUjAf3henkCAsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=6

(from foundation actionscript 3 animation)

it shouldn't be too hard to turn the hard curves in the drawing into rounded
corners.

hth!
JC



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 I've searched for polygon draw classes and functions, but I can't find
 anything that can do rounded corner polygons. Anyone on the list come
 across or written a decent set of code that can?
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Re: [Flashcoders] inserting object into swf

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

by far the easiest way, if you don't have the original source and don't want
to decompile the original movie is doing something like this:

1. create a new movie with same size as the old movie
2. put this on frame one of the timeline:
import [new version of old class goes here];
var cls_0:[new version of old class goes here]=null;
loadMovie ('myOldSwf.swf);
3. compile and run

hth
JC



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 A few days ago I made a post with the subject unexpected result with
 linked classes in embedded swf.  The lesson I learned from this is that an
 object is only imported into a movie player once, regardless of how many
 swfs it occurs in.

 Well, I'm dealing with a situation where I forgot to back up my source code
 following the most recent official release of a product.  I made about a
 month of changes as we were adding a bunch of features before I realized
 this.

 Anyway, we haven't had an official release in a while, but we've found a
 rather critical problem that is affecting a customer.

 I just need to add one line to one object to make the problem go away.

 So, is there a way to insert the corrected object into the last official
 release of the compiled swf?
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Re: [Flashcoders] inserting object into swf

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Hi Andrew,

both are possible, either loading it in a child, or replacing root
completely. Look into loadmovie and loadmovienum.
With respect to the flashvars, no clue, you'll have to try, but if not, I
think:
loadMovieNum (oldswf.swf?+[replace by string with original flashvars], 0);

will do the trick, you'll have to experiment first though, maybe the
originals vars are retained automatically.

regards
JC

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Sinning and...@learningware.comwrote:

 That's exactly what I was looking for Hans.  Thanks so much.

 I didn't mention that this is AS2, but it is and it looks like you're
 assuming that, too.
 Will using loadMovie without specifying a target cause myOldSwf.swf to
 become _root, or will it become a child of _root?

 Will myOldSwf.swf have access to flashVars?

 Of course, I should figure this out for myself, but if you happen to know
 .


 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi,

 by far the easiest way, if you don't have the original source and don't
 want
 to decompile the original movie is doing something like this:

 1. create a new movie with same size as the old movie
 2. put this on frame one of the timeline:
 import [new version of old class goes here];
 var cls_0:[new version of old class goes here]=null;
 loadMovie ('myOldSwf.swf);
 3. compile and run

 hth
 JC



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 wrote:



 A few days ago I made a post with the subject unexpected result with
 linked classes in embedded swf.  The lesson I learned from this is that
 an
 object is only imported into a movie player once, regardless of how many
 swfs it occurs in.

 Well, I'm dealing with a situation where I forgot to back up my source
 code
 following the most recent official release of a product.  I made about a
 month of changes as we were adding a bunch of features before I realized
 this.

 Anyway, we haven't had an official release in a while, but we've found a
 rather critical problem that is affecting a customer.

 I just need to add one line to one object to make the problem go away.

 So, is there a way to insert the corrected object into the last official
 release of the compiled swf?
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[Flashcoders] flv can seek to end yes/no

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I'm still struggling with blocking video now and then (video that locks up
my complete flash player).
I have a couple of flv's now that play fluently, and one of the differences
I'm noticing is that these videos have 'can seek to end' set to no.

What does 'can seek to end' actually do, and how can I set this to no? Does
anyone know whether this can actually improve the performance of the video?

thanks!
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Re: [Flashcoders] flv can seek to end yes/no

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Karl,

it's as2. The buffertime is set to 5. The biggest problem is that the
sysadmins seem incapable of setting up a stable test environment:).

regards
JC




On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote:

 AS2 or AS3?

 On May 25, 2009, at 6:26 AM, Hans Wichman wrote:

   Hi list,

 I'm still struggling with blocking video now and then (video that locks up
 my complete flash player).
 I have a couple of flv's now that play fluently, and one of the
 differences
 I'm noticing is that these videos have 'can seek to end' set to no.

 What does 'can seek to end' actually do, and how can I set this to no?
 Does
 anyone know whether this can actually improve the performance of the
 video?

 thanks!
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Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision Help

[Hans Wichman]

nice tuts: http://papervision2.com/
http://papervision2.com/
http://pv3d.org/




On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Merrill, Jason 
jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote:

 Have you tried the Papervision list?  I think these questions specific to
 Papervision are more appropriate there.


 Jason Merrill

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 Shared Services Solutions Development

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 -Original Message-
 From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:
 flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad
 Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:49 PM
 To: Flash Coders List
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision Help

 Well my concern now is, how can I apply a light and a shadow to a
 MovieMaterial. I've searched the whole google for it but invain.

 On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Ashim D'Silva as...@therandomlines.com
 wrote:

  Well, papervision will be able to do that, and the docs are quite
  helpful. You'll have to be specific when you search google for this
  stuff though. I did find some nice tutorials on lighting and shaders
  that should be helpful but that I can't remember offhand.
 
  However, you might want to re-evaluate using the default flash 10
  stuff. Lighting and shadowing live is only necessary if your object
  are going to change enough to make a difference. You might find you
  can get away with baking all that into textures and saving your
  processing power.
 
  Ashim
 
  The Random Lines
  My online portfolio
  www.therandomlines.com
 
 
 
  2009/5/24 Omar Fouad omarfouad@gmail.com:
   Hi all,
  
   I am working on a project where I need to create 6 circles (planes)
 with
   different colors. the cirlces are placed one over the other and
 centered,
  so
   when I move the mouse down those they rotate to show something like a
   piramid. I could just use the native 3d in Flash but my boss needs each
   circle to be clickable, have a shadow and be shaded (lighted).
  
   I actually played around with papervision lately, using BasicView and
  some
   kind of materials, but now I feel frustrated as I just can't figure out
  how
   to do this work.
  
   Any Ideas?
  
   I also cannot find a decent papervision explanation on the net. What
 I
  am
   looking for is a conceptual explanation about papervision not just how
 to
   create some shapes and put them on the stage.
  
  
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Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision Help

[Hans Wichman]

Hey,

on that matter: has anyone found any guidelines on which engine is 'better'
or a good set of selectioncriteria for which engine is best for you? All the
pv3d vs away google results same a bit outdated:)

regards,
JC

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Omar Fouad omarfouad@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks buddies, I've switched to Away3D, which is (in my opinion) better
 explained, supported and more straightforward in terms of API, than
 Papervision3D.

 Thanks for the supports guys!

 On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

  nice tuts: http://papervision2.com/
  http://papervision2.com/
  http://pv3d.org/
 
 
 
 
  On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Merrill, Jason 
  jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote:
 
   Have you tried the Papervision list?  I think these questions specific
 to
   Papervision are more appropriate there.
  
  
   Jason Merrill
  
   Bank of  America   Global Learning
   Shared Services Solutions Development
  
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 -
   join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community
  
  
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:
   flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad
   Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:49 PM
   To: Flash Coders List
   Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision Help
  
   Well my concern now is, how can I apply a light and a shadow to a
   MovieMaterial. I've searched the whole google for it but invain.
  
   On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Ashim D'Silva 
 as...@therandomlines.com
   wrote:
  
Well, papervision will be able to do that, and the docs are quite
helpful. You'll have to be specific when you search google for this
stuff though. I did find some nice tutorials on lighting and shaders
that should be helpful but that I can't remember offhand.
   
However, you might want to re-evaluate using the default flash 10
stuff. Lighting and shadowing live is only necessary if your object
are going to change enough to make a difference. You might find you
can get away with baking all that into textures and saving your
processing power.
   
Ashim
   
The Random Lines
My online portfolio
www.therandomlines.com
   
   
   
2009/5/24 Omar Fouad omarfouad@gmail.com:
 Hi all,

 I am working on a project where I need to create 6 circles (planes)
   with
 different colors. the cirlces are placed one over the other and
   centered,
so
 when I move the mouse down those they rotate to show something like
 a
 piramid. I could just use the native 3d in Flash but my boss needs
  each
 circle to be clickable, have a shadow and be shaded (lighted).

 I actually played around with papervision lately, using BasicView
 and
some
 kind of materials, but now I feel frustrated as I just can't figure
  out
how
 to do this work.

 Any Ideas?

 I also cannot find a decent papervision explanation on the net.
  What
   I
am
 looking for is a conceptual explanation about papervision not just
  how
   to
 create some shapes and put them on the stage.


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Re: [Flashcoders] how to reload swf in Flash IDE Player

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

one option is loadMovieNum (_root._url, 0);
Possibly attach some keyhandler to it, so you can press space to reload it,
or set up a timer to reload it.

Why do you need it? Editing data ?

regards
JC


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 To compile and play a movie within Flash, I use control-enter.  But suppose
 I want to reload the local copy of movie within the Flash Player without
 recompiling.  How do I do this?  Rewind seems to do nothing at all.
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[Flashcoders] ie 8 flash crashes

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

we're getting reports some of our flash sites are crashing in ie8, mostly
player 10 it seems.
Anyone experiencing this, it seems to come from BtwVdpCapFilter.dll.

Both content in both as2 and as3 is crashing.

