[Flashcoders] Tracking User progress through a presentation.

2007-02-06 Thread Mike
tutorial.Kind of like a progress meter. Should I do this within Flash or with javascript and cookies? I want the user to be able to come back to a tutorial and pickup where they left off and I am thinking cookies would be the best method for tracking progress. - Kind Regards, Mike

Re: [Flashcoders] Tracking User progress through a presentation.

2007-02-06 Thread Mike
Right now it is 1 swf with multiple flvs but I will be doing another one that will involve multiple swfs. Should I adapt a loader bar to my tracking needs? I could use a database for tracking but I just need a little nudge on getting the tracking part started. Thanks, Mike

Re: [Flashcoders] How to determine when an externally loaded swf hasended playing.

2007-07-24 Thread Mike
does not get set and the video does not show up in their list of "Viewed Videos". I am not sure how you would implement this from externally loaded videos but maybe this is a start. Good luck! Mike Ickes // Create a NetConnection object var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

Re: [Flashcoders] Need special 3D Charting / Graphing solution...

2007-08-20 Thread Mike
This should get you started. They have a free and a licensed version. Pretty slick! http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/ Regards, Mike On 8/20/07, Mankowski, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can find a nice-looking charting component that > can not only dr

Re: [Flashcoders] JumpShip Framework, version for AS3 and major update to AS2 version

2007-09-05 Thread Mike
change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Kind Rega

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Import AS Compile Bug

2006-06-20 Thread Mike
That might not be your problem though, but I hope it helps. Mike. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Parsons Sent: 20 June 2006 11:12 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Import AS Compile Bug I am hav

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract Classes and Interfaces ...

2006-06-21 Thread Mike
(Hi everyone -- I'm new to the list, but have been programming in Flash since v4.) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Stephen Ford > > Are Abstract Classes and Interfaces the same thing ? Flash doesn't actually have abstract classe

RE: [Flashcoders] RTF text in a field?

2006-06-21 Thread Mike
Possible, yes. Simple, no. You'd essentially have to build an RTF parser in ActionScript to convert RTF to (X)HTML. I don't know of any such parsers have been built already. Depending on what your back-end is, there may be tools to do the conversion there instead. -Original Message- From

RE: [Flashcoders] moving jpeg out of swf

2006-06-21 Thread Mike
This may or may not be overkill for what you need: http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000572.php I had to use this recently for generated images that were bigger than my screen. It's a rather slow process for such large images, but it's all there is until the next version of Flash -Origin

RE: [Flashcoders] Alternate row color (Modulo Operator)

2006-06-22 Thread Mike
In a class, like so: public static var ITEM_COLORS:Array = [0xFF, 0x00FF00, 0xFF, 0xFF]; // (or whichever colors) // assuming property "countItem" is the number of items // and the method "getItem" retrieves an item with a "color" property private function colorItems():Void { for (

RE: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-22 Thread Mike
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Boutin Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:52 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled Hey everyone, Im creating a preloader and I notice that it doesnt start until about 90% done loading the file. I believe this is because my ui

RE: [Flashcoders] FileReference and actionscript 2.0

2006-06-26 Thread Mike
Pretty simple: import flash.net.FileReference; class package.FileReferenceListener extends Object { public function FileReferenceListener () { super(); } private function onCancel(file:FileReference):Void { trace("onCancel: " + file.name);

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: loadvars vs xml onData

2006-06-26 Thread Mike
That is really weird. One question--are the files being loaded the same size? (Or, better yet, the same file.) -- Mike Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Kremens Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 1:17 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: loadvars vs xml onData

2006-06-27 Thread Mike
But if you run the XML test first, and the LoadVars test just "loads" the cached file -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Kremens Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:39 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flash

RE: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Key.addListener and the escape key for flashplayer8

2006-07-06 Thread Mike
You can't use fscommand("trapallkeys", true); ? -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andriy Panas Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] Key.addListener and the

RE: [Flashcoders] Text Arching...

