Re: [Flashcoders] all useless: removeMovieClip, destroyObject, DepthManager.setDepthTo

2008-09-03 Thread Jon Bradley
On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: I can't seem to figure out in AS2 how to get V2 components off the stage. I've tried destroyObject, removeMovieClip and even used the DepthManager class to try to get the depth within range to be removed. It's showing as -32000. Any ideas

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield

2008-09-04 Thread Jon Bradley
On Sep 4, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Lehr, Theodore M (N-SGIS) wrote: Thanks, but I am talking about having it scroll, not just be multilined... Ideally, I would like to do it as simple as a div does in html (style=overflow:auto; height:400px;) is there a simple way like this in as?

Re: [Flashcoders] TextArea class properties

2008-09-09 Thread Jon Bradley
On Sep 9, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: Have you tried selectable = false? I think it might be: textAreaInstance.enabled = false; Getting rid of the focus rect is generally a separate issue though, but when the component 'enabled' property is set to false, the focus rect

Re: [Flashcoders] Zipping in AS3

2008-09-24 Thread Jon Bradley
On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Claus Wahlers wrote: Hey Claus, one of the reasons I can't use it is because of its inability to work with a .zip file created on Mac OSX. AS3 Zip from nochump avoids the alder32 issue by implementing the deflate() mechanism in software.

Re: [Flashcoders] LMS -- Moodle

2008-10-17 Thread Jon Bradley
On Oct 17, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Cor wrote: Can anyone tell me how to read and write to Moodle (SCORM 2004 3e edition)?? Every hint is welcome! What are you trying to do? Moodle is just a CMS system at it's core. What do you want to write back to Moodle? If it's test results and

Re: [Flashcoders] LMS -- Moodle

2008-10-17 Thread Jon Bradley
On Oct 17, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Cor wrote: Just a CMS??? I thought it is L(C)MS. The main thing we are looking for is a LMS. Itis an LMS - but it's still a content management system. Either way, you just need to figure out how to communicate to Moodle to do what you want to do, if it's not

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Builder: AS Application files outside of /src root?

2008-11-04 Thread Jon Bradley
Hmm I haven't had the time to check this one. But, content in the src folder doesn't need to be 'added' as an individual source path to your application. So, for other application files (AS) you may want to add explicitly the source path of it's parent folder to the project properties

Re: [Flashcoders] Congratulations America.

2008-11-05 Thread Jon Bradley
Yea ... now we can all look forward to a re-incarnation of the Welfare State. Yay. :P - jon On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:57 AM, John McCormack wrote: It's off topic, but it is a very special day. You give us hope. Hope that we can help each other. This forum is also proof of that. John

Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?

2008-11-14 Thread Jon Bradley
On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:28 AM, Carl Welch wrote: Good point. I'd recommend using SlideShowPro. It's cheap ($29), looks slick, and you'll be done in no time - your client will be none the wiser and you'll be $350 richer. http://slideshowpro.net/ At least there will be an email post in the

Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?

2008-11-14 Thread Jon Bradley
On Nov 14, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Not sure thats really ripping them off considering they probably don't know how to use the thing even if they bought it themselves. Well, yea. Charging setup, installation and customization of some store bought product is one thing.

Re: [Flashcoders] How much would you charge?

2008-11-14 Thread Jon Bradley
On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Carl Welch wrote: using tools of the trade is far from ripping clients off. Ridiculous statement. It's not ridiculous at all. Read my reply to my initial email where I elaborated a bit more. The comment about a client being 'none the wiser' and the

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: A funny little hover problem with CSS

2008-12-16 Thread Jon Bradley
On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:04 PM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: Right. I recreated everything slowly in a new file, introducing things one by one and here's the culprit - Advanced Anti-Aliasing.Now I really would like to use advanced, because text looks dramatically better, but there has to be a

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: A funny little hover problem with CSS

2008-12-17 Thread Jon Bradley
On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: I always round everything I place. That was one of the first things I checked. Rotated bitmaps and text often have this problem, which is fair enough because half pixels don't exist. Actually, they do. The native coordinate space for

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: A funny little hover problem with CSS

2008-12-17 Thread Jon Bradley
wrote: Now that is odd. Is 0.5 the general rule to follow or is it simply different for every object you put down? 2008/12/18 Jon Bradley jbrad...@postcentral.com One of the most interesting tests is to create a rounded rectangle and add a 1 pixel border line around it. Notice it looks funky

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash vs. Flex libraries

2008-12-23 Thread Jon Bradley
On Dec 23, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Jason Boyd wrote: 1. Can Flex libraries (mx.*) be used in Flash CS3/4? Is this as simple as adding source files and/or SWCs to an FLA project's classpath? And, where are all these libraries (Windows XP or Vista)? Yes.

Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime Font embedding

2010-02-11 Thread Jon Bradley
You can embed a range of characters through AS3. The unicodeRange property of the embed directive handles this. [Embed(source='pathToFond', fontName='NameOfFont', unicodeRange='Range1Start-Range1End,, RangeNStart-RangeNEnd')] - jon On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:35 AM, Geografiek wrote: Hi

Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?