Any insights would be appreciated. This is content that has run fine for
about 3 to 4 years now in previous versions of IE and flash.

regards
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Re: [Flashcoders] ie 8 flash crashes

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

ok thanks both! I didn't think it was this issue since I'm not using the
webcam and/or video but apparently it is, nice:).

regards
JC

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Anthony Pace anthony.p...@utoronto.cawrote:

 //Its a blue tooth webcam video capture filter, and it is not a part of the
 default windows or ie8 installation.  Rename the dll and things should be
 fine.

 Hans Wichman wrote:

  Hi list,

 we're getting reports some of our flash sites are crashing in ie8, mostly
 player 10 it seems.
 Anyone experiencing this, it seems to come from BtwVdpCapFilter.dll.

 Both content in both as2 and as3 is crashing.

 Any insights would be appreciated. This is content that has run fine for
 about 3 to 4 years now in previous versions of IE and flash.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Runtime Align Panel package AS3

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Ktu,

seems great, but havent had time to really dive into it, don't take the lack
of response the wrong way it happens now and then, but has nothing to do
with whether or not you're building something great;)

regards,
JC

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Ktu ktu_fl...@cataclysmicrewind.com wrote:

 Did anyone check it out at all?
 Any bit of feedback would be good, even if you don't think you personally
 would ever use it.

 Capabilities SWF
 http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/examples/capabilities.html
 Method Descriptions
 http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/examples/MethodDescriptions.html
 
 Documentation http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/docs/


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 wrote:

  Hey List,
 
  I have created a fairly robust alignment tool I have dubbed VizAlign.
 This
  package duplicates the align panel and more!
 
  License: I was thinking of releasing under GPL.
 
  Compiled code size - 5.8kb... for now
 
  Features:
  Straight Forward Human-like API
  Ignores Nesting
  Treat Multiple Objects As Groups
  Works In Full Screen Mode
  Use As Many Targets As You Need
  Use As Many Alignment Methods You Need In One Method Call
  25 Different Alignment Methods
  Easily Add New Alignment Methods
  TruePixel Option For Even Pixel Results
  Choose To Apply Results Immediately
  Or Just Get Return Values For Animating
  70% Documented Using ASDoc
 
  This is an example of the kind of stuff you can do with the VizAlign
 class.
  Capabilities.html cannot handle grouping options.
  http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/viz...abilities.html
 http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/examples/capabilities.html
  http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/viz...les/groups.swf
 http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/examples/groups.swf
 
  Method Descriptions:
 
 http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/examples/MethodDescriptions.html
 
  View current documentation here:
  http://www.cataclysmicrewind.com/vizalign/docs
 
 
  Question: I have ideas for more functionality but am not sure if they are
  worth it. Are you interested in this type of tool being released and
  maintained? I see much potential for this package. Do you?
 
  If enough people are interested then I will consider adding functionality
  and reducing file size.
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Projector, loaded SWFs and audio files

[Hans Wichman]

i just read that post again and boy is that thing old... anyway the basic
idea is still the same, but the execution can be improved:)

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi Eric,

 are you using as2 or as3?

 The basic solution is to look at the url of the loading swf, and make your
 paths relative to that.
 If you make it a little more complex (but usually some splitting and
 joining will be enough) you can use something like this:
 http://objectpainters.com/blog/2007/01/03/where-am-i-relative-paths/

 but it's as2.
 I have an as3 version as well if you need it.

 greetz
 JC

   On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.comwrote:

 Quick question.
 I have a projector that loads SWFs on demand. The SWFs are in a
 subdirectory
 called Sections. Each section SWF that loads into the directory loads
 it's
 own audio from a folder inside the Sections directory. Works fine on their
 own, but when loaded into the Projector, the relative path is off as the
 SWFs loaded into the projector now think they are at the same directory
 level as the projector and the load audio gets botched.

 How can I fix this so it works from the SWF themselves as well as within
 the
 projector (without embedding the audio anywhere)?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Projector, loaded SWFs and audio files

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Eric,

are you using as2 or as3?

The basic solution is to look at the url of the loading swf, and make your
paths relative to that.
If you make it a little more complex (but usually some splitting and joining
will be enough) you can use something like this:
http://objectpainters.com/blog/2007/01/03/where-am-i-relative-paths/

but it's as2.
I have an as3 version as well if you need it.

greetz
JC

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote:

 Quick question.
 I have a projector that loads SWFs on demand. The SWFs are in a
 subdirectory
 called Sections. Each section SWF that loads into the directory loads
 it's
 own audio from a folder inside the Sections directory. Works fine on their
 own, but when loaded into the Projector, the relative path is off as the
 SWFs loaded into the projector now think they are at the same directory
 level as the projector and the load audio gets botched.

 How can I fix this so it works from the SWF themselves as well as within
 the
 projector (without embedding the audio anywhere)?

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[Flashcoders] flash stops redrawing the stage

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I have an app in AS2, which I run in flash player 10.
If I use fscommand (fullscreen, true) and mouseover the stage a lot,
flash simply stops redrawing the stage.
I can click on stuff, I hear sounds from a video thats playing, but I don't
see anything, UNTIL I press escape, at which point the interface exits
fullscreen mode and flash happily starts to redraw the stage again.

Completely stumped, any ideas would be appreciated!

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Re: [Flashcoders] flash stops redrawing the stage

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Karl,

what should I wrap in an onEnterFrame?
The fullscreen call is triggered once at startup.

I've found though that it seems be caused by the 'use hardware accerelation'
flag.
If I disable hardware acceleration the problem goes away.

grrr
Hans

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote:

 Have you tried wrapping in an onEnterFrame? May make it slow though.

 Karl

 Sent from losPhone


 On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Hans Wichman j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com
 wrote:

   Hi list,

 I have an app in AS2, which I run in flash player 10.
 If I use fscommand (fullscreen, true) and mouseover the stage a lot,
 flash simply stops redrawing the stage.
 I can click on stuff, I hear sounds from a video thats playing, but I
 don't
 see anything, UNTIL I press escape, at which point the interface exits
 fullscreen mode and flash happily starts to redraw the stage again.

 Completely stumped, any ideas would be appreciated!

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[Flashcoders] difference in player 10 and player 8 while playing the same 8 content

[Hans Wichman]

Hi List,

most of you probably already know, but there are some differences between
player 10 and 8 when playing 8 content.
One was the performance of the same content, running notably better in
player 10, that appeared to be the (buggy on my pc) hardware accelaration
amongst other things.

But I've found some other issues as well. My reflection class runs fine in
auto bounds detection mode in player 10, but not for all content in player 8
(the same swf), this means that player 10 initializes 8 content differently
from player 8 then it does in 10, or that the getBounds methods work
differently, haven't figured that out yet.
Another thing is that loadClip (myimage.jpg?blabla) works fine in 10, but
doesn't in 8 (yeah the ?blablah doesn't have to be there, but still).

Anyway moral of the story, I've found that when developing stuff I now have
to test it against player 8,9 and 10. And I'm not even doing exotic stuff
:). Gotta love it.
What is a great help to me is not using any paths directly but pass them all
through some sort of Path.normalize (myPath) method, that way if you find
something weird, it's easy to fix in one place.

JC
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Re: [Flashcoders] flash stops redrawing the stage

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Karl,

no problem, I'm glad you're thinking along. Most problems I seem to
encounter don't involve any non-working-code but rather player bugs etc.
I've tried the same swf on another pc and it runs fine. I'm starting to
think my pc requires a reinstall:).
thanks!
Hans


On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote:

 :) - Hi Hans
 I guess I was thinking that the user initiated the Full-Screen somehow by
 a button or something. I was thinking that if you had the code that
 controlled wither the movie was playing in full screen or not wrapped in an
 onEnterFrame, it would keep it in Full Screen when you had it in-frame
 per say, or something to that effect. Sorry I didn't get a chance to see
 your code, so I apologize, I was more so just guessing.

 Hope you fine the solution.

 Best,

 Karl


 On Jun 28, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi Karl,

 what should I wrap in an onEnterFrame?
 The fullscreen call is triggered once at startup.

 I've found though that it seems be caused by the 'use hardware
 accerelation'
 flag.
 If I disable hardware acceleration the problem goes away.

 grrr
 Hans

 On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
 wrote:

 Have you tried wrapping in an onEnterFrame? May make it slow though.

 Karl

 Sent from losPhone


 On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com
 wrote:

  Hi list,


 I have an app in AS2, which I run in flash player 10.
 If I use fscommand (fullscreen, true) and mouseover the stage a lot,
 flash simply stops redrawing the stage.
 I can click on stuff, I hear sounds from a video thats playing, but I
 don't
 see anything, UNTIL I press escape, at which point the interface exits
 fullscreen mode and flash happily starts to redraw the stage again.

 Completely stumped, any ideas would be appreciated!

 Hans
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[Flashcoders] [OT] generate serial for onlinepayment

[Hans Wichman]

Hi List,

this is a bit off topic, but I need to generate a serial for an online
payment.

Basic process is:
* customer pays
* mail with invoice and serial should be generated including account data
* customer logs into account with data from email, downloads game
* installs game using given serial

Seems to me there should be out of the box solutions for this, but I'm
having a hard time finding any.
Currently I'm thinking about using paypal, ipn and a custom script.

cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] rendering 3d model of a car for use in flash as an image sequence (360)

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

if you are rendering it to jpg's what does the polygon count matter? Crank
it up until it looks so good you're pc is on its knees:)
We've been doing like wise things, which required about 180 jpg's, but you
might be able to skip a lot of those using some nice effects.
In addition in our setup you can only stop every 20 frames I think, and all
the frames in between (while moving) are lower quality to save filesize.

regards,
JC

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Matt Muller matthewmul...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi, I am about to get some rendered frames of a car for a 360 as a targa
 sequence for use in flash as an image (JPG's) sequence.