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
http://www.gousable.com/flash/ this might be worth looking at. I have no idea how good it is though. Mike. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Umesh Patel Sent: 10 July 2006 21:59 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Text

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
That does seem stupid and completely pointless. I use private constructors all the time. Is there an official rationale for this? -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cédric Néhémie Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:30 AM To:

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
Yeah, but what if you're doing an enumeration class, like so: class TransitionState { private function TransitionState() { } public static var NOT_PLAYED_IN:TransitionState = new TransitionState(); public static var PLAYING_IN:TransitionState = new TransitionState()

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-11 Thread Mike
I don't really care whether they allow private constructors or not, as long as they provide some way of accomplishing the same thing. Specifically, I want to be able to: 1) Limit the number of instances of certain classes (singletons, enumerations). 2) Have methods which are not attached to specifi

RE: [Flashcoders] Php Host (Full Control)

2006-07-12 Thread Mike
I'm gonna jump on this thread with a more specific question. One person mentioned www.hostbrigade.com, which offers, among other things: # Full root access # Install anything you want Any recommendations for other hosts like this? -- Mike K

RE: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3?

2006-07-12 Thread Mike
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicolas Cannasse Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:16 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Abstract classes in AS3? > > Mike Keesey wrote: > > I don't really care w

RE: [Flashcoders] conflicts with the name of another class

2006-07-14 Thread Mike
I find this happens when two classes import each other. Just compile again and the error goes away. Weird little bug that will hopefully go away in Flash 9. (I'm assuming you don't actually have two classes both named 'ConnectDots'.) -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PR

RE: [Flashcoders] Difference between null and undefined?

2006-07-19 Thread Mike
You can actually just use (!var) in most cases. if (!undefined) { // This will always run. trace(undefined); } if (!null) { // This will always run. trace(null); } if (!false) { // This will always run. trace(false); } if (!0) { // This will

RE: [Flashcoders] Difference between null and undefined?

2006-07-19 Thread Mike
It's useful in traces. -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rifled Cloaca Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:34 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Difference between null and undefined? This is particu

RE: [Flashcoders] Difference between null and undefined?

2006-07-19 Thread Mike
n. trace('"foo".length'); } ... should say ... if (!"foo".length) { // This will never run. trace('"foo".length'); } -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mi

RE: [Flashcoders] Difference between null and undefined?

2006-07-19 Thread Mike
That's what I thought, too, but when I did the test, !"foo" evaluated as true. trace(!"foo"); /// Outputs "true". -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of janosch Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:39 AM To: Flashcoders mailing l

RE: [Flashcoders] Difference between null and undefined?

2006-07-19 Thread Mike
usual case you do not check for the pure value, but for the value, saved in a variable: a = "foo"; trace(!a); // false Janosch Mike schrieb: >That's what I thought, too, but when I did the test, !"foo" evaluated as >true. > >trace(!"fo

RE: [Flashcoders] HTML Parser with Flash

2006-07-19 Thread Mike
XHTML or HTML 4.0? If the former, you can just use the XML object. If the latter ... have fun -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sara Czyzewicz Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:46 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.

RE: [Flashcoders] Attention Recursion & Speed Experts

2006-07-25 Thread Mike
Why have the step with the semicolon? You can just do this: var foo:Array = ["a", "b", "c", ["d", "e", ["d", "e", ["d", "e", ["d", "e", "f", ["g", ["h"]], [[], "i"], "j"]; var fooFlat:Array = foo.toString().split(","); Potential problems with this approach: - It does not preserve the type of

RE: [Flashcoders] Array Empowerment

2006-07-25 Thread Mike
Question totally unrelated to implementation and optimization: Why do the function names have underscores when "camel-humped" names are the customary syntax in ActionScript (and Java, and Javascript...)? Some of the names could be clearer: - "nitems" looks like "number of items" (i.e., "length");

RE: [Flashcoders] Array Empowerment

2006-07-26 Thread Mike
> > - "nitems" looks like "number of items" (i.e., "length"); why not > > "numSetItems" or "countSetItem"? > > Yeah, I didn't think it was very descriptive either, but it returns the > number of non null/undefined items in the array (which, at the moment, I > don't see as very useful, hehe). Perha

RE: [Flashcoders] Array Empowerment

2006-07-26 Thread Mike
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of js > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:01 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Array Empowerment > > I was fairly surprised to see that if(this.length == 0) is considered sloppy

RE: [Flashcoders] pass variables between classes in AS3

2006-07-27 Thread Mike
Depends on the structure, but, in the end, it sounds like it will boil down to having some static method for the the document class to find the movieclip, or the movieclip to find the document class. The simplest variant of this approach is the Singleton pattern. Is there only one instance of your

RE: [Flashcoders] How to change reference?

