Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 associativ array length=0

2008-10-27 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

2008-10-23 Thread jonathan howe
references listed at the bottom, and government agencies may be behind the curve {insert joke} -jonathan On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The client is convinced that the Flash 9 has not permeated government systems yet. My point of view is how

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Code problem, can anyone help?

2008-10-22 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] linked class must extends MovieClip ???

2008-10-13 Thread jonathan howe
symbol. In Linkage Properties for myBase: Class = full.package.path.to.myBase Base class = flash.display.MovieClip -jonathan On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:42 AM, laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What about having a 'Base' class extending MovieClip then myBase extending Base and link myBase

Re: [Flashcoders] extends MovieClip and static methods

2008-10-06 Thread jonathan howe
is correct, etc. -jonathan On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:39 AM, laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry I was not receiving mails when I send that: Hi, Is it possible to have a class that extends MovieClip linked to a movie in the library and have statics methods and vars in it ?? L if any

Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread jonathan howe
() puts the new object at the top of the display order. The display object model is definitely worth doing a little reading on, though. -jonathan On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3. I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Call a function from an array

2008-09-06 Thread jonathan howe
now -jonathan On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Mike Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is the actual function? You cant store a function in XML, on the name. You can then use that name to construct a call to the function. Where is the function? mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flashcoders] Help with AS3 Flash NumericStepper component

2008-08-19 Thread jonathan howe
to a property value that evaluates to the exact same hard coded number, I get a broken stepper. Can anyone see the mistake I'm making? (Including Using the Flash CS3 components in the first place) -jonathan -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101

Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime font embedding in Flash CS3...

2008-08-18 Thread jonathan howe
I haven't tried this myself but have you used my old bff getDefinitionByName var fontClass:Font = getDefinitionByName(fontClassNameWithinTheSwf) as Font; and then use the font via the Font class? -jonathan On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Michael William Ypes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime font embedding in Flash CS3...

2008-08-18 Thread jonathan howe
Sorry, I realized the syntaxt is wrong - would need to first cast as a Class then instantiate... On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:27 PM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I haven't tried this myself but have you used my old bff getDefinitionByName var fontClass:Font = getDefinitionByName

Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Nested MovieClips in AS3

2008-08-18 Thread jonathan howe
it a property and forcing Flash to store it internally as a class, to which it arbitrarily assigned the name of Delete2_1, regardless of it being assigned a Linkage identifier/classname. So, make sure any symbol you want to duplicate has a classname defined in the library. -jonathan P.S. Read up

Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Nested MovieClips in AS3

2008-08-16 Thread jonathan howe
the only difference between _currentView and _currentBackground is that currentView is present on the stage Aren't you testing for exactly that with the conditional if ( target.parent) { } ? Throw a trace statement inside there and see if that block of code is actually executed. -jonathan

Re: [Flashcoders] Duplicate Nested MovieClips in AS3

2008-08-16 Thread jonathan howe
); } -jonathan On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Lair Nicolas [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi, thanks for the response, i already tested it, and it's executed but strangly not displayed on screen :( On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 7:48 PM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the only difference

Re: [Flashcoders] Using BitmapData to make a mask (AS3)

2008-08-15 Thread jonathan howe
of the masked object as being that object that contains the bitmap, set cacheAsBitmap of both to true. So it'll be a normal masked object, but it'll respect the bitmap transparency (instead of using the image's box as the transparency mask). Zeh jonathan howe wrote: Hallo, I'm loading

[Flashcoders] Using BitmapData to make a mask (AS3)

2008-08-14 Thread jonathan howe
the shape of the bitmap? Please lend me your awesomeness for a moment, -jonathan -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with getting a code to work

2008-08-11 Thread jonathan howe
Hi, Did you import flash.events.MouseEvent; ? Assuming CS3 as your complier, did you store the caurina folder in the same directory as the FLA or add the path to the caurina directory in the classpaths in your actionscript settings? -jonathan On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Shane Deguara