 Does anyone know what the optimum target polygon count is for the vehicle
 exterior?

 Does anyone know roughly how many JPGs will be needed to create a smooth
 sequence?

 Any other tips or tricks or URL' s greatly appreciated.

 thanks,

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[Flashcoders] papervision as2 mouse projection

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I need to find the coordinates of a mouseclick within a plane in
actionscript 2 papervision and I can't figure out how to do it.
Has anyone got any pointers for me, my 3d math skills are vry rusty?

regards,
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Re: [Flashcoders] papervision as2 mouse projection

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

yes the as3 version does:)
But I'm very lucky to be stuck on the same as2 project for 5 years in a
row...

However I chose the easy way out, I've drawn the hotspot in a separate layer
and now I can click.
Not sure how this is going to add up performance wise, but time will tell!

tnx
JC

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:

 Hi,

   I thought that PaperVision provided that information for you - check the
 docs...

   Glen

 Hans Wichman wrote:

  Hi list,

 I need to find the coordinates of a mouseclick within a plane in
 actionscript 2 papervision and I can't figure out how to do it.
 Has anyone got any pointers for me, my 3d math skills are vry rusty?

 regards,
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Re: [Flashcoders] papervision as2 mouse projection

[Hans Wichman]

Ok,

it seems the as2 papervision horribly distorts the perspective, and each
addded hotspot makes the panorama slower.

So back at square one.
Essentially what I'm looking for is a panorama that takes 6 cube faces and a
hotspot definition and generates a cool panorama with hotspots that light up
as you mouse over them in 3d space, and that all in as2 :).

So I'm looking for the documentation that provides me with the knowledge on
how cubic panorama's work... yes grasping at straws here:), any pointers
pretty plz...

regards,
JC

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi,

 yes the as3 version does:)
 But I'm very lucky to be stuck on the same as2 project for 5 years in a
 row...

 However I chose the easy way out, I've drawn the hotspot in a separate
 layer and now I can click.
 Not sure how this is going to add up performance wise, but time will tell!

 tnx
 JC

   On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:

 Hi,

   I thought that PaperVision provided that information for you - check the
 docs...

   Glen

 Hans Wichman wrote:

  Hi list,

 I need to find the coordinates of a mouseclick within a plane in
 actionscript 2 papervision and I can't figure out how to do it.
 Has anyone got any pointers for me, my 3d math skills are vry rusty?

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Re: [Flashcoders] dynamically capture and display the name of the currently executing function in the Output panel

[Hans Wichman]

Yep only in debug player.
Annoying as this was perfectly possible in as 2 (and easy as well). No good
way in as3 though.

Here is one method beside throwing an error and parsing the stack, but it
has to be improved, just show the basic idea (which is kinda the same as in
as2):

  private var d:Dictionary = new Dictionary();

  public function TestOne():void
  {
   var methodNames:Array = getNonstaticAccessors(TestOne);
   for (var i:Number = 0; i  methodNames.length; i++ ) {
d[this[methodNames[i]]] = methodNames[i];
   }

   init();
  }

  public static function getNonstaticAccessors(classOfInterest:Class):Array
{
   var xmlDescriptionOfClass:XML = describeType(classOfInterest);
   var nonstaticAccessorsXML:XMLList = xmlDescriptionOfClass.factory.method;
   var accessors:Array = [];
   for each (var accessorXML:XML in nonstaticAccessorsXML) {
accessors.push(accessorx...@name);
   }
   return accessors;
  }

public function init(e:Event = null):void
  {
  trace (d[arguments.callee]);
}

Only works for public methods though, private methods have to be registered
explicitly.

I think that a utility to parse the bytecode and add this information on the
fly should be possible though:)

regards,
JC



On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Steve Mathews happy...@gmail.com wrote:

 There is a way to this as a hack. No good way though.
 The hack way is to do a try catch, throw an error in the try and parse the
 error message in the catch. Only works with the debug player I believe.


 On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote:

  Question: Is there a simple way to dynamically capture and display the
 name
  of the currently executing function in the Output panel?
 
  Sample function:
 
  function doStuff ():void {
  trace (Function: doStuff() );
  //run doStuff code...
  }
 
  Without hardcoding the name of the function in the trace statement shown
  above, can I somehow display the function name dynamically when it runs?
  I've never seen this done but thought I'd ask anyway
 
  TIA
  Cor
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[Flashcoders] palet of an index based image

[Hans Wichman]

Hi folks,

the subject is probably incorrect english, but what I meant was:
is it possible when saving an indexed coloured image from say photoshop, to
load it in flash (as2) and access and modify the underlying palette
directly?

As far as my tests have shown, the image data is completely converted to
32-bit pixel data, and the palette is lost.
Correct?

regards,
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Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface.call not working on desktop...??

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

html on the desktop is not going work, but you might have some luck when
updating the security settings.
I have the following batch file in most of my projects:
@echo off
rem echo %APPDATA%
rem echo %CD%
echo [Enter name for security file inserted into %APPDATA%]:
echo (use a single keyword, no spaces, no dots and no .cfg in it)
SET /p fileName=
echo Creating %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash
Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust\%fileName%.cfg
echo %CD%  %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash
Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust\%fileName%.cfg

Store it in a batch file in the same dir as your fla, run it and enter some
bogus keyword to identify your settings with, eg desktop.

regards
JC

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Barry Hannah ba...@shift.co.nz wrote:

 AFAIK ExternalInterface doesn't work in the standalone player, only in the
 browser.

 You should be getting error messages to that effect. You can test whether
 or not it's available to use with the Boolean ExternalInterface.available
 property.


 BH




 -Original Message-
 From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:
 flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of BOYD SPEER
 Sent: Friday, 31 July 2009 10:49 a.m.
 To: Flash Coders List
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface.call not working on
 desktop...??

 The menu.swf actually is set to Access local files only and seems to work
 only from the website...

 Thanks for responding Karl... would changing the setting to Access network
 files only allow a broader or narrower selection of files...?

 - Original Message -
 From: Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com
 Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:31 pm
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface.call not working on
 desktop...??
 To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

  Check you publish settings, you probably have it set to network only.
 
  Karl
 
 
  On Jul 30, 2009, at 5:21 PM, BOYD SPEER wrote:
 
   Hi all,
   I am probably missing something obvious but I have a flash
  .swf in
   embedded in .html and an ExternalInterface.call( to javascript).
   It works great  from my website in both I.E. and Firefox -
  but not
   from the computer desktop (even though all the files are in
  the
   same relationship in their folders, etc..) Is there some
  security
   setting or other setting that I need to check to make this
  work? or
   is it just not possible?
   Thanks for any insights!
  
   -Boyd
  
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Re: [Flashcoders] LocalConnection: call functions on passed object

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,
nope, but wouldn't it be nice:)

greetz
JC

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Andrew Sinning and...@learningware.comwrote:

 Using the LocalConnection object, is it be possible to pass a reference to
 an object from one movie to another, and hence forth call functions within
 the passed object directly, without having to go through the
 LocalConnection?

 This is in AS3.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

I stumbled on this thread and kind of need to do the same thing.
I have an area where a number of persons should be walking around randomly.

I was thinking about something like this:
* each person gets 4 flv's: (or 2 if i mirror them): turn right, walk right,
turn left, walk left
* all the flv's get preloaded
* a player class plays 'walk right' for x times, then 'turn left', 'walk
left' for y times (x  y are random), 'turn right' and repeat

Is this feasible? Can I put 6 video objects on stage without any problems?
And concerning the preloading, I was thinking about simply setting
bufferTime to a very high value or is that naive?
Is preloading all the flv's in the cache and keeping the bufferTime as
normal a better option?
What happens if the user has disabled his/her browser cache?

Another option would be to load the walk cycles as still images, not sure
what the better option, your opinion is appreciated:)

regards
JC




On Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 6:49 PM, Jack Doyle j...@greensock.com wrote:

 The PreloadAssetManager class simply preloads your assets into your
 browser's cache; it is not meant to be used for playback or managing your
 FLVs once they're preloaded. There's nothing special that you need to do
 in
 order to access the preloaded FLVs - just call them as you normally would
 either using a NetStream object of your own or an FLVPlayback component or
 whatever. The user's browser will be smart enough to used the cached FLVs
 instead of going out to the web and downloading them again.

 You might want to search the Flash Help files for NetStream or
 FLVPlayback.

 Jack

 -Original Message-
 Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:59:02 -0400
 From: leolea pou...@videotron.ca
  Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream
 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 Message-ID: 
 c2393576.e280%pou...@videotron.cac2393576.e280%25pou...@videotron.ca
 
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII


 Preloading works super fine! Thank you very much for this class.

 I am preloading a bunch of FLVs. Once they get at 100%, how do I access
 them
 using a NetStream object (or other) ?

 (I need to implement something that initates the playback of the first
 one,
 when it reaches the end I must start the second one, so on...)


 On 4/3/07 6:42 PM, Jack Doyle j...@greensock.com wrote:

  Yep, you can preload FLVs with the NetStream. Check out the
  PreloadAssetManager class which will handle it all for you:
  http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/PreloadAssetManager
 
  Jack
 
  -Original Message-
  Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:04:35 -0400
  From: leolea pou...@videotron.ca
  Subject: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream
  To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
  Message-ID: 
  c2382b93.e226%pou...@videotron.cac2382b93.e226%25pou...@videotron.ca
 
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
 
  Hi,
 
  Is it possible, using the NetStream object, to preload a FLV.
 