2006-07-27 Thread Mike
It's a hack, but you can do: as.func1.apply(_root); Might be better to change func1 so that it takes a MovieClip as a parameter. Then you could just do: as.func1(_root); (Although that's still a bit of a hack.) -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ma

RE: [Flashcoders] loadComplete but no loadInit

2006-07-27 Thread Mike
Random thought--is it possible that the initialization code for the loaded SWF is throwing an error? (I have no idea if this would stop onLoadInit from being called, though.) It's a long shot, but -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [SPAM] RE: [Flashcoders] String Empowerment

2006-07-28 Thread Mike
If you REALLY wanted to be fancy, you could have it accept an array of words *not* to capitalize (unless they are the first word). For example: var lowerCaseWords:Array = ["a", "an", "and", "of", "the"]; trace("a tale of two cities".toTitleCase(lowerCaseWords)); trace("THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER"

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems getting the brightness of a color returnedfrom getPixel

2006-07-29 Thread Mike
You seem to be thinking of numbers as if they are stored like strings. They aren't. RGB colors are stored as 3-byte (24-bit) numbers. For example, red looks like this in binary: b ...which is the same thing as this in hexadecimal: 0xFF ... which is the same

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems getting the brightness of a colorreturnedfrom getPixel

2006-07-29 Thread Mike
CTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:25 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Problems getting the brightness of a colorreturnedfrom getPixel You seem to be thinking of numbers as if they are stored like strings. They aren&

RE: [Flashcoders] Loading a 3500 entry XML file

2006-07-31 Thread Mike
Now there's an interesting problem. I have one really awkward idea. I'm assuming the XML structure is something like this? - Use the XML object's onData handler so that you can work with the raw string data. - Strip out the root open

RE: [Flashcoders] name objects dynamicly

2006-08-06 Thread Mike
"so.data.MyIndex.toString" is a function object. "so.data.MyIndex.toString()" is a string representation of "so.data.MyIndex". -- T. Michael Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Céline Nguyen Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 4:18 PM To: Fla

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

2008-12-03 Thread mike cann
through() { getURL("http://www.google.com";, "_blank") } } Cheers. -- Mike Cann http://www.mikecann.co.uk/ http://www.artificialgames.co.uk/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

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

2008-12-03 Thread mike cann
rcept mouse clicks, not sure a mask will? > > Glen > > > mike cann wrote: > >> Hello List, >> >> I have been forced to go back to AS2 recently for a work project and oh my >> is it annoying me. >> >> Part of the project I am writing a simple

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

2008-12-03 Thread mike cann
f this - you probably > need something in the "mousetrap" clip with an alpha of 0 to make this work. > > Glen > > > mike cann wrote: > >> Okay well setting these values: >> >>mask.onMouseUp = Delegate.create(this, advertClickthrough)

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

2008-12-03 Thread mike cann
; I forget but doesn't the _mc.enabled property cascade downwards? So once >> loaded you could set the container for the loaded swf as enabled = >> false... >> ? >> >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM, mike cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>

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

2008-12-03 Thread mike cann
his couldnt a _lockroot problem could it?? 2008/12/3 mike cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Okay the mousetrap over the top doesnt work. Find the new example here: > http://www.mikecann.co.uk/DumpingGround/AS2_StrippedBare_MouseTrap.zip > > Source output here: > > private f

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

2008-12-03 Thread mike cann
t that on top of the movieclip that holds the loaded swf. > > - Original Message - From: "mike cann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flash Coders List" > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:07 PM > Subject: [Flashcoders] [AS2] Catching clicks in child

[Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
OK... I think I've reached the end of the internet as well as the end of my patients. I've been trying to figure out a way to take translations that I've received in an Excel spreadsheet and paste them into an XML document. The XML is UTF-8 and it's plain text (of course). No matter what

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
New Roman http://www.google.nl/search?q=embed+unicode+font+as3 On Dec 4, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Mike Grunwald wrote: OK... I think I've reached the end of the internet as well as the end of my patients. I've been trying to figure out a way to take translations that I've receive

Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
ge stuff in PHP, but it was an idea... Glen Mike Grunwald wrote: OK... I think I've reached the end of the internet as well as the end of my patients. I've been trying to figure out a way to take translations that I've received in an Excel spreadsheet and paste them into an XM

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
- it may flip RTL text so that it's LTR in the XML file, but when it actually gets to the screen, is it still flipped? Can you control the flipping in the display on the screen, rather than worrying about it in the XML file? Ian On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Mike Grunwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
Thanks @Fabio Mike Grunwald McDill Design 626 N Water St Milwaukee, WI 53202 414.277.8111 mcdilldesign.com On Dec 4, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Fabio Pinatti wrote: I just finished developing an english website, with arabic ( http://www.nakheelharbour.com/). Actually the arabic isnt ready due the

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
@Cedric It is weird and crazy.I know it's happening, so there's no need to show the client. PS I haven't taken hallucinogens in quite sometime so I'm ruling out a Flashback. Other people see it too. Mike Grunwald McDill Design 626 N Water St Milwaukee, W

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Flashcoders] Arabic flipping

2008-12-04 Thread Mike Grunwald
u see this post ? <http://joeabiraad.com/design/how-to-write-arabic-in-flash-8/36> hth, Cedric @Cedric It is weird and crazy.I know it's happening, so there's no need to show the client. PS I haven't taken hallucinogens in quite sometime so I'm ruling out a Flashba

Re: [Flashcoders] round number to closet value of 8

2008-12-18 Thread Mike O'Grady
44. should be rounded to 48. Try some simple mathematics, check out the difference between (48 - 44.) vs (44. - 40) and tell me which is the greater difference? On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Jiri Heitlager wrote: > Thnx that seems to work good enough. > > 44. is rounded to 48

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Internet Explorer 8

2009-02-06 Thread mike donnelly
Yeh, you've got to explicitly say exactly what browsers/OS's you'll be targetting, then you can rest easy. Otherwise the natural assumption is that you'll keep the site working as well as when it was delivered! 2009/2/3 Vayu Robins > Hi flashcoders, > > I just finished a website for a client an

Re: [Flashcoders] Either an incredibly easy or incredibly difficult problem

2009-02-16 Thread mike cann
lash Platform Community >> >> ___ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> > > ___

[Flashcoders] Remote Fonts and Sandbox?

2009-02-24 Thread Mike Grunwald
import flash.text.Font; public class ArialUnicode_ENG extends Sprite { [Embed(source='/Users/mike/MCDILL FONTS/A/Arial Unicode/Arial Unicode.ttf', fontName='ArialUnicode_ENG', unicodeRan

[Flashcoders] Particle Playground, Flash 10 General Purpose Comuting with Pixel Bender

2009-03-18 Thread mike cann
my picassa account (proxyed via php). The hope is to get some realy beautiful images in here, perhaps if some are good enough ill get them printed and framed ;) You can see it in action over on my blog: http://www.mikecann.co.uk /?p=384 Let me know what you think! Mike Cann http

Re: [Flashcoders] Particle Playground, Flash 10 General Purpose Comuting with Pixel Bender

2009-03-18 Thread mike cann
Hans Wichman < > j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com> wrote: > > > awesome:) > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM, mike cann wrote: > > > > > Hey List, > > > > > > I have been playing around with particles again... > > > > > > I h

Re: [Flashcoders] Particle Playground, Flash 10 General Purpose Comuting with Pixel Bender

2009-03-19 Thread mike cann
-massive-amounts-of-3d-particles-with-alchemy-source-included/ It put a swift end to the thoughts about how clever i was with 40k 2D particles :P 2009/3/18 mike cann > Sure will, i learnt quite abit about what you can and cant do with shaders > in flash making this. I hope to share with y

