RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!

2008-08-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
Interfaces have nothing to do with inheritance (at least not directly) as I understand them. Interfaces are special classes that simply define what other classes must define. A class that implements an interface has to define the methods and properties defined in an interface. An interface is no

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash apps via bluetooth

2008-08-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
It should be possible by using something like perhaps a .dll and a Flash wrapper - in theory. For example, the WiiFlash server allows a Wiimote to communicate to a Bluetooth dongle and on to the Flash file. We built some Flash games that are controlled with a Wiimote and a Bluetooth dongle using

RE: [Flashcoders] textField fed htmlText renders title

2008-08-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
myTextField.html = true; myTextField.htmlText = "yourText" Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning

RE: [Flashcoders] pythagoras question

2008-08-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
Why not just use Point.polar()? That would do exactly what it seems you are describing. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate int

RE: [Flashcoders] Access MainTimeline reference from within a component

2008-08-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
OK, I'll be the one to ask this. So just curious, since components normally should be decoupled from objects outside themselves (i.e. the main timeline) - what is driving this - is there a better way to re-think this overall or must you really target the main timeline? Jason Merrill Bank of Am

RE: [Flashcoders] Access MainTimeline reference from within a component

2008-08-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yes, but what I was getting at, if it's a component, why does it need to have access to the main timeline? Components normally shouldn't be that tightly coupled. Could you instead pass a reference to a public property in the component of the filename instead of trying to access the filename from

RE: [Flashcoders] XML and best method

2008-08-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
I think it depends on how much data there would be in one big file, and how complex it would be loading in separate other files - how big each of those would be. I would try and keep it all in one file if possible, but if it's a huge amount of data, I would separate them and load them one at a ti

RE: [Flashcoders] pythagoras question

2008-08-30 Thread Merrill, Jason
A simple solution could be to create a sprite to draw the line onto, and add a listener to the sprite to see if it was clicked on. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community

RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...

2008-09-03 Thread Merrill, Jason
>From a performance perspective, using fewer listeners in favor of instance references will always be a performance gain since listeners take up way more system resources than object references do. From an architecture/design pattern perspective though, I can't say whether it's better or not, it d

[Flashcoders] Complex Hittest

2008-09-03 Thread Merrill, Jason
I have two display object I want to check overlapping on - one of the object will be very odd shaped, so I need to take advantage of the ShapeFlag of the hitTestPoint method to be sure the object's shape is taken into account. The problem is, each display object is nested inside other many display

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

2008-09-03 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> It's showing as -32000. Have you tried swapping it to a positive depth first before removing it? Not with the DepthManager, but with movieClip.swapDepths() (I think that's what it's called, its been a while since I worked in AS2) Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global

RE: [Flashcoders] Complex Hittest

2008-09-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
cts hit test to some external class file that would handle the boolean check/return, but that's an optional code-optimization-extra. Hope this is enough info to get you further. :) Seb. Merrill, Jason wrote: > I have two display object I want to check overlapping on - one of the &g

RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield

2008-09-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> is there a simple way like this in as? You sound like you're talking AS2 - please specify. Google be yer friend: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp .htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=2774.html Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Gl

RE: [Flashcoders] code acting differently

2008-09-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
Different versions of the Flash player on each machine? Also, shouldn't you set textArea.htmlText not textArea.text? Also, could be differences in performance of the machines - you may have to wait for the object to be completely instantiated. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technolo

RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!

2008-09-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
Déjà vu - wasn't this question asked and thoroughly answered like over a month ago? Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interes

RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!

2008-09-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
ng ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:28 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that

RE: [Flashcoders] Coding question...

2008-09-08 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> I know there is a way to inactivate the listener, but cannot remember for the life of me how to do it. removeEventListener() on the button Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Develop

RE: [Flashcoders] Coding question...

2008-09-08 Thread Merrill, Jason
for (i = 0; i < aRadioButtons.length; i++) { aRadioButtons[i].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked); aSelected[i].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked); } Should do the trick. It doesn't? By the way, what is the difference between the aRadioButtons

RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea class properties

2008-09-09 Thread Merrill, Jason
Have you tried selectable = false? Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies?