  I have multiple FLV videos that I need to play back-to-back smoothly. I
 want
  all of them to be preloaded so that when I start playback it doesn't
 buffer
  or lag in any way.
 
  I can't seem to find a way so my next alternative would be to use SWF
 with
  MovieClipLoader. I'd like to avoid that.
 
  Thanks




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Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream

[Hans Wichman]

Hmm Jack is there an as3 version of that cool PreloadManager as well:)?
greetz
JC

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi,

 I stumbled on this thread and kind of need to do the same thing.
 I have an area where a number of persons should be walking around randomly.

 I was thinking about something like this:
 * each person gets 4 flv's: (or 2 if i mirror them): turn right, walk
 right, turn left, walk left
 * all the flv's get preloaded
 * a player class plays 'walk right' for x times, then 'turn left', 'walk
 left' for y times (x  y are random), 'turn right' and repeat

 Is this feasible? Can I put 6 video objects on stage without any problems?
 And concerning the preloading, I was thinking about simply setting
 bufferTime to a very high value or is that naive?
 Is preloading all the flv's in the cache and keeping the bufferTime as
 normal a better option?
 What happens if the user has disabled his/her browser cache?

 Another option would be to load the walk cycles as still images, not sure
 what the better option, your opinion is appreciated:)

 regards
 JC




 On Wed, Apr 4, 2007 at 6:49 PM, Jack Doyle j...@greensock.com wrote:

 The PreloadAssetManager class simply preloads your assets into your
 browser's cache; it is not meant to be used for playback or managing your
 FLVs once they're preloaded. There's nothing special that you need to do
 in
 order to access the preloaded FLVs - just call them as you normally would
 either using a NetStream object of your own or an FLVPlayback component or
 whatever. The user's browser will be smart enough to used the cached FLVs
 instead of going out to the web and downloading them again.

 You might want to search the Flash Help files for NetStream or
 FLVPlayback.

 Jack

 -Original Message-
 Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:59:02 -0400
 From: leolea pou...@videotron.ca
  Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream
 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 Message-ID: 
 c2393576.e280%pou...@videotron.cac2393576.e280%25pou...@videotron.ca
 
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII


 Preloading works super fine! Thank you very much for this class.

 I am preloading a bunch of FLVs. Once they get at 100%, how do I access
 them
 using a NetStream object (or other) ?

 (I need to implement something that initates the playback of the first
 one,
 when it reaches the end I must start the second one, so on...)


 On 4/3/07 6:42 PM, Jack Doyle j...@greensock.com wrote:

  Yep, you can preload FLVs with the NetStream. Check out the
  PreloadAssetManager class which will handle it all for you:
  http://www.greensock.com/ActionScript/PreloadAssetManager
 
  Jack
 
  -Original Message-
  Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:04:35 -0400
  From: leolea pou...@videotron.ca
  Subject: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream
  To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
  Message-ID: 
  c2382b93.e226%pou...@videotron.cac2382b93.e226%25pou...@videotron.ca
 
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
 
  Hi,
 
  Is it possible, using the NetStream object, to preload a FLV.
 
  I have multiple FLV videos that I need to play back-to-back smoothly. I
 want
  all of them to be preloaded so that when I start playback it doesn't
 buffer
  or lag in any way.
 
  I can't seem to find a way so my next alternative would be to use SWF
 with
  MovieClipLoader. I'd like to avoid that.
 
  Thanks




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Re: [Flashcoders] Interface for displayObjects

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

when you declare them like this:
var myObj1:MyInterface
addChild (myObj1) wont work

if you do
var myObj1:Sprite = ...
addChild (myObj1)

it probably will.

The thing is that you essentially provide two different interfaces for your
object. By extending Sprite you satisfy the DisplayObject requirement for
addChild(). By implementing your interface you satisfy the requirement for
your own class that the objects have to of a certain interface. Telling your
own class, here is a display object isn't going to work, since it needs the
interface, vice versa telling the display list here is my own interface
isn't going to work either, you have to pass the objects in the form
expected in both cases.

hth,
JC




On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Tom Huynen tomhuy...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi!

 I have a tiny little problem with the following:

 I have two classes that should have the same dataType in order to use them
 in a third class. So I created an Interface that both of them implement.
 The two classes extend Sprite because they have a visual representation.
 However, when I try to add them to the displayList flash doesn't recognise
 them as a displayObject.
 I read that many people at this moment cast them back to a displayObject
 but
 that to me feels like a workaround.

 Anybody any suggestions?

 Thanks!

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Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Paul,

ok thanks cool.
Meanwhile I've whipped up a sample using flv's but I might have to switch to
images like you said!
If anyone would care to see if this works okay on their browsers it'd be
appreciated:
http://www.wichman-media.com/misc/bin/

The awesome floor texture:) will become a 3d background, the arrows will
become persons walking to and fro, the line will become a microphone
allowing you to interview people. And yes its a prototype and looks like
crap ;)

player 10 required btw

tia!
Hans



On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote:

 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi,

 I stumbled on this thread and kind of need to do the same thing.
 I have an area where a number of persons should be walking around
 randomly.

 I was thinking about something like this:
 * each person gets 4 flv's: (or 2 if i mirror them): turn right, walk
 right,
 turn left, walk left
 * all the flv's get preloaded
 * a player class plays 'walk right' for x times, then 'turn left', 'walk
 left' for y times (x  y are random), 'turn right' and repeat

 Is this feasible? Can I put 6 video objects on stage without any problems?
 And concerning the preloading, I was thinking about simply setting
 bufferTime to a very high value or is that naive?
 Is preloading all the flv's in the cache and keeping the bufferTime as
 normal a better option?
 What happens if the user has disabled his/her browser cache?

 Another option would be to load the walk cycles as still images, not sure
 what the better option, your opinion is appreciated:)


 I have done this for people silhouettes using walk cycles generated with
 poser!

 Basically it was used to build a pseudo crowd-scene (lots of instances of
 the movieclips) with the movement of the people controlled with
 actionscript. No video,  just frame by frame walk cycles playing in a
 movieclip controlled by actionscript. Given your application I would use
 that exact same technique again, or at least experiment with it.

 Paul

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Re: [Flashcoders] Preloading FLV with NetStream

[Hans Wichman]

lol it's the vanishing point actually:) but thanks for checking and the tip
about the feet!

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote:

 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi Paul,

 ok thanks cool.
 Meanwhile I've whipped up a sample using flv's but I might have to switch
 to
 images like you said!
 If anyone would care to see if this works okay on their browsers it'd be
 appreciated:
 http://www.wichman-media.com/misc/bin/

 The awesome floor texture:) will become a 3d background, the arrows will
 become persons walking to and fro, the line will become a microphone
 allowing you to interview people. And yes its a prototype and looks like
 crap ;)


 Seems to work OK. The sound man is already ready - I can see his mike at
 the top of the movie!  ;-)

 Just one thing to be careful about when doing this kind of thing where the
 feet are visible (this is an old walk cycle problem).

 If the feet are visible and the character is moving, the speed at which the
 character can be moved without looking as though they are doing some variant
 of a MJ moonwalk will be determined by the walkcycle animation. Move too
 fast and they look like they are being dragged along the ground. Too slow
 and the moonwalk springs to mind.

 Paul




 player 10 required btw

 tia!
 Hans



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 Hans Wichman wrote:



 Hi,

 I stumbled on this thread and kind of need to do the same thing.
 I have an area where a number of persons should be walking around
 randomly.

 I was thinking about something like this:
 * each person gets 4 flv's: (or 2 if i mirror them): turn right, walk
 right,
 turn left, walk left
 * all the flv's get preloaded
 * a player class plays 'walk right' for x times, then 'turn left', 'walk
 left' for y times (x  y are random), 'turn right' and repeat

 Is this feasible? Can I put 6 video objects on stage without any
 problems?
 And concerning the preloading, I was thinking about simply setting
 bufferTime to a very high value or is that naive?
 Is preloading all the flv's in the cache and keeping the bufferTime as
 normal a better option?
 What happens if the user has disabled his/her browser cache?

 Another option would be to load the walk cycles as still images, not
 sure
 what the better option, your opinion is appreciated:)




 I have done this for people silhouettes using walk cycles generated with
 poser!

 Basically it was used to build a pseudo crowd-scene (lots of instances of
 the movieclips) with the movement of the people controlled with
 actionscript. No video,  just frame by frame walk cycles playing in a
 movieclip controlled by actionscript. Given your application I would use
 that exact same technique again, or at least experiment with it.

 Paul



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Re: [Flashcoders] How to Exit/Close the Web Browser from Flash Applications?

[Hans Wichman]

The timeout is a good idea, I realized I stopped doing that somewhere along
the way, but especially macs as well had a knack for crashing if the calling
object was destroyed in the process of the call.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jer Brand thejhe...@gmail.com wrote:

 Here's a simple example. Note that if you don't own the window your flash
 is running in -- you opened it with window.open(...) --  this code will
 again prompt the user if they really want to close the window in IE, or do
 nothing (Firefox, chrome, etc).