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Document and Navigation

2008-08-07 Thread jonathan howe
Sounds like a job for recursion. Here's a tutorial I found: http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2002/cmsc214/Tutorial/recursion.html I don't recommend the wikipedia page for recursion since it's very dense and isn't designed to teach the basic concept. -jonathan On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:52 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 10 not workin on FD 3

2008-08-06 Thread jonathan howe
the project with the swc file -jonathan On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've download the flex 3.0.1 sdk and uninstalled flashplayer 9 and installed the last version of flashplayer 10. I also downloaded and installed FD 2297 revision. Now when I

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Problem with first item in Array

2008-07-17 Thread jonathan howe
variables like your arrays in the class body: public var containerX:Number; And then initialize them in your mainClass() function containerX = (stage.stageWidth / 5); Otherwise you may get unpredictable results based on what's in memory at the time. -jonathan On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:08 PM, SJM

Re: [Flashcoders] Nested SWFs

2008-07-09 Thread jonathan howe
getDefinitionByName() can see through a hierarchy? -jonathan On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Mike Grunwald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I'm new to AS3 and using multiple SWFs in an application. I'm used to AS2 and 1 or 2 SWFs at max. I'm using the GAIA framework (not sure if you're

Re: [Flashcoders] htmlText weirdness: when paragraphs become list items

2008-07-09 Thread jonathan howe
Not to be too disingenuous but you are printing closing tags in there, too, right? Good old /li and maybe /p? -jonathan I had a friend named /li, He cast a spell a spell on me. If me and /li and KG could be three, Flyin' free Tenaciously. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Paul Jinks [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem (with end of message)

2008-07-08 Thread jonathan howe
Hi, Paul, Currently, in each loop you are overwriting the text in the field (it's not like trace() ). If you're using AS2, use the += operator instead of = If you're using AS3, use appendText() (although I'm not currently remembering the htmlText / appendText interactions) -jonathan On Tue

Re: [Flashcoders] drag and rotate, where do I begin?

2008-07-03 Thread jonathan howe
I see a link into the place where they got the physics right in the project description: http://www.ffiles.com/flash/physics_and_motion/drag_and_rotation_with_easing_1649.html Have you tried registering and downloading - maybe it contains source? --jonathan On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:32 AM

[Flashcoders] Two problems with BitmapData.draw() w/r/t registration point and transparency

2008-07-03 Thread jonathan howe
bitmapDataCopy do not have transparent channel. Can anyone help me improve #1 or solve #2? -jonathan -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http

Re: [Flashcoders] calling public static methods on Class using getDefinitionByName

2008-06-25 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Maintain position on rotation

2008-06-19 Thread jonathan howe
(originalPoint); changedPoint not originalPoint. -jonathan On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:34 PM, eric e. dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, Before I saw these response posts, I took a slightly different angle on things. When I create my limbs, I am actually adding another limb to a joint sprite

Re: [Flashcoders] How to add bitmaps from my library to the stage AS3?

2008-06-19 Thread jonathan howe
(source='myPhoto.png')] syntax also Thanks! Ali ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with loading and parsing XML

2008-06-12 Thread jonathan howe
Hello, Pavel, Can you try to rephrase is onLoadSite method out of action. Also, what is the state of the omit trace actions checkbox in your publish settings (perhaps it is checked but Flash maybe overwrites this setting when running the debugger?) -jonathan On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:36 PM

Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening text more smoothly - AS3

2008-05-23 Thread jonathan howe
. Therefore either keeping framelength % updatedelay = 0, or forcing screen update with updateAfterEvent() might solve the problem. Again, sorry if someone already mentioned this. -jonathan On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 5:59 AM, EECOLOR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could create a bitmap using

Re: [Flashcoders] Tweening text more smoothly - AS3

2008-05-22 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3: Static functions and events ...

2008-05-22 Thread jonathan howe
(SingletonClass.EVENT_NAME, listenerFunction); I'd love to hear about drawbacks to this approach. I'm sure there are some issues, and this was a new problem/idea. -jonathan On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Stephen Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there anyway for a static function within a class to fire off

Re: [Flashcoders] stack overflow in IE ?

