Re: [Flashcoders] Accessing .fla var

2010-08-30 Thread jonathan howe
#3. So you'll want to add an ADDED_TO_STAGE listener in F and then dispatch the event in that listener callback. -jonathan On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Lehr, Theodore ted_l...@federal.dell.comwrote: So now I am trying this: in .fla: var countF:int=0; function incCountF(e:Event):void

Re: [Flashcoders] Reverse Compiling

2010-06-22 Thread jonathan howe
). -jonathan On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.bizwrote: Gustavo Duenas wrote: how can I install a subversion server on a mac? Do you want an SVN client on a Mac, or do you want to have a Mac SVN server? I've installed SVN on a Linux server, and the client on Mac

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 newbie question: how can I correct this to makean object appear on the stage?

2010-06-11 Thread jonathan howe
linked symbol. -jonathan On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.comwrote: First you are not importing your mybox class correctly. Second, the external class should start with a capital (MyBoxx.as). Third, your declaration of the instance is incorrect for how you

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashing Flash

2010-05-19 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing Values Programmatically

2010-05-17 Thread jonathan howe
Tha'ts a lot of code for email. Any way you can isolate the problem for us? -jonathan On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 1:36 PM, John Singleton johnsingleton...@yahoo.comwrote: Full View Hi; I have the following code. When it runs through BigContainer the second time, for some reason my containers

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: changing parent from child

2010-05-11 Thread jonathan howe
is to create an event that is broadcast from child1. In the parent, I would add an event listener to child1. When the event fires, unload 1 and load 2 from the eventlistener in parent. -jonathan On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: Did

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread jonathan howe
popped to the top of the stack. -jonathan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: Look into getChildByName to get a reference to the MC on the stage, ie getChildByName('instanceName').x. _ _ _ Erik Mattheis Senior Web Developer

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing display index on the stage

2010-05-05 Thread jonathan howe
I would like to point out that use of empty clips is a polarizing technique in terms of public opinion. Some people find that they make projects difficult to maintain. -jonathan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: Please

Re: [Flashcoders] arranging

2010-04-28 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Infinitely Looping Image

2010-04-26 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread jonathan howe
are restricted to 100 phones. -jonathan On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Matt S. mattsp...@gmail.com wrote: If the Agreement doesnt currently prevent it, you can be quite certain a couple sentences would be added in a hurry to make sure it does. .m On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Nathan

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread jonathan howe
Paul, That's an interesting distinction. Does the agreement say you can't even test locally those kind of prototypes? I thought the blocking was just for distribution through the store. -jonathan On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:57 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Interaction between clips and main timeline in AS3.

2010-04-16 Thread jonathan howe
, but we shouldn't stonewall you from using timeline code for a simple animator's task (this is one reason why Flash is so pervasive guys, because it was easy for you to jump into with basic interactivity, right?). -jonathan , On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-08 Thread jonathan howe
of like web sites that you have to buy? -jonathan On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Jared jared.stan...@gmail.com wrote: Someone said that this was just a proposed version of the policy, and that the 4.0 SDK isn't out until summer so they won't finalize it until then...we'll see Sent from my

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange RegExp behaviour

2010-03-19 Thread jonathan howe
I think Jiri wants all clips, not all but one. You've repro'd the last one not showing up. Jiri, why are you shaving 1 off your numChildren? I'ts a count, not an index. Try var childnum:int=this.numChildren; instead. -jonathan On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Anthony Pace anthony.p

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange RegExp behaviour

2010-03-19 Thread jonathan howe
and had to access it somehow. -jonathan On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.comwrote: I think Jiri wants all clips, not all but one. You've repro'd the last one not showing up. Jiri, why are you shaving 1 off your numChildren? I'ts a count, not an index. Try

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange RegExp behaviour

2010-03-19 Thread jonathan howe
, your code works fine for me instead of here's how I modified it to work. -jonathan On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Anthony Pace anthony.p...@utoronto.cawrote: Johnathan: if there are 6 items on the stage, numChildren = 6 but to access the 6th item you need to be at position [5

Re: [Flashcoders] Calculator

2010-03-17 Thread jonathan howe
I apologize for misusing the word 'sum' earlier, thereby confusing this already terrifying conversation! I edited the last response to try to undo my mistake. -jonathan On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Steve Abaffy st...@msmarketing.biz wrote: The question what is 15% of 3000 is different

Re: [Flashcoders] Calculator

2010-03-17 Thread jonathan howe
. -jonathan On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.comwrote: I apologize for misusing the word 'sum' earlier, thereby confusing this already terrifying conversation! I edited the last response to try to undo my mistake. -jonathan On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:28 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] Calculator

2010-03-16 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Synchronous code?