RE: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations

2008-09-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> On AS3 there isn't as good a package as fuse around [yet?]; What does FUSE have over TweenLite and TweenMax? FUSE always bloated my projects and had problems in high stress situations. Jason Merrill Bank of America  Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform

RE: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations

2008-09-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
sequences: http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/speakernotes-mgunesch.pdf mind you i am now coding primarily only in AS3... and 'Fuse3: Go' doesn't do it for me [why would I want to write my own tweens? isn't that the point of using an engine, so i don't have to write my o

RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years!!

2008-09-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> Second the recommendation. >>Great book - applies to ActionScript easily. Wow. This really is the thread that keeps mutating won't die! Shoot me now! :) Check the dates people! LOL. Jason Merrill Bank of America  Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform De

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4?

2008-09-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
And this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/features/?view=topnew Jason Merrill Bank of America  Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Ch

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4?

2008-09-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
t our internal  Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:18 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4? And this page: ht

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4?

2008-09-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
of AS3.1. My migration to AS3 is taking much longer than expected, given my workload. I can't imagine the AS3 will be radically different, right? - MM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4?

2008-09-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
y workload. I can't imagine the AS3 will be radically > different, right? > > > > - MM > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4?

2008-09-24 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yeah, I get tired of doing this just to get code completion: var thisCustomObject:CustomObject = myObjects[i] as CustomObject; thisCustomObject.alpha = .5 Besides the obvious type checking benefits, with Vectors, I won't have to do it that way anymore to get good code completion from what I have

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 additions/changes in CS4?

2008-09-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
What I don't get is why Adobe doesn't (or maybe they are working on it, but they haven't rolled it out yet) merge the two frameworks that compile into .swf format - Flash CS* and Flex. There are a lot of "gotchas" and workaround when using Flash inside of Flex for example, and the Flash CS* fra

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flex builder vs Flex SDK

2008-09-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
Flexbuilder (the cheaper version) is the Eclpise programming tool with the ability to add and position components, as well as other tools like the memory profiler. The Flex SDK is mainly just a Flex .swf command-line compiler and support docs. BUT, you can use a tool like FlashDevelop (which

RE: [Flashcoders] Can URLLoader Open New Window Like LoadVars?

2008-10-01 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> Not 100% sure, but you may run into problems with pop-up blocking. I believe popup blockers are only sniffing windows spawned by Javascript, and not by direct user-requests, so using _blank should be fine. Jason Merrill Bank of America  GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Instructional Technology & Med

RE: [Flashcoders] Increase Recursion Level?

2008-10-01 Thread Merrill, Jason
I think recursion limits are set at the Flash player level, but not at the published .swf level, so even if you could increase it (I don't think you can), the end user could not change it. I could be wrong. I don't know if it's necessarily a huge no-no, but I would say it would be recommended

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload

2008-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
HOLD THE PHONE. So are you saying FileReference upload no longer works in AS2/AM1 published .swfs in Flash 10? If so, that IS VERY BAD and will break many applications. Jason Merrill Bank of America  GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscripter 3.0 developers

2008-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
In my opinion, this is a Flash/Flex/Actionscript job, not an SAP, Java, or plumbing. So it's legit. Dave our moderator has previously said related jobs posts are fine. And this is only one post. In this economy, I think we should be especially accommodating and grateful there is information

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload

2008-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
ated with Flash. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:28 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 10 file upload HOLD THE PHONE. So are you saying FileReference upload no longer wor

RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscripter 3.0 developers

2008-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
rs I'm okay, I don't work for a bank :) Merrill, Jason wrote: > In my opinion, this is a Flash/Flex/Actionscript job, not an SAP, Java, or > plumbing. So it's legit. Dave our moderator has previously said related > jobs posts are fine. And this is only one post. In thi

RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscripter 3.0 developers

2008-10-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
Bob Wohl Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:38 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscripter 3.0 developers ouch! On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'm okay, I don't work for a bank :) > > > Merrill, Jason wrote:

RE: [Flashcoders] job hell

2008-10-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
Yeah, I think you just have to go point by point and politely and diplomatically explain why the project is being delayed, and give lots of specific examples. When you are done, ask HIM, how we (meaning you and him) can work towards the best solution. Always be respectful and polite - if you

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

2008-10-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
What are some good arguments for upgrading? I need to be able to convince him that this is the way to go! http://gskinner.com/talks/as3workshop/ and especially: http://gskinner.com/talks/50reasonsAS3/ Jason Merrill Bank of America  GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Instructional Technology & Media J

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

2008-10-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
mmunity Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal  Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Thursday, Octobe

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 Object.watch equivalent

2008-10-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
And if you are interested in using the Flex framework, databinding is a really great solution for this kind of thing. Jason Merrill Bank of America  GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America

RE: [Flashcoders] MP4

2008-11-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
I don't think any version of Flash can play MP4. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies?  Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Interested in innovative ideas in Learning?

RE: [Flashcoders] FULL_SCREEN problem Flash CS3 and AS3

2008-11-04 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> Is it possible to attach a fullscreen function to the ESC message, so when a user pushes ESC the app will stay in fullscreen? Why? That's evil! :) Unless it's a kiosk or something? Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested

[Flashcoders] FW: [Flash_Tiger] Outsourcing and Actionscript specs

2008-11-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
I'm going to throw a question out there to see if anyone has experienced something similar to this. Didn't get any responses on Flash_Tiger. If you have ever outsourced some Actionscript work to an outside vendor, have you ever struggled with how to spec out how you want them to code it? Reaso

RE: [Flashcoders] FW: [Flash_Tiger] Outsourcing and Actionscript specs

2008-11-05 Thread Merrill, Jason
re several issues that cause these kinds of problems (language, education and styles to name a few), and other than "hand-holding" there isn't very much you can do. Steve Mathews Sr. Technical Lead Flypaper Studio On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Merrill, Jason < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: [Flashcoders] FW: [Flash_Tiger] Outsourcing and Actionscript specs

2008-11-06 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I agree with Joel; your best bet is to provide a highly detailed >>design spec with complete API, and also provide guidance on what >>components to extend, etc. The downside is that it takes a lot of time >>to do all of this work, and depending on your particular situation, it >>may be unrealist

RE: [Flashcoders] AS1 and ExternalInterface.available

2008-11-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
What .swf version are you publishing to? ExternalInterface was not available until Flash 8. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies?  Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Communit

RE: [Flashcoders] frameworks and flash

2008-11-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> Read the article, some good, some bad. What are your thoughts on the article's baching of Cairngorm's ModelLocator? The he says its really a global var in disguise, and I understand that, but I still find it very handy - maybe it makes it somewhat tighter coupled to the model, but I use the

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
And it's not just the advantages Flex has with comboboxes and dropdown menus and the like. There are a ton of other advantages, like for example, databinding, easy to code layout, including liquid layout, easy component creation, easy skinning, TONS of components Flash doesn't have,which are no

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
Elia, I would respond if anything you said made any logical sense or even had a remote tinge of truth, but it doesn't sorry. I'd love to see you post what you just said on [EMAIL PROTECTED] just to see the kind of responses you would get from professional Flex developers and the Adobe Flex te

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
code, generally by coders, could be almost decent depending on your goal and, yes, simple stuff is usually a one line no-brainer with a tweening engine; but for complex, more interesting and "pro" animations, a good animator with a timeline could do much better job and in less time, in my opini

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
coders, could be almost decent depending on your goal >> and, yes, simple stuff is usually a one line no-brainer with a tweening >> engine; but for complex, more interesting and "pro" animations, a good >> animator with a timeline could do much better job and in less time, i

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
eline could do much better job and in less time, in my > opinion. > > Cheers > Juan Pablo Califano > > > 2008/11/19, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> And it's not just the advantages Flex has with comboboxes and dropdown >> menus and the li

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> With both you can be efficient. As a proof, all the best Flash sites are Flash, not Flex. How do you know? I have seen some amazing Flash sites I thought were build in the Flash IDE, and I found out later they were Flex apps, with some really great skinning going on. I have also seen some

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> The language itself lends itself to spaghetti coding, because MXML can easily turn into nesting hell. I would say ANY language can lend itself to that. What you're really attacking is the concept behind XML, not MXML. XML and nesting is an ADVANTAGE in my opinion when it comes to layout.