2008-05-20 Thread jonathan howe
Andrei, It also crashed in Firefox 2.0.0.14 Vista PC with FP 9,0,124,0. -jonathan On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Andrei Thomaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear list, I made two little (experimental) games in AS3. Both uses a maze generation algorithm. To avoid a small freezing and messages

Re: [Flashcoders] very easy question

2008-05-20 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Retrieving URL params gets truncate in ActionScript2

2008-05-20 Thread jonathan howe
Hi, Ditch the brackets and escape your ampersands. I think it's %26. Since you can pass multiple variables to flash vars, you're actually getting variables in your root named test2, test3 etc. -jonathan On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:33 PM, ACE Flash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: humm I have tried

Re: [Flashcoders] Undefined property in one fla, but not in the other.

2008-05-10 Thread jonathan howe
for the symbol and verify that the path to the class is correct (with the little green check). Otherwise, you're just getting the automatically generated in the SWF upon file export version, which still extends movie clip (thus otherwise behaves normally), but lacks your new properties. -jonathan

Re: [Flashcoders] Changing font?

2008-04-24 Thread jonathan howe
the TextFormat of the field from 0 to the counter... repeat until you reach the end. -jonathan On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Pedro Kostelec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi How can i animate a change of font like in this page: http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#harry? -- Pedro D.K

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air

2008-04-24 Thread jonathan howe
(or working) method. TIA... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101

Re: [Flashcoders] Is Adobe fixing this big FP9 problem?

2008-04-16 Thread jonathan howe
are already loaded. -jonathan On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Paul Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find it rather bizarre that people feel that it's necessary to beat a drum about this. I doubt that Adobe are sitting back on the issues raised. The thread has the Air of an hysterical mob

Re: [Flashcoders] Is Adobe fixing this big FP9 problem?

2008-04-16 Thread jonathan howe
they'd have identical class definitions... right... or maybe not? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem when applying dynamic mask [AS3]

2008-04-10 Thread jonathan howe
); return classReference(); -jonathan On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi i have another problem this time its to do with masking an object, here is the code that creates a movieclip then loads an image into to... bannerArea = newMovieClip

Re: [Flashcoders] mp3 streaming interrupted

2008-04-10 Thread jonathan howe
be a little counter-intuitive), but it would be one place to look. -jonathan On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using AS2. In my movie, I have some external mp3 files that will start streaming and then just stop playing. It's as if the streaming suddenly

[Flashcoders] harcore as coder wanted for contract dev

2008-04-09 Thread Jonathan Yapp
, -- Jonathan Yapp CEO/Founder Vibrant Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vibrant-software.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 TextField tabbing

2008-04-08 Thread jonathan howe
For triage help: 1. Is this in the IDE preview (Ctrl-Enter), and if so, do you have Disable keyboard shortcuts under control menu on or off? 2. Do you have any components on the stage? -jonathan On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Sinning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a problem somewhere

Re: [Flashcoders] Calling Listener Functions

2008-04-05 Thread jonathan howe
Technically speaking, you can instantiate a bogus MouseEvent to call the function: myFunction(new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK)); However, I only mention this to be complete in directly answering the question. I would think that Matt's suggestion is the more appropriate. -jonathan On Sat, Apr

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread jonathan howe
to create an if statment to change the properties? SM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread jonathan howe
Hi, Stuart, Based on the error message sounds like maybe you are trying to access _selectedBox.formatter or something else invalid. Can you repaste your new code after the change? -jonathan On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks Jonathan for some

Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]

2008-04-03 Thread jonathan howe
(); if (currentFormat.italic == false) { formatter.italic = true; } else { formatter.italic = false; } _selectedBox.setTextFormat(formatter); -jonathan On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: formatter is a blank variable and has nothing to do

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 MouseEvent target?