2010-03-09 Thread jonathan howe
this be functionally equivalent: Sprite(e.target).stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, _stageMouseUpHandler, false, 0, true); Just trying to cover all the bases. -jonathan On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Hi, More of a strange encounter that I would

Re: [Flashcoders] Local Storage Flash Player Settings alert

2010-03-01 Thread jonathan howe
your function, and then instruct the user from there... but I don't remember specifics. -jonathan On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Has the data grown excessively large? Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning

Re: [Flashcoders] Using parent Sprites coordinates

2010-02-25 Thread jonathan howe
. a function that takes a sprite and global x and global y and positions the sprite, for example. -jonathan *The way I'm writing this makes it sound like the localToGlobal() function alters the point it's passed, when actually I think it returns a new altered point. Don't get caught

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-02-01 Thread jonathan howe
I have to agree - seems much more likely that someone will develop a animator-friendly UI comparable to Flash CSx that exports, for example, HTML5 content, than a successful version of this plugin replacement (and all of potential incompatibilities). -jonathan On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:32 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread jonathan howe
Regarding learning Objective-C iPhone SDK, we already have a path coming via CS5 to get Flash - iPxxx App. The contested space is the browser, not the app. -jonathan On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla...@gmail.com wrote: apple will be the closed

Re: [Flashcoders] strange Text Rendering Bug

2010-01-29 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting a movie file

2010-01-18 Thread jonathan howe
I recommend Macromedia Generator!* -jonathan *joking. I spent a lot of time messing around with Generator as a way to streamline image production about 10 years ago. I'm glad it can be a punchline now. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Barry Hannah ba...@shift.co.nz wrote: This is much more

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-12-13 Thread jonathan howe
to experiment. -jonathan On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com wrote: Thanks! Can't wait for the beta!! Where is that thing?!! :-D Kevin N. On 12/10/09 8:13 PM, David Hunter wrote: bit of an old thread but thought people might like to check out lee

Re: [Flashcoders] Allowing website user to record video and voice

2009-11-16 Thread jonathan howe
Paul, Hopefully they have already thought of this but keep your eye on COPPA (child privacy) regulations. Could be a doozy. http://www.coppa.org/comply.htm -jonathan On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Paul Steven paul_ste...@btinternet.comwrote: I have been commissioned to create an online

Re: [Flashcoders] Inheritance and Static properties

2009-10-22 Thread jonathan howe
Just double checking but in your trace statement you are looking for the NAME property on the event? trace(event.NAME)// undefined You probably mean event.target.NAME but I'm just checking the obvious. -jonathan On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Helmut Granda cont...@helmutgranda.comwrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Converting .swf playback to .mov

2009-10-21 Thread jonathan howe
website into DVD, but lousy for anything with modern/script-based techniques. -jonathan On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Ashim D'Silva as...@therandomlines.comwrote: Pretty sure CS4 handles it fine. Including actionscripted animation. Haven't pushed it hard, but worth a shot. Cheers

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

2009-09-22 Thread jonathan howe
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

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with dictonary on dynamic buttons

2009-09-04 Thread jonathan howe
will return undefined if you don't manually assign a name string. (A Sprite does not know the name of the instance variable that was used to store it). Haven't read all of your code but you might also consider trace(dict[e.target.no...@goto]); but you'll probably have to do some casting. -jonathan

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with dictonary on dynamic buttons

2009-09-04 Thread jonathan howe
with just large and small versions, use a mask on the large, figure out the ratio between the large and the small and position the large image in reverse proportion to the dragged hourglass frame times the ratio. -jonathan On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:43 AM, thomas hornertho...@megawattmedia.co.uk

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem understanding Class heirarchy issue

2009-08-31 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash speech-to-text

2009-08-25 Thread jonathan howe
Are you trying to do text-to-speech or speech-to-text? The latter is better searched for under 'voice recognition'. Seems like there are a bunch of results for the former: http://www.bing.com/search?q=flash+text-to-speechform=QBLHqs=n -jonathan On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:30 AM, juju jlee

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

2009-06-30 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] cms solution for flash sites?