 There are ways around that, but I can't bring myself help others be evil.
 ;-)

 Anyway:
 --
 in the flash:


 import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

 function onUserConfirmedTheyWantToExit():void
 {
ExternalInterface.call(closeWindowAsync, ) ;
 }


 in the HTML page
 script type=javascript
 function closeWindowAsync()
 {
 setTimeout(closeWindowCallback(), 500) ;
 }
 function closeWindowCallback()
 {
 window.close() ;
 }
 /script

 


 The use of setTimeout in the javascript is there because of some problems
 we
 had calling window.close directly in IE6 (very weird IE-locking bugs if
 there were other browser windows open).

 Jer


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  Hello,
  How to Exit/Close the Web Browser from Flash  Applications?
  Could anyone suggest a code to exit the flash application and  close the
  web browser window?
  I realize, the solution might be using ExternalInterface with  JS.  The
  question is how?
  The user can exit the flash application by clicking on an exit  button or
  he/she can click on the Window “X”.
  When clicking either on the “exit” button or on the Window “X”,  the
  flash application will show an alert message, asking the user whether
  he/she
  really want to exit.  Upon clicking  “yes” the application and web
 browser
  will close.
  Therefore, when the user clicks on the Window “X” the flash  application
  needs to detect this click.
  Thanks,
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[Flashcoders] actionscript 3 block rationale

[Hans Wichman]

Hey list,

does anyone know the cool rationale behind the fact that the compiler won't
allow me to execute a completely sane piece of code such as:

private function _demo():void {
for (var i:Number = 0; i  10;i++) {
  //evil stuff here
}
 for (var i:Number = 0; i  10;i++) {
  //evil stuff here
}
}

(getting a redefined blablah variable, to which there is no workaround but
to rename the loop variables I think)

But WILL allow me to do something stupid like:

  private function _demo():void {
   for (var i:int = 0; i  10; i++)
   {
trace (this[j]);
   }
   var j:Object = null;
  }


:)

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Re: [Flashcoders] actionscript 3 block rationale

[Hans Wichman]

ok thanks, as i expected then.
Glad we agree it's counterintuitive, and although mtasc \^^\ oo /^^/ ROCKS,
i like as3 too much to go back though:))

thanks Ian

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Ian Thomas i...@eirias.net wrote:

 JC,
   AS3 has no block scope.

   Whenever you write 'var x' inside a method, that declaration
 (effectively) gets moved to the 'top' of the method.

 So at a compiler level, this:

  private function _demo():void {
  for (var i:Number = 0; i  10;i++) {
   //evil stuff here
  }
   for (var i:Number = 0; i  10;i++) {
   //evil stuff here
  }
  }

 becomes this:

 private function _demo():void
 {
  var i:Number;
  var i:Number;  /// Second definition!
  for (i=0;i10;i++)
  {
 // Evil stuff
  }
  for (i=0;i10;i++)
  {
 // Evil stuff
  }
 }

 And this:

   private function _demo():void {
for (var i:int = 0; i  10; i++)
{
 trace (this[j]);
}
var j:Object = null;
   }

 becomes this:

 private function _demo():void
 {
  var j:Object;
  var i:int;
  for (i=0;i10;i++)
  {
trace(this[j]);
  }
  j=null;
 }

 I find it totally counterintuitive. It's a language spec thing. It was
 the same in AS2 - although, interestingly, Nicolas Cannasse's MTASC
 compiler added block scope and made AS2 work 'properly' - so it's not
 like it's an issue at bytecode level.

 Ian


 On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Hans
 Wichmanj.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
  Hey list,
 
  does anyone know the cool rationale behind the fact that the compiler
 won't
  allow me to execute a completely sane piece of code such as:
 
  private function _demo():void {
  for (var i:Number = 0; i  10;i++) {
   //evil stuff here
  }
   for (var i:Number = 0; i  10;i++) {
   //evil stuff here
  }
  }
 
  (getting a redefined blablah variable, to which there is no workaround
 but
  to rename the loop variables I think)
 
  But WILL allow me to do something stupid like:
 
   private function _demo():void {
for (var i:int = 0; i  10; i++)
{
 trace (this[j]);
}
var j:Object = null;
   }
 
 
  :)
 
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[Flashcoders] using flash components in flashdevelop

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I'm trying to use flashcomponents directly without going through the loop of
creating an intermediate fla with the components in it.
I've added all the cs4 swc files as libraries in flashdevelop, but it still
cannot find the components.

Starting to wonder if it is even possible any pointers would be
appreciated!

regards
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[Flashcoders] Re: using flash components in flashdevelop

[Hans Wichman]

Update, if I export the User Interface.fla in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe
Flash CS4\Common\Configuration\Components to swc and use that one instead of
all the separate swc's in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash
CS4\Common\Configuration\Components\User Interface it works just fine...

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi list,

 I'm trying to use flashcomponents directly without going through the loop
 of creating an intermediate fla with the components in it.
 I've added all the cs4 swc files as libraries in flashdevelop, but it still
 cannot find the components.

 Starting to wonder if it is even possible any pointers would be
 appreciated!

 regards
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Re: [Flashcoders] add string to a function

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

you are looking for:
this[createSubNav+page]();
HTH
JC


On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:20 AM, thomas horner
tho...@megawattmedia.co.ukwrote:

 this is possibly a very basic problem,   I'm still building my dynamic
 global sub nav, slooowly.



 what I want to know if can I add a string to a function,



 I have my initial first level navigation, I click a button and then if the
 button has children in that section it says true and then brings up the
 corresponding children to populate that subnav,



 I was going to have 3 separate functions for the subnavs







 what I'm unsure about is the line:  'createSubNav +page();



 ///I wanted to then have the following functions createSubNavHis
 createSubNavHerscreateSubNavTheirs



 //is this possible?



 //here is my code on the first level buttons///





 function mouseClickHandler(e:Event):void {



//var siteNav:XML =
 IXml(assets.siteNav).xml;

var
 page:String=e.target.label.text;

trace(page);

targetPage=e.target.linkTo;



//targetPage =
 e.target.linkTo;









if
 (e.target.kiddies.children().length()0) {


 hasChildren=true;


 TweenMax.to(nav1, 0.25, {x:-200, ease:Bounce.easeInOut});


 trace(e.target.kiddies.children());

createSubNav
 + page() ;








 trace(hasChildren);

} else {


 hasChildren=false;


 trace(hasChildren);


 Gaia.api.goto( + [targetPage] + );



}

}





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Re: [Flashcoders] add string to a function

[Hans Wichman]

ps a better option might be a parameter and a switchstatement

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:20 AM, thomas horner
tho...@megawattmedia.co.ukwrote:

 this is possibly a very basic problem,   I'm still building my dynamic
 global sub nav, slooowly.



 what I want to know if can I add a string to a function,



 I have my initial first level navigation, I click a button and then if the
 button has children in that section it says true and then brings up the
 corresponding children to populate that subnav,



 I was going to have 3 separate functions for the subnavs







 what I'm unsure about is the line:  'createSubNav +page();



 ///I wanted to then have the following functions createSubNavHis
 createSubNavHerscreateSubNavTheirs



 //is this possible?



 //here is my code on the first level buttons///





 function mouseClickHandler(e:Event):void {



//var siteNav:XML =
 IXml(assets.siteNav).xml;

var
 page:String=e.target.label.text;

trace(page);

targetPage=e.target.linkTo;



//targetPage =
 e.target.linkTo;









if
 (e.target.kiddies.children().length()0) {


 hasChildren=true;


 TweenMax.to(nav1, 0.25, {x:-200, ease:Bounce.easeInOut});


 trace(e.target.kiddies.children());

createSubNav
 + page() ;








 trace(hasChildren);

} else {


 hasChildren=false;


 trace(hasChildren);


 Gaia.api.goto( + [targetPage] + );



}

}





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Re: [Flashcoders] debugging events

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

you can check willTrigger(youreventtype), assuming its as3.
Can you post the event constants here so we can take a look at them and the
dispatching and listener code?

regards
JC

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Joel Stransky j...@stranskydesign.comwrote:

 I have some custom event classes for my project but one of them is just
 failing outright. I can verify that the function that dispatches the event
 is being called correctly but the object that's listening for it will never
 get it. The event class has two constants, one works, one doesn't. Is there
 a good way to verify that events are being broadcast or to debug wtf the
 handler never gets triggered?

 Thanks.

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[Flashcoders] disable mouse on transparent part of alpha video

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I need to create a couple of talking persons on a square, using transparent
flv's for that.
But it seems the whole of the video is clickable, even the transparent part
(which is logical), is there any way to disable that?
One other option I have is copying the persons to a bitmap and check the
pixel transparency, but I'm guessing that is going to slow things down:)

thanks
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Re: [Flashcoders] disable mouse on transparent part of alpha video

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,
nope thats true, but I'm more concerned about the usability side of things,
I don want to show a cursor when you cant click, so I would have to perform
the check much more often.

regards
Hans

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:

 Hi,
  Hans Wichman wrote:

 One other option I have is copying the persons to a bitmap and check the
 pixel transparency, but I'm guessing that is going to slow things down:)


 But if you are only checking transparency on a CLICK event, that is not
 going to happen to often in relation to playing the FLV right?

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Re: [Flashcoders] disable mouse on transparent part of alpha video

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,
ok that might work, I'll try to mask out the shapes that have to be
clickable.
thanks folks!
Hans

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:

  Steven Sacks wrote:

 Cover the video with an alpha 0 shape.  Problem solved.
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Re: [Flashcoders] fisheye dislpacement

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,
maybe this will help;
http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/2005/10/26/2-new-flash-8-examples-displace-smoke-displacement-spheres-source/
it's as2 but the id is the same.

hth
JC

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael 
michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote:

 Hi list...