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> But to do so will require considerably more code, and is harder to read. >>Similarly for the UI - yes, you can replicate everything in MXML's >>layout in AS3, but it also requires more code and is harder to read. >>Consider this simple layout example in MXML: Very well said and exampled Ian!

RE: [Flashcoders] frameworks and flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
et. > It has not harmed reusability, managability etc etc, it has helped > improve my coding speed by far. > > greetz > JC > > > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Merrill, Jason > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Read the article, some good, some ba

RE: [Flashcoders] frameworks and flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
;; public static const DELETE_USER:String = "deleteUser"; public static const CREATE_USER:String = "createUser"; Again this is inline with what is already present in the Flex framework: MouseEvent.CLICK MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP etc.. Think that's about it.. regards

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
I like Adobe's Flex training from the source series, and also the O'Reilly Flex Cookbook. Usually if you stick with Friends of Ed, O'Reilly, or Adobe press, you can't go wrong. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Sure - I mean again, it just comes down to what KIND of sites you are comparing - a cool site RIA could be equally cool as a cool 3D Flash site like EcoDaZoo (which was done with Papervision3d by the way, and could have been done in Flex - if there was a need for the Flex framework) - but compar

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
> >Yes, for sites that have a lot of UI "zing" - animations and effects, and > >really wild transitions and layouts, well, Flex would not be the best > >choice. That's why you have to decide which tool is best for what kind of >> project you have. >This really depends. I've used flash created ani

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> This is a Flash forum and everything seems to be being discussed as though Flex is some kind of Flash killer or replacement. It isn't and Flex goes where flash has not trod. >>Flex is really complimentary to flash, not a replacement. Exactly, well said. I don't think anyone is bashing Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> I think it is important to remember that you can combine content generated >>in flash with applications built in Flex as well. Which is part of the >>reason it is often hard to tell the difference between the two. Yup. The only downside though, is that communicating with a .swf loaded into Fl

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> How about Silverlight or AJAX, haven't heard any arguments for them ;-) I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies?  Join the Bank of America Flash

[Flashcoders] get class by definition - or something like that

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Refersh my memory. What was the name of that AS3 class method to get a class definition from a string? Something like getObjectByDefinition("MyClass") or something like that, but that's not it. Our proxy server is down and I can't Google it, and the help docs are no help. Basically, I'm tring

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> So in my opinion the real advantages of Flex over Flash for >>UI/data-binding is: Sebastian, This discussion has barely touched on databinding (just one or two mentions of it being an advantage of the native Flash framework over Flex), so I'm starting to wonder, have you done any databindin

RE: [Flashcoders] get class by definition - or something like that

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
That was it! Thanks Dave! Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies?  Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Interested in innovative ideas in Learning?  Check out the Inno

RE: [Flashcoders] get class by definition - or something like that

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Name: String) and also ApplicationDomain.hasDefinition(className: String) is handy. Dave On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Merrill, Jason < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Refersh my memory. What was the name of that AS3 class method to get a > class definition from a string? Something like > getObjec

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
;t. So, i think i am going to wait for Thermo. Does anyone know the release year and month? I hope that Thermo will really fill the gap between Flash and Flex. If it will, i am sure to start learning Thermo. *Pedro Damian Kostelec* [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Merr

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
5:45 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash hi, certainly OOT, but for the sake of exactness, Ecodazoo was not made with papervision. Roxik (http://roxik.com/) used a custom 3d engine (Sharikura): http://temp.roxik.com/ Olivier Merrill, Jason a écrit : > Sure - I mean

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash

2008-11-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
OK, you're right, you said, "best" and used words like "slick", not "cool" - so I just assumed, sorry. I mean, we'd all probably agree opinions are all pretty subjective. Flash has been around a lot longer, so the developer community there certainly is more mature. Jason Merrill Bank of A

RE: [Flashcoders] get class by definition - or something like that

2008-11-21 Thread Merrill, Jason
o be fixed for Gumbo. That was probably far more detail than you wanted. :-D Ian On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian and David - interesting. So what is the difference between getDefinition > and getDefinitionByName? > > What I ended

RE: [Flashcoders] can Flex classes be used within (Flash CS3) along with ActionScript?