2008-03-31 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Root casting as Main big problem

2008-03-28 Thread jonathan howe
. A little much for me to repeat in email. -jonathan On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:10 AM, laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It's very urgent, try to make it clear: I have one MovieClip index.swf, with a Main.as class attch to it. In this class I define properties and method, of course

Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iteratorvariables

2008-03-27 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] referencing a public method gives unexpected result

2008-03-25 Thread jonathan howe
I'm interested in opinions on this, too... Is that comparison (e.target == left_arrow) the best way to find out what your target object is? ... and would strict equality make a difference? -jonathan On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question

2008-03-25 Thread jonathan howe
Right. I guess I was trying to address your issue about having to add it to the display list twice. You'd still need to addChild( instance of DrawRectangle ); But having DrawRectangle extend Sprite and then drawing directly on this.graphics solves the problem of doing it twice. -jonathan On Tue

Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iteratorvariables

2008-03-24 Thread jonathan howe
and explanations make sense, I am just curious now as to the reasoning. Either this is a change from AS2 - AS3 or since AS2 wasn't as strict, it let me do it before. Maybe the explanation lies in the ECMA guidelines somewhere. Anyway, thanks for the discussion, gang. -jonathan On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:53

Re: [Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusingiteratorvariables

2008-03-24 Thread jonathan howe
several of you have described. -jonathan On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, I was talking about AS3 too. For reasoning: Its like the real world - every object is UNIQUE, therefor there can only exist ONE of it. You can make copies (instances) but they will have

Re: [Flashcoders] Custom MovieClip Classes

2008-03-24 Thread jonathan howe
inheritance. When I discovered this, that was the moment I abandoned the setting for good. For a while, it seemed like a nice feature that resembled code-behind/markup pairings seen in other frameworks like WPF. Nope! -jonathan On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Custom DrawRectangle Question

2008-03-24 Thread jonathan howe
own graphics property. Then you can think about renaming your class from DrawRectangle to Rectangle, since it not only draws it, it is one. -jonathan On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aha I get it... But can I make a work out in order not to put addChild

[Flashcoders] Variable scope within for loops: reusing iterator variables

2008-03-23 Thread jonathan howe
and stacks of loops, but still...) Thanks in advance, -jonathan -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] Custom MovieClip Classes

2008-03-22 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] Error #1009

2008-03-17 Thread jonathan howe
. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Error #1009

2008-03-17 Thread jonathan howe
curious and thanks for setting me straight! -jonathan On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Pedro Kostelec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I doesn't. I posted the iles on the net. Can you please throw a look at? http://www.box.net/shared/wettvhs84s Thanks On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Cory

Re: [Flashcoders] transition

2008-03-14 Thread jonathan howe
it looks 'finished' first). So, unless I'm missing a subtlety in the transition, you can tween a ColorTransform object which has the read/write property brightness or use a your favorite tweening package shortcut for tweening the brightness. -jonathan On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:21 AM, marcellouz

[Flashcoders] Re: AS2 vs. AS3: instantiate library symbols with a loop string concatenation

2008-03-04 Thread jonathan howe
Sorry - somehow triggered the send mail hotkey before I was finished: On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM, jonathan howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Imagine I have in my library a series of MovieClips with linkage identifiers like so: sym0 sym1 sym2 ... sym29 In AS2, if I wanted to create

[Flashcoders] AS2 vs. AS3: instantiate library symbols with a loop string concatenation

2008-03-04 Thread jonathan howe
on a stringname, can you? -- -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: AS2 vs. AS3: instantiate library symbols with a loop string concatenation

2008-03-04 Thread jonathan howe
the Adobe LiveDocs. Either way, thanks for those who helped - I didn't quite know where to loock in my trusty moock. -jonathan On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Cory Petosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName; for (var i:uint = 0; i 30; ++i) { var sym:MovieClip

Re: [Flashcoders] loadmovie

2008-02-29 Thread jonathan howe
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Re: [Flashcoders] loadmovie

2008-02-29 Thread jonathan howe
Yes, my apologies. I guess I was mixing up dynamic properties with the standard properties. Dynamic properties do get wiped, but standard ones are preserved, as Marc states. loader2.idiot = jonathan; loader2.onRelease = function(){ this.loadMovie(circle.swf); } // then once it is loaded

Re: [Flashcoders] Repost: Movie Explorer question

2007-06-16 Thread Jonathan Berry
Thanks Muzak. Has this changed at all in CS3? On 6/16/07, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only stage assets. So just drop everything in the Lib in a keyframe on stage. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Repost: Movie Explorer question

2007-06-15 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hey, did anyone have any ideas about this? Sorry for the bother. Thanks again. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jonathan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jun 13, 2007 3:20 PM Subject: Movie Explorer question To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Hello all! I

[Flashcoders] Movie Explorer question

2007-06-13 Thread Jonathan Berry
are still using Flash 8, so I don't know if they added this support in the newest interface. Thanks so much. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com --- This E-mail is covered by the Electronic

Re: [Flashcoders] objects can't delete themselves right?