 I'm trying to render a spherical earth using a DisplacementMapFilter out of
 a flat movieclip of the landmasses but it isn't working too well for me.
  Any suggestions?  I'd appreciate hearing any ideas.

 Thanks,
 - Michael M.

 private function renderOrnament():Sprite{
var makeCirc:Function = function(isFront:Boolean, diam:uint):Shape{
// used for masks and displacement
var c:Shape = new Shape();
var m:Matrix = new Matrix();
m.createGradientBox(diam,diam);
var colors:Array = (isFront !=
 true)?[0xFF,0x00]:[0x00,0xFF];
c.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.RADIAL,
 colors,[1,1],[0,255],m);
c.graphics.drawEllipse(0,0,diam,diam);
c.graphics.endFill();
return c;
}
// container
var orn:Sprite = new Sprite();
// front hemisphere
var fh:Sprite = new Sprite();
orn.addChild(fh);
// front world (World is a mc of all the continents)
frontWorld = new World();
fh.addChild(frontWorld);
// front world mask
var circleMask:Shape = makeCirc(true,200);
fh.addChild(circleMask);
frontWorld.mask = circleMask;
// front world displacement
fh.filters = [new DisplacementMapFilter(new BitmapData(200,200), new
 Point(0,0), 1, 1,75, 75, DisplacementMapFilterMode.IGNORE, 1,0)];
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Re: [Flashcoders] bitwise question

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Hey,
not sure if it's faster, but this would work as well:
var i:Number = 32;
trace (Math.log(i)/Math.LN2);
returns bit number 5.
Lookuptable might be faster in this case.

greetz
JC



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 When i have a 8 bit int where only one of the bit can be 1, what is then
 the quickest way to get that bit position with value 1?
 Now I use this.

 function getBit():int{
var tCount:int = 0;
for (var i:int=0; i  8; i++) {
  if (8  (1  i)) return i;
}
return 0;
}
 Can this be done faster?

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[Flashcoders] localconnection in as2

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

as I understand it, there is a send/receive limit of 40k to the
localconnection object in actionscript2.
Mostly the objects passed in my application will probably be under 40k, but
the question is: how can you tell?

Is there some way to grab the actual AMF object flash is going to try and
pass and cut it up into pieces if necessary?
Or should you serialize and cut up everything beforehand just to be sure?

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Re: [Flashcoders] localconnection in as2

[Hans Wichman]

Thanks Keith ill look into that!

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Keith H kh...@nc.rr.com wrote:

 -If you don't want to worry about a send/receive limit on a String sent,
 take a look at this post here.
 -If you just want to measure the size being sent,  you can look at the part
 where the poster is dividing the length of the String sent by the limit.


 http://www.ultrashock.com/forums/actionscript/40k-byte-size-limit-on-localconnection-56395.html

 ...hope that leads you in the way you want to go.


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 Hans Wichman wrote:

  Hi list,

 as I understand it, there is a send/receive limit of 40k to the
 localconnection object in actionscript2.
 Mostly the objects passed in my application will probably be under 40k,
 but
 the question is: how can you tell?

 Is there some way to grab the actual AMF object flash is going to try and
 pass and cut it up into pieces if necessary?
 Or should you serialize and cut up everything beforehand just to be sure?

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Re: [Flashcoders] instantiate symbol linked to parent movie's library

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Hi,

I don't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly there are 2
ways:
1.
let the child attach the clip at the root, copy its bitmap data and use that
to create a clip in its own root, but this will result in static bitmaps
only

2.
-declare an empty clip with linkage id in the root and export it for runtime
sharing
-in the child import the clip from the parent for runtime sharing
It was one of those hacks, but it's been a long time, so I'm not sure I got
the steps all right, I might have those files somewhere.

Hope that helps!
Hans
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Andrew Sinning and...@learningware.comwrote:

 How would one instantiate a symbol instance linked to the parent movie's
 library?

 E.g., there's an asset in top most movie's library called Asset.  The
 presentation engine is a separate swf that gets loaded into the top most
 movie.  From within this movie, using AS2, I need to create an instance of
 Asset.

 The child swf uses _lockRoot.

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Re: [Flashcoders] instantiate symbol linked to parent movie's library

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

calling a function in the root that would instantiate the symbol is not
going to work, neither is using reflection to get classes by name. The issue
you are dealing with is that by default flash will only let you attach
clips to a clip from the library from whence it came.
I'll try to whip up a sample up of the runtime share hack.

greetz
JC

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.comwrote:

 Totally forget in AS2, but maybe research getDefinitionByName() - it can
 retrieve a class based on a classname string -  and maybe there are some
 comments about AS2 vs. AS3

 -jonathan



 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

  Hi,
 
  I don't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly there are
 2
  ways:
  1.
  let the child attach the clip at the root, copy its bitmap data and use
  that
  to create a clip in its own root, but this will result in static bitmaps
  only
 
  2.
  -declare an empty clip with linkage id in the root and export it for
  runtime
  sharing
  -in the child import the clip from the parent for runtime sharing
  It was one of those hacks, but it's been a long time, so I'm not sure I
 got
  the steps all right, I might have those files somewhere.
 
  Hope that helps!
  Hans
  On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Andrew Sinning and...@learningware.com
  wrote:
 
   How would one instantiate a symbol instance linked to the parent
 movie's
   library?
  
   E.g., there's an asset in top most movie's library called Asset.  The
   presentation engine is a separate swf that gets loaded into the top
 most
   movie.  From within this movie, using AS2, I need to create an instance
  of
   Asset.
  
   The child swf uses _lockRoot.
  
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Re: [Flashcoders] instantiate symbol linked to parent movie's library

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Andrew,

i've put a sample together at:
http://www.objectpainters.com/downloads/runtimesharinghack.zip

user/pass is blog/blog

There are 2 demos, the first of how you probably do it at the moment, you
load a sub into main and try to attach a clip from main to sub. The sample
shows that doesnt work by default.

The second sample added a couple of things:
-main exports a hack_clip at main.swf for runtime sharing.
-sub imports a hack_clip from main.swf for runtime sharing AND puts it on
the stage.

If you run the 2nd example you see there is no problem attaching a clip from
main to sub, even though the attached clip had nothing to do with runtime
sharing, only the hack_clip did.

In practice you need to account for a couple things:
- runtime library sharing is not without it's own problems, but since you
can be sure main.swf is already in the cache by the time sub.swf requires
it, you're on the safe side
- i've never ever used this hack in a real project, so there is some risk
involved in using it (but ain't it spiffy ;)).

regards,
JC




On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi,

 calling a function in the root that would instantiate the symbol is not
 going to work, neither is using reflection to get classes by name. The issue
 you are dealing with is that by default flash will only let you attach
 clips to a clip from the library from whence it came.
 I'll try to whip up a sample up of the runtime share hack.

 greetz
 JC

   On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, jonathan howe 
 jonathangh...@gmail.comwrote:

 Totally forget in AS2, but maybe research getDefinitionByName() - it can
 retrieve a class based on a classname string -  and maybe there are some
 comments about AS2 vs. AS3

 -jonathan



 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

  Hi,
 
  I don't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly there
 are 2
  ways:
  1.
  let the child attach the clip at the root, copy its bitmap data and use
  that
  to create a clip in its own root, but this will result in static bitmaps
  only
 
  2.
  -declare an empty clip with linkage id in the root and export it for
  runtime
  sharing
  -in the child import the clip from the parent for runtime sharing
  It was one of those hacks, but it's been a long time, so I'm not sure I
 got
  the steps all right, I might have those files somewhere.
 
  Hope that helps!
  Hans
  On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Andrew Sinning 
 and...@learningware.com
  wrote:
 
   How would one instantiate a symbol instance linked to the parent
 movie's
   library?
  
   E.g., there's an asset in top most movie's library called Asset.
  The
   presentation engine is a separate swf that gets loaded into the top
 most
   movie.  From within this movie, using AS2, I need to create an
 instance
  of
   Asset.
  
   The child swf uses _lockRoot.
  
   Thanks!
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Re: [Flashcoders] instantiate symbol linked to parent movie's library

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Andrew,

yes only a single library item. Still before basing a large scale email
application on something like this would not make me sleep well at night,
unless there wasn't another way. Seeing the large numbers of elearning apps
already written in flash, there probably is another way;).
From what you describe, maybe you could use:
- a template that's loaded by the main engine which loads xml and does
things based on that (instead of generating it statically to an swf using
swfmill, you'd have different templates).
- non library based assets, completely drawn in actionscript, that way
recompiling them into the main after changing, would change them for all the
subs even if they were compiled with another version of the actionscript
asset another time
- use the bitmap based approach earlier
- an asset swf that gets loaded by each sub swf only once and is used as a
container to attach the assets from it's own library to as well

One thing I would do is check whether this still works like this in as3 for
example.

On the other hand if it works it works and if you're under a lot of time
pressure this might just be what you need ;)

take care
Hans

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Andrew Sinning and...@learningware.comwrote:

 That's super cool.  So the sub only has to have a _single_ library item
 from the shared library in order to have access to the whole library.
  That's not very intuitive, but I'm really glad it works!