Re: [Flashcoders] Particle Playground, Flash 10 General Purpose Comuting with Pixel Bender

2009-03-24 Thread mike cann
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Latcho wrote: > > You are still clever:) > > I think the Alchemy story is a bit of a frustrating one (to know). > > Especially if you don't want to go C++ to obtain...performative AS3. > > Latcho > > > > mike cann wrote: >

Re: [Flashcoders] Particle Playground, Flash 10 General Purpose Comuting with Pixel Bender

2009-03-25 Thread mike cann
g > on > about a bunch of files that don't seem present in my flashdevelop project > (i > suspect they are hidden). The flashdevelop ones seem to be missing. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:53 PM, mike cann wrote: > > > Yep, I have been considering haXe, especially now

Re: [Flashcoders] Rather urgent advice on how to track the cause of a crash

2009-09-06 Thread mike donnelly
I would go and get your client's machine. 40 minutes is way too long to test changes! If you can't do that, i would use a remote desktop app. http://www.uvnc.com is a good one as far as i remember, and it's free. Also, replace the huge picture with a little one, and get rid of the video. Basicall

Re: [Flashcoders] Rather urgent advice on how to track the cause of a crash

2009-09-06 Thread mike donnelly
sense. Maybe someone out there knows a more technological method? On 9/6/09, Paul Steven wrote: > Thanks Mike > > I am able to replicate it on my PC - well it has happened a few times. I > tested for over 2 hours solid last night with no crash and thought it was > fixed. But this mor

Re: [Flashcoders] Rather urgent advice on how to track the cause of a crash

2009-09-06 Thread mike donnelly
ly the creation/destruction that's buggy, and not the main game code itself. On 9/6/09, mike donnelly wrote: > God what a nightmare! If your client's machine reliably crashes > quickly, testing on that is *definitely* the way to go. > > Your bug seems so random, it could be anything.

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Rather urgent advice on how to track the cause of a crash

2009-09-06 Thread mike donnelly
:) pleasure. what a pissy sunday you must be having. yer a troopa. 2009/9/6 Paul Steven > Got rid of font problem by cutting and pasting all frames into a new movie. > > I am hoping this will also result in a bug free game. > > Thanks again to everyone for their help in my time of need. I have m

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Rather urgent advice on how to track the cause of a crash

2009-09-08 Thread mike donnelly
Ah that's great. What was it in the end? You just copied the frames into a new CS4 fla (and removed the weird font)? 2009/9/7 Paul Steven > Just a quick update to say the client has just reported a full days use of > the game with no crashes! Phew - that was a close one! > > Thanks again for all

Re: [Flashcoders] PHP Socket Question

2009-09-15 Thread mike donnelly
Er, doesn't Flash Media Server do exactly what you want to do? I recommend Influxis hosting, pretty cheap FMS hosting and they're super developer friendly. You have to learn a bit of arcane server-side actionscript. It's actionscript 1, yurrk, with a weird API for manipulating sockets and server s

Re: [Flashcoders] panels / workspace CS4 bug

2009-09-20 Thread mike donnelly
CS4 panels are a bloody mess. My personal bugbear is the library and property panels getting in each others' way. You have to click on both before you can get the one you want to see in front of the other. I recommend FlashDevelop for coding too. You'll *never* go back to the actions panel. Or ge

Re: [Flashcoders] JPGEncoder and com folder

2009-09-25 Thread Mike Chambers
You need to download the code from the as3corelib library: http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/ mike chambers m...@adobe.com On Sep 24, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Bassam M wrote: Hi guys anybody know where is the folder com.adobe I'm confuse about the class I don't know wher it's an

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-10-08 Thread Mike Chambers
I think that is a misguided statement, not based on any fact. Why do you assume / suggest that using Flash will be inferior for building all types of iPhone applications and content? mike chambers m...@adobe.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:50 AM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: If you want to *really

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-10-08 Thread Mike Chambers
other solution (such as Objective-C or Unity3D). mike chambers m...@adobe.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: Yes, it is an assumption not based on any fact. My opinion right now as I believe I stated originally. I saw what is supported and I know the vast ocean of iPhone APIs

