RE: [Flashcoders] Passing a Variable to Adobe Acrobat

2009-12-09 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
sn't seem to be a flash issue then. --Original Message-- From: Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Passing a Variable to Adobe Acrobat Sent: Dec 8, 2009 12:47 PM Hello, I am

[Flashcoders] Passing a Variable to Adobe Acrobat

2009-12-08 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hello, I am attempting to pass a variable to adobe acrobat (a pdf file) using a URL string (certificate.pdf?name). For some reason the pdf file is not receiving the variable. Do any of you have any experience with this? I am not sure if the problem is flash or the pdf. The pdf has a field withi

[Flashcoders] Error playing flash

2008-11-04 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hello, I have a client who is having difficulty playing all of our courses that contain flash 8. She is running flash 9. When she accesses the course, the source code for the page displays. This happens for both SCORM and non-SCORM courses. Have any of you seen anything like this happen? If

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

2008-10-23 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
educate you client that it's a huge amount of work and one day they'll still want to go forward to AS3. Paul ----- Original Message - From: "Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flash Coders List" Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:11 PM S

[Flashcoders] Is there a quick way to convert back to AS2?

2008-10-22 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
I know this seems like a backwards question... but my client has requested (300 plus fla's later) that we revert our code back to AS2. I was wondering if there was a quick way to do this. When I ran my first piece in AS2 and it was searching for the event class. I was wondering if there was a qui

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

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Subject: Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank Importance: Low Hi, It has changed - I think this may help: http://www.foundation-flash.com/tutorials/changingdepths/ If not, try googling AS3 + depth Glen Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS wrote: > AS3. > > I tried

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

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
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 wo

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

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
] Layering, drawing a blank Importance: Low AS2 or AS3? On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a layer > come to the top of the stacking order when you clic

[Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there, I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a layer come to the top of the stacking order when you click it. Any help you can provide is appreciated! Thanks, Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figlea

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems creating a drag and drop

2008-09-26 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Turns out it was a layering issue with my movie clips. Also, of course, add the listener to the stage instead of to the button. It works great! :) Thanks so much for all your feedback. You all really helped me think of new places to troubleshoot. :) I just had to post my final coding, becau

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems creating a drag and drop

2008-09-25 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
dex])); } Even having it in there as a simple trace messes things up. Any ideas on how to accommodate the hitTest? Is there a different way to do a hit test in AS3? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS S

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems creating a drag and drop

2008-09-25 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Thanks for all of your suggestions. I ended up restructuring the code and adding the event listeners for the mouse up to the stage instead and took them out of the array. It seems to be working well (as long as I keep my mouse on the stage). I am very happy to have a working model! If anyone has

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems creating a drag and drop

2008-09-24 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
drop You might need to add the "releaseOutside" hack for AS3, since there is no releaseOutside anymore: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1948182#post1948182 On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I am

[Flashcoders] Problems creating a drag and drop

2008-09-24 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there, I am having problems with my event listener for my drag and drop. Sometimes it detects the mouse up event and sometimes it doesn't and won't let go of the object (stopDrag). Have any of you ever run into this? If so, is there a fix? Basically I have this coding... function stopDragging

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Drag and drop in AS3

2008-09-23 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
: Low Susan, Try... aButton[i].buttonMode = true; aButtons[i].mouseChildren = false; On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS wrote: > Hi there, > > I am programming a drag and drop using a instance array. The > problem I > am having is that the instances have dyna

[Flashcoders] Drag and drop in AS3

2008-09-23 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there, I am programming a drag and drop using a instance array. The problem I am having is that the instances have dynamic text within them. I am trying to track what symbol the user clicked so that I can drag that instance. Well... sometimes, the program registers the button name, and some

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] OT - Detecting flash versions for a large site

2008-09-18 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
This is really cool, Glen! Thanks for the heads up on Flash Analytics. I am going to implement this on my personal site! Unfortunately, I am with the gov't and we can't use the Google app on our site. I wish we could! Does anyone know if there is a way to write something that runs with the perso

[Flashcoders] OT - Detecting flash versions for a large site

2008-09-16 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi everyone, I am in a bit of a quandary... I need to do 2 things. First of all, I need to convince my gov't client that AS3 and flash 9 are the way to go for new development. Does anyone know of a good list of benefits I might be able to share with my client? My second task... I need to somehow

RE: [Flashcoders] Coding question...

2008-09-08 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
earning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:34 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Co

RE: [Flashcoders] Coding question...

2008-09-08 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Ok... I am feeling a bit clueless... I tried it three ways... aRadioButtons[1].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked); and aRadioButtons[1].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK); and aRadioButtons[1].removeEventListener(); I am sure I am doing somethin

[Flashcoders] Coding question...

2008-09-08 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there, I was wondering if there was an easy way to inactivate buttons. I activate a series of buttons in an array using the following: for (i = 0; i < aRadioButtons.length; i++) { trace(aRadioButtons[i].name); aRadioButtons[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);

[Flashcoders] Using the TextArea Class

2008-09-02 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there, When I use a TextArea and import HTML, I see the flash of the scroll bars come up, just prior to the text displaying. Is there anyway to avoid that flash? If the text string is not html, this does not happen. Thanks! Susan ~ import fl.contr

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Unloading an SWF inFlashandcontrollingthe loadedSWF

2008-09-02 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
I asked too soon... I found an easier way to activate the buttons using an array (see code below). Thanks again for your help! var fileName:String = ""; var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(fileName); var myMovie:Loader = new Loader(); /

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Unloading an SWF in Flashandcontrollingthe loadedSWF

2008-09-02 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Thank you, Paul! I was wondering if there might be a cleaner way to call my swf's. Below is my code. You will notice that each button calls a different swf. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks! Susan --- var fileName:String = ""; v

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Unloading an SWF in Flash andcontrolling the loadedSWF

2008-09-02 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
ader; lo.content.alpha = 20; // what you actually loaded } On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Paul, > > I rewrote the code, so its easier to read: > > var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("hotword.swf"

RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Unloading an SWF in Flash and controlling the loadedSWF

2008-09-02 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Thanks Paul, I rewrote the code, so its easier to read: var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("hotword.swf"); var loader:Loader = new Loader() function displayHotword(evt:Event):void { loader.load(request); addChild(loader); loader.x = 100; loader.y = 150 } bt

[Flashcoders] Unloading an SWF in Flash and controlling the loaded SWF

2008-09-02 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there, I have a newbie question for you. I posted this to the newbie list and recieved no response. I am wondering if it might be too advanced for that list. For those of you who are on both lists, please excuse the double post. I have a pop-up box that I am loading as an external swf, using