 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi Andrew,

 i've put a sample together at:
 http://www.objectpainters.com/downloads/runtimesharinghack.zip

 user/pass is blog/blog

 There are 2 demos, the first of how you probably do it at the moment, you
 load a sub into main and try to attach a clip from main to sub. The sample
 shows that doesnt work by default.

 The second sample added a couple of things:
 -main exports a hack_clip at main.swf for runtime sharing.
 -sub imports a hack_clip from main.swf for runtime sharing AND puts it on
 the stage.

 If you run the 2nd example you see there is no problem attaching a clip
 from
 main to sub, even though the attached clip had nothing to do with runtime
 sharing, only the hack_clip did.

 In practice you need to account for a couple things:
 - runtime library sharing is not without it's own problems, but since you
 can be sure main.swf is already in the cache by the time sub.swf requires
 it, you're on the safe side
 - i've never ever used this hack in a real project, so there is some risk
 involved in using it (but ain't it spiffy ;)).

 regards,
 JC




 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:



 Hi,

 calling a function in the root that would instantiate the symbol is not
 going to work, neither is using reflection to get classes by name. The
 issue
 you are dealing with is that by default flash will only let you attach
 clips to a clip from the library from whence it came.
 I'll try to whip up a sample up of the runtime share hack.

 greetz
 JC

  On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.com
 wrote:



 Totally forget in AS2, but maybe research getDefinitionByName() - it can
 retrieve a class based on a classname string -  and maybe there are some
 comments about AS2 vs. AS3

 -jonathan



 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Hans Wichman 
 j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:



 Hi,

 I don't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly there


 are 2


 ways:
 1.
 let the child attach the clip at the root, copy its bitmap data and use
 that
 to create a clip in its own root, but this will result in static
 bitmaps
 only

 2.
 -declare an empty clip with linkage id in the root and export it for
 runtime
 sharing
 -in the child import the clip from the parent for runtime sharing
 It was one of those hacks, but it's been a long time, so I'm not sure I


 got


 the steps all right, I might have those files somewhere.

 Hope that helps!
 Hans
 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Andrew Sinning 


 and...@learningware.com


 wrote:
  How would one instantiate a symbol instance linked to the
 parent


 movie's


 library?

 E.g., there's an asset in top most movie's library called Asset.


  The


 presentation engine is a separate swf that gets loaded into the top


 most


 movie.  From within this movie, using AS2, I need to create an


 instance


 of


 Asset.

 The child swf uses _lockRoot.

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Re: [Flashcoders] basic mtasc question

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

framescripts wont be hurt (if you mean timeline code).

regards
JC
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Andrew Sinning and...@learningware.comwrote:

 I'm getting really impatient with the FDE compiler.  Probably my fault for
 piling on so many classes, but I need to keep moving forward.

 When using mtasc to inject code into a swf, does all the AS get replaced,
 or only the main class?  I'd like to leave frame scripts in place.  I only
 want to recompile main.

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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: swf behaving differently in different domain and other issues loading swf (Isaac Alves)

[Hans Wichman]

I fear this might be the 4th, I feel your pain:)

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Keith Reinfeld
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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Pricing a Freelance Project

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Steven,

excuse my ignorance, but as a non native English person what is TM NET
15/30? Couldn't find it on google.

regards,
Hans

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Steven Sacks flash...@stevensacks.netwrote:

 I do not do fixed bid projects. I always do TM NET 15/30, and don't have
 an issue selling my work that way.

 If you want me to do a fixed bid project, I'm bidding on exactly what the
 scope is right now.  If there is any change in scope, production will stop
 as I assess the impact such a change will have on the schedule (my
 assessment is billable), and take time to modify the contract to reflect the
 change in scope and cost, and you will need to review and approve these
 changes in writing, all of which take time spent not developing and puts
 your deadline in jeopardy.  However, with TM, I get paid for the work I do,
 and you have full flexibility in making as many changes as you like, with
 the knowledge that development never stops, though the deadline may be
 affected by your changes.

 Something to that effect.



 Kerry Thompson wrote:

 Steven Sacks wrote:

 You need to charge for time spent babysitting the client.  That's billable
 time.


 Absolutely true, with one kicker: a fixed bid. A lot of clients want to
 shift the risk to you, the freelancer, so they ask for a fixed-price bid
 rather than an hourly rate.

 My advice is to be very, very careful with these. My experience shows that
 clients rarely, if ever, know just what they need. They will give you an
 idea, but there will inevitably be extras that simply must be done. Initial
 estimates of the amount of work needed are almost always off by a factor of
 at least two, often up to a factor of 10. If you underbid one of these
 contracts, you could spend a year to earn $20,000.

 Be up front with the client in this case. You are bidding on the project
 as it is currently designed. Changes and additions will be billed extra. You
 must do this to survive, or your client will bury you with feature creep.

 Be positive about it, of course. When they request an additional feature,
 say Sure, we can do that. It will cost you $4,000 and add two weeks to the
 schedule. I'll get started on it just as soon as I get an amendment to the
 contract.

 Also, on a fixed-bid contract, get at least 25% up front. If you bill only
 on milestones, can you live off your savings until they approve the
 prototype, or the alpha? I can't--I'm lucky that my wife has a well-paying
 job.

 Cordially,

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[Flashcoders] image upload from flex to .net

[Hans Wichman]

Hi list,

I need to upload an image from flex to .net.
That in addition to a lot of other stuff that I need to do to it.

I'd like to consolidate all those operations including the upload into some
kind of remoting gateway.

My question is:
- is remoting a good option for uploading an image in this scenario?
- which remoting gateway for .net is a good option?

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

[Hans Wichman]

ps i'm leaning toward weborb btw

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi list,

 I need to upload an image from flex to .net.
 That in addition to a lot of other stuff that I need to do to it.

 I'd like to consolidate all those operations including the upload into some
 kind of remoting gateway.

 My question is:
 - is remoting a good option for uploading an image in this scenario?
 - which remoting gateway for .net is a good option?

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

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

no takers on this one? Noone any experience with this kind of thing through
remoting?

regards
JC

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Hans Wichman 
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:

 Hi list,

 I need to upload an image from flex to .net.
 That in addition to a lot of other stuff that I need to do to it.

 I'd like to consolidate all those operations including the upload into some
 kind of remoting gateway.

 My question is:
 - is remoting a good option for uploading an image in this scenario?
 - which remoting gateway for .net is a good option?

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

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Dave, Jason

ok thanks, will try out the different options.

@jason: doesn't an upload through a webservice generate a lot of overhead?
Anything special going on in using a FileReference to do so (I didn't even
know it was possible;)).

regards
JC




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  I'd like to consolidate all those operations including the upload into
 some
  kind of remoting gateway.
 
  My question is:
  - is remoting a good option for uploading an image in this scenario?
  - which remoting gateway for .net is a good option?

 I think you're better 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.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Vista-like glossy SimpleButton - please help with the final touch

[Hans Wichman]

Cool alex,

I was trying to find my old aqua code, but can't locate it, it was as2
anyway, so I'll have rewrite it for as3.

Not quite vista, but still acceptable I think:
http://www.objectpainters.com/flashExamples/aqua/

As said, I'll have to rewrite it for as3 and I made an error in the
reflection, mixing it up with how the shadow would fall when using
backlighting I applied a displacement map to have it 'spread' which is of
course wrong for a reflection, which shouldn't spread at all.

Anyway, if anyone is interested I can still post the code after migration.

regards,
JC



On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote:

 Nice work Alex.
 Thanks for your final solution!

 Regards
 Cor

 -Original Message-
 From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Alexander
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 Sent: zondag 18 oktober 2009 10:29
 To: Flash Coders List
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Vista-like glossy SimpleButton - please help
 with
 the final touch

 Hello all,

 thank you for your replies.

 I've added another Shape on top of my gradient
 and set its blendMode to BlendMode.OVERLAY
 and am finally satisfied with the result (except
 the downState - red doesn't look good there
 for some reason. The overlay is too bright there)...

 Your suggestion with BevelFilter, Cor, is a good
 trick too - thank you. It just doesn't match my
 case, I want to make a long bar of glossy buttons.

 I'm pasting my source code below for
 the archives and if someone is interested.

 I wonder if the treshold for OVERLAY can
 be changed (through setting DisplayObject's
 alpha?) or if it's always at 50%?