[Flashcoders] Pricing a Freelance Project

2009-10-11 Thread mike cann
I have done a few googles and worked out what my day-job hourly rate is and come up with a figure of £40per hour. Does this seem unreasonable for a flash/php/database coding project? Cheers, -- Mike Cann http://www.mikecann.co.uk/ http://www.artificialgames.co.uk

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Pricing a Freelance Project

2009-10-12 Thread mike cann
savings until they approve the > >> prototype, or the alpha? I can't--I'm lucky that my wife has a > well-paying > >> job. > >> > >> Cordially, > >> > >> Kerry Thompson > >> > >> > >> ___

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-11-02 Thread Mike Chambers
No core language changes, although there are some new APIs. mike chambers m...@adobe.com On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Kevin Newman wrote: Kevin Newman wrote: What I'm really interested in is are there any other language improvements/additions coming with the update (private constru

RE: [Flashcoders] as3 to iphone app

2009-11-04 Thread Mike Chambers
Well, we do another level of optimizations via LLVM (so some of the performance stuff you mention is addressed). mike chambers m...@adobe.com From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kevin

Re: [Flashcoders] what is the current 3D best-practice?

2010-01-17 Thread mike donnelly
Hey there, on a project last year i tinkered with AS3Dmod, a *great* little library for doing crazy 3D shape manipulations, compatible with away3d/papervision etc... http://www.derschmale.com/2009/03/16/cloth-simulation-modifier-in-as3dmod/ Here's the project we were working on... http://eightanda

Re: [Flashcoders] flv stop loading / close netconnection

2010-03-24 Thread mike donnelly
My experience is that you can't close the default vp (video player) in an FLVPlayback instance, so you *never* use it. What were they thinking?! Before you load a video, you set the vp index to whatever you want, just not zero! myflv.activeVideoPlayerIndex = 1 myflv.source ="hippo.flv" Then when

Re: [Flashcoders] Video encoding service

2010-07-15 Thread Mike Duguid
> > > > Researching encoding services > > nimbb.com > userplane.com > ankoder.com > > Any others? > > > heywatch.com encoding.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] FaceBook / Flash

2010-07-21 Thread Mike Duguid
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Karim Beyrouti wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to add a SWF to a Facebook group, and wondering if you know of > any good an recent tutorial or can advise on best method to do so... > > Muchos thanks > > You can't add custom apps/fbml to tabs in a facebook group,

Re: [Flashcoders] Create your own t-shirt

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Duguid
> And you need to find out how to send a ByteArray back to a backend service > to save said "t-shirt" as an image file. > > With that and Jack's TransformManager, those are the two main building > blocks. > > Having created quite a few online designers / product customisation tools, I'd add that fo

Re: [Flashcoders] test

2011-01-11 Thread Mike Duguid
yes On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael < michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com> wrote: > Test: is the list alive? > > - MM > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listin

[Flashcoders] AAC Streaming in Flash Player

2008-03-10 Thread Mike Skinner
I understand that the latest Flash player can do AAC files. What I'm not clear on is if it can do a live stream. (As in RTSP)? Can anyone help with advice on this? Thanks so much Mike Mike Skinner Media Developer Global Media Outreach A Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ (321) 274

Re: [Flashcoders] AAC Streaming in Flash Player

2008-03-12 Thread Mike Skinner
er on your iTunes- equipped computer with a Flash interface to play your songs over the Internet. That makes it sound as if they must have done something like this. Does anyone know how they do it? Thanks again Mike On Mar 10, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Steven Sacks wrote: Are you asking because your in

Re: [Flashcoders] open pdf file or doc from flash

2008-05-17 Thread Mike Chabot
Can you just display a URL to a file on a server and have the user click on the URL? That would be easy. -Mike Chabot On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With fscommand you have to be careful where you put the folder with the > batch files in - i

[Flashcoders] Nested SWFs

2008-07-08 Thread Mike Grunwald
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 all familiar) which seems to rock so far!, but I'm confused on a couple issues: I have a few SWFs that load into one another (i.e.