2009-06-29 Thread jonathan howe
Hi, Glen, That xml editor thing looks cool for a few applications that I have... but what I don't see is where it is available for download. Seems like he has just finished it and hasn't released it yet. Have you been using it? -jonathan On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Glen Pike g

Re: [Flashcoders] What is the space relationship between a SWF and its surrounding html?

2009-06-28 Thread jonathan howe
in calculations but not Firefox or vice versa or ... do some research from that angle and maybe you will find a solution to making the right size. Hopefully someone has made a little javascript calculator that keeps up to date with latest browser eccentricities. -jonathan On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4

Re: [Flashcoders] strange TypeError: Error #1034:

2009-06-25 Thread jonathan howe
Hi, Preston, What does the AboutLandingButton class extend in the class definition? And what do you have set for the two values in Linkage in the library symbol? If all else fails, blame Nat Harris. -jonathan On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Preston Parris prestonpar...@gmail.comwrote: Hey

Re: [Flashcoders] swf doesn't work

2009-06-11 Thread jonathan howe
, using Test Download and reviewing the code? -jonathan On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Hi list... [CS3, dev machine has FP10 installed] I have a swf rendering problem on the pc. Two people are viewing my swf with player

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS4 very slow

2009-06-10 Thread Jonathan Wing
Hmm. I don't know what you guys are talking about. I am also using a 2.2 ghz duo core laptop, and it's been plenty fast for me. Perhaps it helps that I have 4 GB of ram? Not sure. But I really enjoy the upgrade--things feel a lot more efficient and consistent. Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic

RE: [Flashcoders] How do I flow text from an XML/XHTML file into twocolumns?

2009-05-27 Thread Jonathan Wing
, I'm all ears. Thanks! Best, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com One Student At A Time -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] How do I flow text from an XML/XHTML file into twocolumns?

2009-05-27 Thread Jonathan Wing
is built. By combining professionalism and vision with a focus on trusted relationships with customers and partners, he has achieved success in building and growing Cram Crew, Inc./p Just as it is in the XHTML file... Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738

RE: [Flashcoders] How do I flow text from an XML/XHTML file into twocolumns?

2009-05-27 Thread Jonathan Wing
with html. Perhaps someone out there might have a clue? Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com One Student At A Time -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

[Flashcoders] How do I flow text from an XML/XHTML file into two columns?

2009-05-26 Thread Jonathan Wing
and looked around Google, but I still cannot get it to work. Does anyone else have any advice? Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com mailto:jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com http://www.cramcrew.com

Re: [Flashcoders] stop() not working

2009-05-24 Thread jonathan howe
it's the loader, what happens when you comment out the loader? What about if user is an empty class? -jonathan 2009/5/24 Alexander Farber alexander.far...@gmail.com Hello, if I create a new Flash file (AS3), press F9 and enter stop(); trace(-); then it will print that line just once

RE: [Flashcoders] Parsing HTML tags within flash from an XHTML file?

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
about are parsing the h1 and a tags. Do you have any suggestions as to how and where I can implement Steven's points in his article? Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com One Student

RE: [Flashcoders] Parsing HTML tags within flash from an XHTML file?

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
seem helpful, but since I am pretty new to this sort of code, I am still unsure as to where things should go, and how to make it work for h1 and a tags. I'm not planning to use many other tags, as I am trying to keep things simple. Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713

RE: [Flashcoders] Parsing HTML tags within flash from an XHTML file?

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
XHTML pages on which the written content for each page is stored and that is where I will pull the content from. On occasion, I will need to provide links to other pages. If anyone knows of a better way of doing this, I'm all ears! Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile

RE: [Flashcoders] Parsing HTML tags within flash from an XHTML file?