 Regards
 Alex

 package {
import flash.display.Sprite;

public class SimpleButtonExample extends Sprite {
public function SimpleButtonExample() {
var button:CustomSimpleButton = new CustomSimpleButton();
button.x = button.y = 100;
addChild(button);
}
}
 }

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.filters.*;
 import flash.geom.*;

 class CustomSimpleButton extends SimpleButton {
private var overColor:uint = 0xFFCC00;
// this one still doesn't look good:
private var downColor:uint = 0xFF;
private var upColor:uint   = 0x00CCFF;
private var size:uint  = 80;

public function CustomSimpleButton() {
downState  = new ButtonDisplayState(downColor, size);
overState  = new ButtonDisplayState(overColor, size);
upState= new ButtonDisplayState(upColor, size);
hitTestState   = upState;
useHandCursor  = true;
}
 }

 class ButtonDisplayState extends Sprite {
private var bgColor:uint;
private var size:uint;

public static const SHADOW:GlowFilter =
new GlowFilter(0x00, 1.0, 4, 4, 1, 1, false, false);

private static const GLOW:GlowFilter =
new GlowFilter(0xFF, 0.8, 40, 40, 1, 1, true, false);

public function ButtonDisplayState(bgColor:uint, size:uint) {
this.bgColor = bgColor;
this.size= size;
draw();
}

private static function brighten(color:uint, modifier:int):uint {
var red:int   = (color  16)  0xFF;
var green:int = (color  8)  0xFF;
var blue:int  = color  0xFF;

red += modifier;
if (red  0xFF)
red = 0xFF;
else if (red  0)
red = 0;

green += modifier;
if (green  0xFF)
green = 0xFF;
else if (green  0)
green = 0;

blue += modifier;
if (blue  0xFF)
blue = 0xFF;
else if (blue  0)
blue = 0;

return (red  16) | (green  8) | blue;
}

private function draw():void {
var colors:Array = [brighten(bgColor, 120), bgColor];
var alphas:Array = [1, 1];
var ratios:Array = [0, 255];
var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
var overlay:Shape = new Shape();
matrix.createGradientBox(size * 4, size, Math.PI / 2, 0, 0);

graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR, colors, alphas,
 ratios, matrix);
graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, size * 4, size, 4);

overlay.graphics.beginFill(0xFF, 0.6);
overlay.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, size * 4, size / 3, 8);
overlay.graphics.endFill();
overlay.blendMode = BlendMode.OVERLAY;
addChild(overlay);

filters = [ SHADOW, GLOW ];
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] Movieclip in a remote shared object

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

as far as I'm aware, stored objects lose all type info except the basic
types objects, strings, number etc.
So no no storing of movieclips I think, but you can always try;)

regards,
Hans

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Re: [Flashcoders] Setting a property in a class from another class

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

your class B instance will need a reference to an instance of Class A,
unless your nextPrev property is static.

If nextPrev is static, Class B can do ClassA.nextPrev (assuming the property
is public).
If nextPrev is not static, you'll need to do new ClassB (myClassAInstance)
and access the instance of A within B.

Another option is a separate method doSomething (pClassA:ClassA) {
pClassA.nextPrev = whatever; }

JC

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Sajid Saiyed sajid.fl...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi,
 I have a basic problem that I cant figure out how...

 I have a ClassA and ClassB (both extend Sprite)

 ClassA has a property called nextPrev:Boolean

 Inside ClassA I create an instance of ClassB like this:

 public var myB:ClassB = new ClassB();

 Now, is it possible that I can have a method inside ClassB that can
 set the nextPrev property inside ClassA?
 Dont know if this is possible...
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[Flashcoders] localconnection speed in relation to movieframerate

[Hans Wichman]

Hi List,

I've set up a test in AS2 with a 2 channel localconnection, swf A sends a
msg to swf B, and B sends back an acknowledge signal.
If I set the movies framerate to 1 fps, this takes about 50ms for a simple
msg to get an ack signal, if I set the framerate to 30 it takes about 5ms.
Erm... my naive conclusion would be that the localconnection's execution
speed is connected to the framerate of the running movies, can anyone
confirm that?

I'm writing code that runs within a legacy shell that uses setVariable on
the swf which is no longer supported so now I'm trying to work around that
issue using an as2 swf within an as3 swf which passes on the signals using
localconnection :-S

regards,
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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Inheritance and Static properties

[Hans Wichman]

Helmut,

I might be missing the point here, but doesn't a MyButtonEvent class with
the constants defined in there solve your problem?
And what is event.target.NAME? Tried event.target.name?

regards
JC

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Brett Artrahn brtrah...@yahoo.com.auwrote:

 Helmut, Grant Skinner link below might help you with your event framework.

 http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2007/07/building_a_stat_1.htm

 And you can access public static constants anywhere in your application as
 long as you import the class? Are you saying this is not true?




  
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Re: [Flashcoders] localconnection speed in relation to movieframerate

[Hans Wichman]

Hi Steven,

in this particular case I do find it odd or rather surprising, since it's a
bit unclear when the localconnection triggers the code in the other movie.
If A sends to B and B sends to A and it happens all within the timespace of
a single frame, I would expect the time taken to be equal no matter the
framerate. If it happens within the time space of multiple frames, I would
expect the time taken to be closer to the time between each frame.

Ofcourse when it's all running in a single movie it's
-codeexecution-draw-codeexecution-draw-etc so then it's pretty obvious how
it works.

It's just funny in this case my localconnection is too slow, oh well
increase the framerate.

I'll have to test though if it's simply the roundtrip that's taker longer or
if a single call from A to B is influenced by the framerate as well.

thanks
Hans




On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Steven Sacks flash...@stevensacks.netwrote:

 Framerate directly affects Flash's code execution response time.  Is there
 a reason why you would find this odd or surprising?




 Hans Wichman wrote:

 Hi List,

 I've set up a test in AS2 with a 2 channel localconnection, swf A sends a
 msg to swf B, and B sends back an acknowledge signal.
 If I set the movies framerate to 1 fps, this takes about 50ms for a simple
 msg to get an ack signal, if I set the framerate to 30 it takes about 5ms.
 Erm... my naive conclusion would be that the localconnection's execution
 speed is connected to the framerate of the running movies, can anyone
 confirm that?

 I'm writing code that runs within a legacy shell that uses setVariable on
 the swf which is no longer supported so now I'm trying to work around that
 issue using an as2 swf within an as3 swf which passes on the signals using
 localconnection :-S

 regards,
 JC

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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing angle for better arrangement in circle

[Hans Wichman]

Hi,

aside from the fact that the illusion of perspective depends on the items
being scaled and the spacing not being equal, i see two options, a) limit
the maximum scale, dirty but might be a quick trick. Either by multiplying
it by some root or a hard limit.
b) sum the (scaled) width of all items, walk through list again and keep
track of the (scaled) width of the items traversed up to that point. For the
current item base it's angle on (in pseudo)
currentListWidthUpToThisPoint/totalwidth. When determining the width of the
list you can add a padding between each item, which allows you to play which
the separation and scale. Just an idea I haven't tried this out, that's why
the (scaled) is between brackets, you'll have to experiment with what works
best.

regards
JC

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.comwrote:

 I think you might want to look into Papervision3D to get exactly what you
 want.  If not, your math logic is going to have to be crazy to get the
 results you are wanting. Your spacing stays the same because you are
 working
 on a 2D scale.  If you use papervision, you might have better luck
 achieving
 your goal.

 -Original Message-
 From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of natalia
 Vikhtinskaya
 Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:16 PM
 To: Flash Coders List
 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Changing angle for better arrangement in circle

 Red dots I put to show points where items are attached. As you see
 space between points are equal. Some items are scaled and space
 between them is not equal. That what I try to change. Space should be
 equal between each item.

 2010/4/21 Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.com:
 
  If you want the dots to be on top of all the items, the dots need to be
 in
  separate MCs of the items and need to be added to the stage after all the
  other item MCs have been added.
 
 
  Quoting natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.com:
 
  Here is a result
  http://www.mightybook.com/test/test.html
  I want they don't overlap each other. Is that possible?
 
  2010/4/22 Matt S. mattsp...@gmail.com:
 
  If the objects you  were placing were centered rather than positioned
  at 0/0, you could scale them and they would automatically be properly
  distanced. There might be other reasons why you cant center them of
  course but that would be the quick fix...
 
  .m
 
  On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:16 PM, natalia Vikhtinskaya
  natavi.m...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Another question about better arrangement in circle.
  If I place items in circle  and scale them like this
  this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
 this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
 var s = (this._y ) /(centerY+radiusY);
 this._xscale = this._yscale = s*100;
  Is it possible to have equal distance between items? I should change
  angle depending on real scale that they have but I don’t understand
  how to do that.
  Thank you if anybody can explain this mathematics.
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Infinitely Looping Image

[Hans Wichman]

Hi John,

I've just been dabbling in the same sort of thing, but basically just using
bitmapfill, it's very simple, check this out:
http://www.innerdrivestudios.com/blog/articles/actionscript-3/gfx-actionscript-3-articles/wrapping-bitmapdata-in-actionscript-3

And an application of the principle:
http://www.innerdrivestudios.com/blog/articles/actionscript-3/gfx-actionscript-3-articles/flag-effect-in-actionscript-3

Click and the flag and the clouds will start moving using the technique
described in the first post.

HTH
JC

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:02 PM, John Singleton
johnsingleton...@yahoo.comwrote:

 Hi;
 I would like to have a background image of clouds loop infinitely.Here's my
 code:

function BigPic():void
{
parent_container2 = new MovieClip();
var square:Sprite = new Sprite();
parent_container2.mask = square;
addChild(square);
square.graphics.lineStyle(3,0x065566);
square.graphics.beginFill(0xff);

 square.graphics.drawRoundRect(22, 22, 966, 146, 20);

 square.graphics.endFill();
addChild(parent_container2)
var path:String = images/clouds.png;
var
 req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(path);
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(req);

 loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
 function(e:IOErrorEvent):void{ trace(e) });

 loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, BigPicLoaded);
}

function BigPicLoaded(evt:Event):void
{
var
 loaderInfo:LoaderInfo = evt.target as LoaderInfo;
var
 displayObject:DisplayObject = loaderInfo.content;

 displayObject.width = 2000;
displayObject.height = 150;
displayObject.x = 20;
displayObject.y = 20;
parent_container2.addChild(displayObject);
 //
 TweenLite.to(parent_container2, 50, {x:-1000});

 cloudTween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, restartAnimation);
}

function restartAnimation(oEvent:Event):void
{
cloudTween.start();
}

 But it ain't working. Ideas?
 TIA,
 John




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