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

2008-09-05 Thread Mike Chambers
if fnct is a function: stepArray[0].fnct(); if it is a string: stepArray[0]["fnct"](); The 0 is the index from the array you want to retrieve. mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sep 5, 2008, at 8:30 PM, Gerry wrote: I have an array built from and XML file that I want to step t

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

2008-09-06 Thread Mike Chambers
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] mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sep 6, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Gerry wrote: Mike, Neither of

Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating nodes on elastic

2008-10-03 Thread mike cann
be amazing! > > > Thanks, > Ali > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Mike Cann http://www.artificial-studios.co.uk/ ___ Flas

Re: [Flashcoders] Selling a Flash website

2008-10-05 Thread Mike Duguid
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Gert-Jan van der Wel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For the last couple of years a friend and I were happily running a project > on the side called T-signers.com. It's a site where people can design and > order their own custom t-shirts. It's always been a pleasur

[Flashcoders] Flash/Flex Font Embedding

2008-11-25 Thread Mike Grunwald
I've been searching for the best way to handle fonts when localizing Flash applications. Ideally I'm looking for a way that I can create SWFs that have specific character ranges of specific fonts embedded in them that I can load in to my applications as needed based on the language that has

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Flex Font Embedding

2008-11-25 Thread Mike Grunwald
g if you don't get sorted - in about 3hours from now. Keith Peters also wrote an article about Embed on his blog - a while back so you might have to search for it Glen Mike Grunwald wrote: I've been searching for the best way to handle fonts when localizing Flash applications.

Re: [Flashcoders] online .swf generator

2008-11-27 Thread mike cann
; >>> to choose from several templates, then customize them by selecting > >>> various assets from pre-determined lists and adding some free-form > text. > >>> >From my research so far I'm mainly seeing tools based on Java and C++, > >

[Flashcoders] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords

2006-12-07 Thread Mike Mountain
Consider the following, Flash 8: var w=200 var h=200 holder=this.createEmptyMovieClip("bmp1", this.getNextHighestDepth()); var bmpData1:BitmapData = new BitmapData(w, h, true, 0x); bmp1.attachBitmap(bmpData1, 2, "auto", true); This will attach the bitmapdata so it's top left is situated a

RE: [Flashcoders] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords

2006-12-07 Thread Mike Mountain
Without going into the complexities of what I'm trying to do, just assume that's a no go for now... I just want to know if it's possible or not in order to avoid trying to bodge it. A related issue is if I bitmapData.draw(mc) then I can only draw in the parts of the mc that are below left of the r

RE: [Flashcoders] Boids algorithm in as2 or as3?

2006-12-07 Thread Mike Mountain
Hi John I did an AS1 version ages ago - but I don't even know if I still have the source - your best bet would probably to look for a Java or Processing version then convert that Cheers M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jo

[Flashcoders] Local SWF loadVars from remote php file

2006-12-11 Thread Mike Dunlop
s) trace(this.toString()); else trace("vars failed to load!"); } exhibit_vars.load("http://mydomain.com/v2/flashapi/api.php? atype=cExhibit"); Can anyone help me, please?? Thank You. .

RE: [Flashcoders] Attaching bitmap data to arbitary coords

2006-12-12 Thread Mike Mountain
gt; > myMatrix.rotate(clip._rotation * 0.0174532925199433); var > > > translateMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix(); > > > translateMatrix.translate(clip._x, clip._y); > > > myMatrix.concat(translateMatrix); > myBitmapData2.draw(clip, myMatrix) > > >

[Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS

2006-12-12 Thread Mike Dunlop
es so i know it's too crazy. I know how to load images into a mc (.loadclip()) but i am just not sure about the scrollable box...Would i use a scrollbox component for this? Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Thanks in advance! Best, Mike D ... Mike Dunlop // D

RE: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS

2006-12-12 Thread Mike Dunlop
Thanks for your thoughts -- they are much appreciated! Best, Mike D ... Mike Dunlop // Droplab [ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mike, > > I've used the built in scrollPane and UIScrollBars a few times, but found > fairly easy to use, but exceedingly complicat

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