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
of development to feel like starting from scratch! Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com One Student At A Time -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

[Flashcoders] Problem with footer fixed to bottom of page

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
= stage.stageHeight - footer.height; footer_bar.width = stage.stageWidth; With footer as the main mc, and footer_bar as the long gray bar embedded inside. However, this results in a mess of errors. Any ideas? This seems so common, I'm surprised I can't find anything via Google. Thanks, Jonathan

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem with footer fixed to bottom of page

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
Thanks Pinatti! That was the problem exactly--nesting not properly defined. Works great now. Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) email: jw...@cramcrew.com www.cramcrew.com One Student At A Time -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] Parsing HTML tags within flash from an XHTML file?

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan Wing
(); Gaia.api.goto(Pages[internalTitle]); dynamic_text.htmlText = this.copy.intro; } } Sorry to paste it directly into my code like that; it's just that I can only guess where it might go... Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew

[Flashcoders] Parsing HTML tags within flash from an XHTML file?

2009-05-20 Thread Jonathan Wing
HTML tags, and pulled into flash from that XHTML file. How do I maintain the formatting such as bold and also the links, just the way he has done (strictly in terms of functionality)? Thank you! Thanks, Jonathan Wing Graphic Designer Cram Crew, Inc. mobile: (713) 298-2738 office: (713) 464

Re: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-23 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Smart Preloading

2009-04-16 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Smart Preloading

2009-04-16 Thread jonathan howe
to do. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.comwrote: Does it have to be in the Library? Seems like you would have to externalize it to get any control over when it was loaded anyway. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) alla

Re: [Flashcoders] Nintedo experiencewii ( how did they do that ? )

2009-04-14 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] multiple masked mcs

2009-04-12 Thread jonathan howe
/ActionScriptLangRefV3/specialTypes.html#void -jonathan On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Fabio Pinatti fpina...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list, straight and forward, sorry if the question is stupid: In flash timeline, I can mask any elements as I wish, with just a single mask. isn't it possible

Re: [Flashcoders] multiple masked mcs

2009-04-12 Thread jonathan howe
Ok, I read the request backwards. Any DisplayObject can have 0 or 1 mask Any DisplayObject can be a mask for 0 to n other display objects. -jonathan On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote: No, you can use the same mask on multiple objects var sqr:SquareMC = new

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating Dynamic addEventListeners with AS3

2009-04-05 Thread jonathan howe
+ rs[i]].addEventListener(etc...); Make sure you've named the instances via the IDE Instance name property or have explicitly set the name property of the Buttons. -jonathan On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Graham Pearson gpear...@yourcfpro.comwrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE

Re: [Flashcoders] Bitwise selection

2009-04-02 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] as3 rollover rolloff issue..

2009-04-02 Thread jonathan howe
by putting a trace action on both my event handlers for each image (maybe tracing image name/id # for clarity) and seeing what the output is: if everything happens in the expected order then I would look towards blaming #2. -jonathan On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Preston Parris prestonpar

Re: [Flashcoders] Full screen mode and KeyboardEvents

2009-03-29 Thread jonathan howe
the browser in fullscreen... ??). If it's not essential that it be web deployed consider AIR... -jonathan 2009/3/29 Fabio Pinatti fpina...@gmail.com http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes_03.html#head5 On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Carl Welch

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 examples of amoeba or microbes

2009-03-23 Thread jonathan howe
in/out of the depth of field of the microsoft. I'm sure you can see the way they apply transformations to a shape by watching it for a little bit. -jonathan On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Alan Shaw noden...@gmail.com wrote: Check this out: http://www.nicoptere.net/blog/index.php/2008/10/13/51

Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating random grid of pairs for a game

2009-03-11 Thread jonathan howe
like it jumps from one square to another. So is a clear path just a straight or diagonal line between the next number in the sequence that is unobstructed by a non-used pair, or what? -jonathan On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Paul Steven paul_ste...@btinternet.comwrote: Thanks Anthony

Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating random grid of pairs for a game

2009-03-11 Thread jonathan howe
A simpler way to ask would be if 1,2,2,1 is also a clear path (provided 2 has been removed). On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:43 PM, jonathan howe jonathangh...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Paul, Can you explain what you mean by a clear path. For example, when I look at this example below: 1,2,1 2,0,3