2007-05-25 Thread Jonathan Fung
... and for more about flash's GC see http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/09/garbage-collection-in-flash-player-8.html Jonathan On 5/25/07, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought objects could not delete themselves, and if you delete an object with a function and store

[Flashcoders] MC xscale/width/yscale/height with MCL

2007-05-24 Thread Jonathan Berry
by 1000w to see if the images were just being resized and set at an x/y off the stage somewhere, but no images seen. Any help/insight you have on setting width/height much to be appreciated. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com

[Flashcoders] textarea component not scrollable.

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Berry
. Thank you in advance. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com --- This E-mail is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ?? 2510-2521 and is legally privileged

[Flashcoders] Re: textarea component not scrollable.

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Berry
Sorry, did want to at least give the site I have under construction so you can see what I am talking about. Code is also available: http://www.fjroadtrip.com - click on Interactive map. On 4/14/07, Jonathan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Did a search on Google for this, but really

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: textarea component not scrollable.

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Berry
No, no button. On 4/14/07, Pedro Taranto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it looks like you have an invisible button on top of it, that way it dont allow to bubbling the events to lower depths --Pedro Taranto -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: textarea component not scrollable.

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Berry
it is not the component --Pedro Taranto -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com --- This E-mail is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ?? 2510-2521 and is legally

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: textarea component not scrollable.

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Berry
n/m I feel silly now. I answered my own question: the container is a child of a movieclip with a rollover function - hence, treated as part of the rollover state! embarrassed Thanks anyway. On 4/14/07, Jonathan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so it should be the movieclip you are using

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: textarea component not scrollable.

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Berry
on the container to hide it, and hide it when you rollover the other circle too hope you understand --Pedro Taranto Jonathan Berry escreveu: so it should be the movieclip you are using to detect the rollover and rollout to show or hide the container The rollover/out is on the city circle. Don't know

[Flashcoders] DropShadowFilter failure

2007-04-11 Thread Jonathan Fung
hack called norton internet security 2007 that management insisted on installing... =P) thanks, Jonathan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought

Re: [Flashcoders] Site Check [dm9ddb.com.br]

2007-03-26 Thread Jonathan Fung
Very slick :) another quick observation - some items get overlapped since placement appears random, i can't provide a reliable example might be a good idea to hide/fade out items that are less than an arbitrary distance from the viewer's position to avoid this. On 3/26/07, Wagner Amaral [EMAIL

Re: [!! SPAM] RE: [Flashcoders] Subscription problems

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan
how can i unsubescribe from this news letter? i don't need receive more pls help me or can a change my email? i don't remember my pass thx - Original Message - From: Jamie Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:55 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] Subscription problems

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan Lackey
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Re: [Flashcoders] Subscription problems

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Subscription problems

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan
hi Jonathan nice! but... i want to get out... for two reasons: 1° - i'm novice on flash, i have a advertising agency on brazil... and my flash nivel is so far away from that list... 2° - so many e-mails... i can't read all... then i want to go out... thx Jonathan ( pls escuse

Re: [Flashcoders] how to reverse the .wmv files

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan
win avi video converter... convert any video format.. and if you use codes... will be a monster converter... =) - Original Message - From: Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] how to

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 book

2007-02-27 Thread Jonathan
you want a e-book? or a bible? - Original Message - From: Gustavo Duenas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] as3 book Hi Guys, I have to accept I'm the newbiest guy in this

[Flashcoders] Re: [!! SPAM] Flashcoders Digest, Vol 25, Issue 35

2007-02-13 Thread Jonathan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Calendar - Datechooser component - how to