2008-11-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
Not really - I have heard of some hacks, but none of them are that easy. They are two different but closely related frameworks, unfortunately. Hopefully, this will all be the same framework someday. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support

RE: [Flashcoders] SWFaddress issue files included

2008-11-26 Thread Merrill, Jason
You can't (and shouldn't) send attachments to this (or any) list. Put it up on a url somewhere instead. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies?  Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Devel

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>> I'm not too keen on seeing 3D interfaces and >>spinning/whirling items >>> anytime soon. That includes product items for the most part too. 3D is useful for all kinds of things - besides the obvious one: games, there is also product training, product promotions (you said you weren't keen on

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I have no idea what Quartz is, but Director is a quality >>package with excellent scripting capabilities and accelerated 3D. Director does not run in the Flash player. A huge disadvantage in practicality for large and/or controlled audiences IMO. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Orga

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Performance of AS3 vs Java

2006-12-07 Thread Merrill, Jason
s instance, as I would be >>using it for a very specific usage? >> >>-lincoln >> >>On Dec 7, 2006, at 7:15 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: >> >>>>> I have no idea what Quartz is, but Director is a quality package >>>>> with excellent

RE: [Flashcoders] .net remoting

2006-12-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I am trying to use a remote webservice in .net in my flash >>application. >>Can any body please give me link to the tutotrial or tell me >>how can I use a .net weservice in my flash application using >>remoting component. Try the Webservice component instead of the Remoting component. http:/

RE: [Flashcoders] Webservice performance these days

2006-12-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>Also, so that I make sure I have my technology correct, as I >>understand with remoting the client receives native data >>types from the server. Webservices receives XML, or is it any >>string data? it's SOAP - which is an XML protocol over HTTP. So it's essentially a string of XML data. I

RE: [Flashcoders] Webservice performance these days

2006-12-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
Re: [Flashcoders] Webservice performance these days >> >>Thanks Jason, that is what I was thinking. So the WebService >>(and supporting classes) parse the returned SOPE for you, so >>when you get the callback you are just handling native data >>types? Or do you

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems playing FLVs through Director shell

2006-12-12 Thread Merrill, Jason
What version of the Flash player is the Director Xtra built on? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness >> >>Blumenthal, Peter wrote: >>> Last night I tried to >>> Run the app on my home PC which had IE6 installed under XP >>Pro (worked >>> fine), in

RE: [Flashcoders] Looking for Flash Contractor

2006-12-12 Thread Merrill, Jason
Hey, I have an idea: Flash-related job postings are fine but for the sake of the hundreds of subscribers, let's keep the resultant chatter off-list. Thanks! Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chatty

[Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
I'm trying to figure the area of a triangle in Actionscript using the perimeter values only, not the traditional simple formula: area = (height/2)*base because figuring the height is tricky given the triangle will be drawn in odd ways (i.e. a not horizontally alinged base), so I am exploring

RE: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
;>where the triangle's points lie, but that's just an idea. >> >>Oh, but I just thought of something from my old rusty brain. >>I looked at the formula on the mathworld page; would that not >>indicate a distributive method of multiplication? Again, >>rusty

RE: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks - all, yes Jake saw it first and others chimed in with the same thought, my numbers did not compute because they did not make a triangle. I have it working now. The formula is fine, and this function works for me as long as the values come from a true triangle: public static fun

RE: [Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-14 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I second this testament. >>I have been using the Fuse Kit for a bit & am very happy with it. Just to chime in, the Fuse kit is HUGE. I would recommend against it in some situations where performance is a factor. If it doesn't effect performance, it's a great set of classes. Just be sure to te

RE: [Flashcoders] Area of a triangle using perimiter values only

2006-12-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>> I'd stick to using Heron's rule -- there is no reason why >>it shouldn't >>> work given correct inputs, and it is less expensive computationally. Yeah, but then by switching, I'd be insulting the other Mathematician dude who invented divide by 4 equation, just for the sake of pleasing Heron.