Re: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader problem

2009-02-23 Thread jonathan howe
Yes, that class is only for AIR. Adding rendering of HTML content using Webkit engine was one of the 3 or 4 most significant features introduced by AIR. In the docs, AIR only classes usually have the little red pinwheel icon next to them. -jonathan On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Lehr

Re: [Flashcoders] Javascript Flash resizing

2009-02-20 Thread jonathan howe
are trying to fake it somehow by forcing the browser itself into fullscreen mode and then javascripting the Flash window to the entire size of the window? Sounds pretty tricky. -jonathan On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Cor c...@chello.nl wrote: I know, its not for websites but company

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Fullscreen mode w/ Windows Projectors

2009-02-16 Thread jonathan howe
when you export a projector from your IDE? -jonathan On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.ukwrote: Hi, I have no problem with this when publishing a projector from CS3: this.stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN; The projector I created

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Fullscreen mode w/ Windows Projectors

2009-02-16 Thread jonathan howe
: Test your fullscreen (if it's called outside a button event and is invoked by stage.displayState) to make sure it actually works Mystery #2: why doesn't the Adobe Updater apply the patches to the Players/ directory if this is such an important security fix? -jonathan (Glen, I think I beat your test

[Flashcoders] AS3 - getDefinitionByName and external swfs

2009-02-15 Thread jonathan howe
of the Main.swf. Here seems to be a well phrased argument that seems to insist that the class always be included in the swf that is trying to instantiate (and thus all the code will be duplicated). http://nwebb.co.uk/blog/?p=186 Thanks dudes and dudettes, -jonathan -- -jonathan howe

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - getDefinitionByName and external swfs

2009-02-15 Thread jonathan howe
that contains embedded media, which you can access via their associated class names, or if you want to access the loaded SWF file's methods... That's exactly the kind of @#! I'm talkin' about! So I will try using Loader with the ApplicationDomain.currentDomain parameter. -jonathan On Sun, Feb

[Flashcoders] AS3 Fullscreen mode w/ Windows Projectors

2009-02-15 Thread jonathan howe
fullscreen. For projectors, shouldn't the mouseevent-click security requirement be waived in order to automatically go fullscreen? Why would it work with fscommand but not the official way, displayState? Anyone do this regularly who has a hint? Should I just be glad fscommand works? -jonathan

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Internet Explorer 8

2009-02-04 Thread jonathan howe
since I've done that kind of work and thus since I've used the product but give it a shot. Looks like they included IE8 beta 2.. -jonathan P.S. My gmail client is broken in IE8 beta as I type this, so if it's bad enough for Google, it's bad enough for your client! (Oh, wait, Gmail claims it's

Re: [Flashcoders] Adding a property to an AS3-component

2009-01-25 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] [AS2] Set the default value of a ComboBox

2009-01-08 Thread jonathan howe
That sounds like a potential for unneeded redundancy/potential sync errors if things change later.. Better to use the ComboBox.getItemAt() method, right? trace(myBox.getItemAt(4).label); -jonathan On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: populate

Re: [Flashcoders] Pixel precise

2008-12-17 Thread jonathan howe
that it is not simply enough to set the DisplayObject's own coordinates to an integer; if the DO in question is inside a parent DO with non-integer coordinates, it won't be correct. That's why I was recommending the localToGlobal technique. -jonathan On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Jiri Heitlager jiriheitla

Re: [Flashcoders] Pixel precise

2008-12-17 Thread jonathan howe
not a pixel and half...? thx L ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] use get / set functions or make your own

2008-12-09 Thread jonathan howe
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[Flashcoders] FP9 vs FP10 behavior differences

2008-12-08 Thread jonathan howe
to Export classes from the Library and keep them off the first frame so that accurate load progress can be displayed? (keeping the non-Flex, Flash IDE workflow in mind, please). -- -jonathan howe ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Flash IDE workflow with SWC

2008-12-08 Thread jonathan howe
the source and deploy files separate. Now, in my new project, I need to use some classes as swc files during compliation but the .swf during runtime, so the .swc needs to be in the source directory but the .swf I want in the deploy... anyone have an idea? -jonathan -- -jonathan howe