2007-02-05 Thread Jonathan Berry
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[Flashcoders] Re: Highlighting dates in DateChooser SOLVED

2007-02-01 Thread Jonathan Berry
][dayBlock + entEventDate.getDay() + label + weekNum].background = true; enttab_mc.chooser_dc[dateGrid][dayBlock + entEventDate.getDay() + label + weekNum].setStyle(backgroundColor, 0xfe9a9a); } } On 1/29/07, Jonathan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello

[Flashcoders] Highlighting dates in DateChooser

2007-01-29 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I am using a datechooser component for an events calendar and wondered if you knew of a way to highlight other dates beside today's date (showToday). I've googled this, but cannot seem to find anything. Any hints or articles much to be appreciated. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A

[Flashcoders] Lists in/out of ScrollPane

2006-12-12 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I resorted to using createClassObject to create lists inside a scrollpane, simulating a horizontal list. Yes, I imagine it must be silly to do this - don't know really - but I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to make the scrollpane scrollable with the lists not extending

[Flashcoders] Re: Lists in/out of ScrollPane SOLVED

2006-12-12 Thread Jonathan Berry
Found a posting that used attachMovie, but the same thing goes for createClassObject. Here's what I found out using the 'content' keyword and invalidating the scrollpane after assigning content to it. Sorry for the bother everyone. [code] var scroller_sp =

[Flashcoders] Horizontal List - cellrenderer?

2006-12-07 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I have googled this and searched the mailing list archives to no avail (only found something on the built-in flex component). Can anyone direct me to a tutorial or page on constructing horizontal list components with images? Thanks so much in advance. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A

[Flashcoders] Re: Component child of MovieClip?(SOLVED)

2006-12-05 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I forgot to mention that the clip was added to the document through attachMovie(). Well that requires using DepthManager for the components in the movieclip. Thanks anyway! On 11/30/06, Jonathan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I have a really basic question as I am still

[Flashcoders] Component child of MovieClip?

2006-11-30 Thread Jonathan Berry
doing this incorrectly? I just have some graphics in the mcs that are grouped with components. Any help much to be appreciated. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com --- This E-mail is covered

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashpaper - removing a flashpaper mc properly seems impossible

2006-11-23 Thread Jonathan Fung
that's correct - i simply loadclip using the old mc. same code as adobe's tutorial. but i reiterate - never tried it on a large document so i dont know if it'll work in your case On 11/23/06, Tom Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have altered my code but I dont seem to be having much luck.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashpaper - removing a flashpaper mc, properly seems impossible

2006-11-23 Thread Jonathan Fung
well darn... i'll make sure i give that a try on monday for my project as well... On 11/23/06, Eric_Tibo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using this component with no problems... http://www.digitalflipbook.com/archives/2006/07/flashpaper_comp_3.php I've set all the possible listeners as in the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flashpaper - removing a flashpaper mc properly seems impossible

2006-11-22 Thread Jonathan Fung
I'm facing exactly the same problem developing a content browser (viewing hundreds of single FP pages) in flash 8... My load times jump from 300ms to 10 seconds if i try to unloadMovie() first. I haven't found a solid fix, but I do have a partial workaround - don't unload the flashpaper. At least

Re: [Flashcoders] looking for win app to parse SWF header

2006-11-22 Thread Jonathan Fung
swfdump from swftools (www.swftools.org) you get output like this [HEADER]File version: 6 [HEADER]File is zlib compressed. Ratio: 85% [HEADER]File size: 6389517 (Depacked) [HEADER]Frame rate: 20.00 [HEADER]Frame count: 52 [HEADER]Movie width:

[Flashcoders] HTML image/cross-domain

2006-11-08 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I have a simple question: can Flash player load images using html tags in a text field from a different domain? Is a cross-domain policy file required? -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mindarc.com

Re: [Flashcoders] am i stupid?

2006-11-08 Thread Jonathan Fung
use a mouse event listener... you'll be glad you did (especially if you have other buttons on stage) On 11/8/06, John VanHorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: onMouseDown works fine.which got me to thinking that when your on the root, onMouseDown and onPress are essentially the same event, since

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