RE: [Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>1. Fuse -- From what I have gathered, this is great for big >>projects, but not so much for the small things. But not really big projects, or projects that already have a lot of overhead in the CPU already. I have found the performance of Fuse to be less than satisfactory in stressful situatio

RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea Component (Flash 8)

2006-12-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>Have they increased the puny amount of HTML that is allowed in Flash? Nope, unfortunately. I've been down the exact same road - what I have learned is using the TextFormat object, while not perfect, will save you a lot of headaches. Searching through strings - what a pain, and a major performan

[Flashcoders] Outlook and Flash

2006-12-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
I know with the security of the Flash player, it's probably not possible or easy (unless MS has some sort of webservice for Exchange servers built in or something) to grab a person's Outlook Calendar or Task list - but what about a Flash desktop application - is that information available through s

RE: [Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Ryan, calm down dude. He asked the question, "So, out of all the above mentioned classes/scripts, what is best?" - he then summarized what he had learned about the Fuse kit from the thread, and I felt he was missing an important thing I had said about the Fuse kit's size and performance. Why do

RE: [Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>Oh, sorry! >>I did not mean to talk out of term. >>Only wanted to know if there was another reason for your dismissal. Uh, no - just what I said. What in the world could you possibly be talking about? Like I am making my own competing classes or something >>30k is large but not so unreaso

RE: [Flashcoders] 2D arrays

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
You need to also declare the sub-arrays So: >> var arr = new Array(); >> arr[1][1] = "whatsup"; becomes: var arr = new Array(); arr[1] = new Array() arr[1][1] = "whatsup"; Also, don't forget arrays start numbering at 0, not 1. :) Jason Merrill Bank of Americ

RE: [Flashcoders] Outlook and Flash

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>You could certainly do this using, for example, ASP or >>ASP.NET to invoke ADSI/CDO interfaces. Thanks for the responses! I'll check into that - probably getting beyond the scope of this list now. But good to know in theory I could call a webservice to call ADSI Jason Merrill Bank of America

RE: [Flashcoders] Password Protected Webservice call - Help Please!

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
Is the URL the full URL to the Webserice? i.e. import mx.services.* myWS = new WebService("http://www.bankofamerica.com/WebService/myWebService.asmx?WS DL") Who owns the webservice? Can they tell you if additional user name and password variables need to be attached to your URL string when you

RE: [Flashcoders] Password Protected Webservice call - Help Please!

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
Also, I looked on the web, and the closest answer I could find was for a PHP solution, where the username and password are part of the URL since the HTTP directory may be password protected: //PHP script define('username', 'foo'); define('password', 'bar'); // This is location of the remote servic

RE: [Flashcoders] XMLAS vs XPATH

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>Can anyone tell me the relative merits of XPATH vs XMLAS? What's XMLAS? A search for it on Google didn't turn up much. In regards to XPath, do you mean the xfactorstudios XPath classes, the built-in XPath stuff in the Flash 8 player, or the W3C XPath language standards? Jason Merrill Bank of

RE: [Flashcoders] Password Protected Webservice call - Help Please!

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>I've tried that, doesn't seem to work... So you know who owns the webservice and what the username and password is? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

RE: [Flashcoders] Password Protected Webservice call - Help Please!

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
Found this - read this technote: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19226 Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options o

RE: [Flashcoders] Password Protected Webservice call - Help Please!

2006-12-18 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>Seems to me like you could do the same thing without PHP at >>all. Just use the username:[EMAIL PROTECTED] syntax in your AS >>when making the web service call. The host browser should >>send along the login with the request. Jpsh if you look at my post a little closer, I wasn't suggesting PH

RE: [Flashcoders] Outlook and Flash

2006-12-20 Thread Merrill, Jason
Thanks, I know about Outlook's web interface, I'm not looking to do anything like that - a superior here wanted to look into tapping into ToDo lists via a flash interface. I read up on it, and Exchange provides CDO which you can tap into with .NET, but it's limited in what it exposes Tasks not b

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