Re: [Flashcoders] Audio lag on KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN

2008-12-08 Thread jonathan howe
cards respond faster than others. -jonathan On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:37 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: did you use updateAfterEvent() to force it to play immediately? if not, it might be waiting for the next frame to process the event On Mon, Dec 8, 2008

Re: [Flashcoders] Audio lag on KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN

2008-12-08 Thread jonathan howe
wonder if it would make a difference if new Sound objects (in AS2) or SoundChannels (in AS3) were or weren't instantiated every time. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Sidney de Koning [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi Jonathan, You say: The sounds are MP3s which are load()ed into Sound objects on init

Re: [Flashcoders] [AS2] Catching clicks in child clip?

2008-12-03 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] reusing symbol is there something I am missing? most likely.

2008-11-26 Thread jonathan howe
(not blah.RightArrow) -jonathan On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Anthony Pace [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hmm, I set it to export for actionscript in the IDE give it the desired className RightArrow its instance has the name rightArrow I defined section for it in my file, yet it is under a package does

[Flashcoders] Re: AS3: Mouse.hide() + ContextMenu

2008-11-26 Thread jonathan howe
show when you open the context menu (right clicking twice in a row or using Esc) so I used Event.MOUSE_LEAVE to ensure that Mouse.show() is called every time. -jonathan On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:18 PM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: AS3, FP9 I am using a substitute mouse cursor, so I

[Flashcoders] AS3: Mouse.hide() + ContextMenu

2008-11-23 Thread jonathan howe
to return the Mouse to hidden after the context menu is closed again? -jonathan -- -jonathan howe ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] showing code progress with progress bar

2008-11-21 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: [Flash CS3] Extremely weird playhead action

2008-11-21 Thread jonathan howe
success with the CustomWait class from http://www.lecrabe.net/blog/index.php?post/2008/08/05/41-as3-gotoandstop-gotoandplay-issue . It is a sucky bug. Yeah: I call it a bug, not a feature. -jonathan On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Joel Stransky [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Don't worry, I doubt

Re: [Flashcoders] 1172: definition flash.desktop:NativeApplication

2008-11-19 Thread jonathan howe
in the Publish Settings. I still get the error. I really want to learn how to use AIR with the Flash IDE, but for some reason it won't work for me right now. Any other suggestions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jonathan howe Sent: Monday

Re: [Flashcoders] 1172: definition flash.desktop:NativeApplication

2008-11-17 Thread jonathan howe
, there is a way to get a temporary certificate via the Commands - Air and Application Settings dialog. There are good tutorials on Lynda.com that are part of the free intro videos (i.e. membership is not required). http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=535 -jonathan On Mon, Nov 17

Re: [Flashcoders] Stage instances, nested clips frames (AS3)

2008-11-13 Thread jonathan howe
to give the CustomWait static helper a shot. Can anyone confirm for me that it's fixed (sorry changed) in FP10? -jonathan On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Olivier Besson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, this old as3 feature has upset so many people that, as far as I remember, this has been fixed

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 text fitting in variable box

2008-11-12 Thread jonathan howe
Is there an important distinction between scaling a TextField object and changing the font size? Perhaps you are storing the formatting or there are visual rendering implications or anything?? Otherwise, it seems like Joel's solution would work nicely to achieve what you want. -jonathan On Wed

[Flashcoders] Stage instances, nested clips frames (AS3)

2008-11-12 Thread jonathan howe
have to convert all of the animators' clips into a structure that doesn't rely on the parent clip's timeline? -jonathan -- -jonathan howe ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] Slightly OT, IDE panel stacking...

2008-11-11 Thread jonathan howe
having the problem right from startup? -jonathan On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Glen Pike [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi, Before I go completely mad, does anyone know how to rearrange the stacking order of floating panels in the Flash CS3 IDE. My library panel disappears behind my

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Authortime vs Runtime children

2008-11-04 Thread jonathan howe
and relying on the ADDED_TO_STAGE handler to fire to 'make themselves known'? -jonathan On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:17 PM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: forget to addChild()? The problem I have run into is that when I instanciate an AppScreen symbol from my library - it's not on stage

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Authortime vs Runtime children

2008-11-04 Thread jonathan howe
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