2010-02-16 Thread Jon Bradley
It's an Adobe AIR application running on an unknown tablet device. It's not an iPad and has nothing to do with it. Someone made a mistake with the copy for the article. FYI, it's not impossible to do this in other languages or environments. There are other, more powerful frameworks that

Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?

2010-02-16 Thread Jon Bradley
I think the statement was justified... this is Flashcoders. I just wanted to state that developing UIs like that isn't limited to Flash, that's all. :) After doing more research, it's entirely possible that this is running on an iPad. We just can't tell from the video if that really is, in

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agr eement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhon e Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread Jon Bradley
I wouldn't call that amazing – I would call that whining. No offense to Lee, of course. Although all of us would love to develop iPhone and iPad applications using the Flash platform, frankly that is not a proper methodology for developing for these systems, in my opinion. Learn C, C++

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agr eement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhon e Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread Jon Bradley
that runs like a snail and does not make any money. Jon Bradley wrote: I wouldn't call that amazing – I would call that whining. No offense to Lee, of course. Although all of us would love to develop iPhone and iPad applications using the Flash platform, frankly that is not a proper

Re: [Flashcoders] iPhone viable solutions???

2010-04-30 Thread Jon Bradley
On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Julio Protzek wrote: HTML5 is less powerfull than Flash. But it is in the right way. We will see Tweeners and TweenLites done for canvas in no time. Flash guys can amuse with any technology. Just give us some time :) HTML 5 is s standard for describing

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex generative art???

2010-06-11 Thread Jon Bradley
Canvas has a significant impact on performance if you allow the flex framework to do measuring and layout and style management. It is not ideal for generative art work that needs to have a high level of performance. You can do it but you just need to override a whole bunch of methods to

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple changes their guidelines

2010-09-15 Thread Jon Bradley
LLVM. On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:59 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: how does cs5 generate files for iphone? Does it create a swf and then use a cocoa framework to make it work or does it transcode the file directly into objective c? suddenly looks very interesting again

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-17 Thread Jon Bradley
Of static art and of limiting complexity. The moment complex vectors are used, the data requirements balloon and once motion is taken into consideration (data for per-control point manipulation) the argument is far out the window. Either way, it's a moot argument. -j On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:13

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-17 Thread Jon Bradley
even run). -j On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Jon Bradley skriver: Of static art and of limiting complexity. The moment complex vectors are used, the data requirements balloon and once motion is taken into consideration (data for per-control point

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-17 Thread Jon Bradley
Just look up the storage and memory needs of a vector point (plus it's animation) and compare that to an RGB triplet. It's pretty easy to find what you are looking for. -j On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Ross P. Sclafani skriver:

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-17 Thread Jon Bradley
to a smaller form. It most certainly has less processor overhead (maybe not memory). -j On Sep 17, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: On 17/09/2012 22:10, Jon Bradley wrote: Just look up the storage and memory needs of a vector point (plus it's animation) and compare

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript lives on.

2012-09-18 Thread Jon Bradley
Ooops...mis-quote. I didn't write that bit :) On Sep 18, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Cédric Muller wrote: Jon Bradley wrote : The problem of flash for mobile is as much about politics and protecting the Apple appstore than anything else -it seems to me that flash was a threat by allowing apps

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: OT: Interactive conferences (Merrill, Jason)

2013-01-24 Thread Jon Bradley
, there is still some activity here! cheers, jon bradley cynergy. | Director, Research Development O: 585.563.2132M: 585.729.0837 @: jon.brad...@cynergy.com On Jan 24, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Dave Watts wrote: Our key learning event for 2013 will be O'Reilly's Fluent Conference in San Francisco

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-09 Thread Jon Bradley
Nice to see you're still lurking, mesh :) CreateJS looks interesting and I've toyed with it a bit. Some of the new integration opportunities with Flash CC will be interesting to check out. However, it'll be primarily a toy and best for demo work until (and if) Adobe can create a clear

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe Flash future

2013-05-09 Thread Jon Bradley
Yea, that's why it's excellent for demoware. The suite clearly allows creatives to demonstrate work and it adds a fair amount of value to prototyping/demo work. In the keynote, we saw Photoshop to Edge Reflow export – a very useful step to PS CC to export graphics quickly and have them in-place

Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools

2013-05-23 Thread Jon Bradley
There are many better alternatives for professional coding that include automated building, unit testing, support for SCSS and LESS, grunt, etc. I wouldn't consider Dreamweaver a serious platform for building web applications. Useful for some, certainly, but there are many better options out

Re: [Flashcoders] Mailing Lists and Tools

2013-05-23 Thread Jon Bradley
Need to step up to IntelliJ for that. On May 23, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Kenneth Kawamoto kennethkawam...@gmail.com wrote: Webstorm doesn't support PHP :( Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 23 May 2013, at 17:35, Jon Bradley wrote: There are many better alternatives

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