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] Php Host

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Boutin
http://www.hostbrigade.com/ - These guys are great. Suzanne Harmon wrote: I am looking for a good Php host with decent customer support. Anyone have recommendations? Thanks in advance Suzanne ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your sub

Re: [Flashcoders] Output to Text File

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Boutin
I believe you would need to use something such as php for this. kelly snyder wrote: I am trying to find a way to get my Flash file read from and write to ASCII text files. I would like to run the swf or exe file on my local machine, with an input test file and an output text file in the same

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] AS3 faster ??

2006-07-10 Thread Mike Cobb
tions 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 -- ----- Mike Cobb Creative Director

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Remoting Inquiry

2006-07-07 Thread Mike Boutin
Yes i believe its a scope issue also, i solved this by storing the callback functions at _root. Mike BOutin Rich Rodecker wrote: is it a scoping issue? maybe trying delegating the click to a function in the same scope as the service... sendMessage.click = Delegate.create(this, onButtonClick

Re: [Flashcoders] Help for a Java Guy: Instantiating a MovieClip with a linked class and calling class methods

2006-07-06 Thread Mike Britton
Perhaps, but you never know: someone on this list may have a better solution for your problem. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] Help for a Java Guy: Instantiating a MovieClip with a linked class and calling class methods

2006-07-06 Thread Mike Britton
Hey Julian, I feel your pain. Take a look at this example: http://www.randomusa.com/flash/downloads/tojulian.zip Mike Britton ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

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] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files

2006-07-05 Thread Mike Chambers
World"); } } } Then compile like so: mxmlc HelloWorld.as That will compile a SWF. If you want to use the Flex Framework, then you : a. have to use the technique I describe below b. have to take the size hit that using the framework entails Hope that helps... mik

Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Compiling just from AS3 code, no mxml files

2006-07-05 Thread Mike Chambers
e the framework via ActionScript. If you just want to use ActionScript and no framework, then mxmlc will also compile an .as file. Hope that helps... mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Zárate wrote: Hi all, I want to start playing with AS3 so I´ve downloaded the F

[Flashcoders] Help with ClassFile, referencing functions within an imported ClassFile

2006-06-29 Thread Mike Anderson
imported the Dynamic Registration ClassFile?? Thanks in advance for any information you can offer, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/fla

Re: [Flashcoders] the speed of bitmapdata

2006-06-29 Thread mike cann
perhaps create a black sqare movieclip then draw that to your bitmap? Not sure if that was is any quicker than set pixel.. On 29/06/06, Andreas Rønning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone know a fast way to draw a pixel perfect rectangle onto a bitmapData instance without a loop and setPixel? I h

Re: [Flashcoders] Embed polish characters in Font Symbol

2006-06-28 Thread Mike Nowak
h characters. Have I missed something? Have you tried creating a blank dynamic text field in the root of your movie and just embedding the characters there? Everything creating dynamically after that should have them. -mike ___ Flashcoders@chatty

RE: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread Mike Mountain
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 June 2006 14:02 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching > > > > > > You might like this: > > DEMO class v1: > > > http://sandy.me

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: [Flashcoders] init TextFormat prop in a class

2006-06-27 Thread mike . keesey
public function Test(){ super(); _tf = new TextFormat(); trace("hello"); } } (The "super();" is not strictly necessary; I'm just anal.) -- Mike Keesey ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.f

Re: [Flashcoders] Sound markers

2006-06-27 Thread Mike Britton
Cuepoints can be used with mp3 as well as flv. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier

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] 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] Fjax... does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

2006-06-23 Thread Mike Britton
Seems like a hack to me, from both the AJAX programming and Flash programming perspective. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread Mike Boutin
Hmm thanks for the tips. I think ill just strip all the components out :) Thanks again! Mike Mick G wrote: This is one of the reasons I avoid MM components unless I totally have to. Most of the components will only work if you export in first frame so the only option I''ve found

Re: [Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-23 Thread Mike Boutin
= "Loading... "+percent+"%"; loadBar._xscale = percent; if (percent == 100){ gotoAndPlay(2); delete this.onEnterFrame; } } stop(); Mike Mike wrote: Are you basing the percentage on the frames loaded (100 * _framesloade

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

[Flashcoders] Export frame option disabled

2006-06-22 Thread Mike Boutin
tionscript setting to export it to frame 2 rather than 1, but it is unavailable to change (the field is disabled). Am I missing something here? ;) Thanks! Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the arc

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] won't render

2006-06-22 Thread Mike Mountain
OK this sounds really daft and I'm sure you've probably checked - but your text field isn't set to single line is it? Or no wrapping? M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam > Sent: 21 June 2006 19:04 > To: Flashcoders mailing list >

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] moving jpeg out of swf

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Boutin
Maybe this will help, found it through google ;) http://64.207.157.121/tutorials/flashPHP/print_screen/index.php Mike Bo Parker wrote: I want to preface this by saying that I've tried searching for this for the past hour. I am creating an application that takes a screenshot of a movie

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] Best Flash data access way opinions

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Boutin
Take a look into amfphp and Flash Remoting at http://amfphp.org/ Mike Boutin Jorge Antonio Diaz Gutierrez wrote: Hi everyone: There are differents ways to comunicate Flash Action Script with Data Bases. One of the most used is XML generation trough PHP. I would like to hear about

Re: [Flashcoders] Sample PHP script for handling XML from Flash

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Boutin
You may also want to look into amfphp and Flash Remoting as it greatly simplifies this approach. http://amfphp.org/ Mike Boutin Jim Robson wrote: Matt: http://php.net/ has tutorials and a comprehensive manual. If you have experience with ASP, then you should be able learn the basics of PHP

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] how to handle large menus

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Mountain
Are all your links viewable on stage at once or do you have to scroll through them? If you're scrolling through them you only have to render 'n' viewable items out of the total and just keep track of where you are in the model M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[

RE: [Flashcoders] getting rid of the "over a button like" little handover a movieclip

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Mountain
Oh and... MovieClip.useHandCursor http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionar y/actionscript_dictionary580.html M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Alberto Florentin > Sent: 21 June 2006 15:45 > To:

RE: [Flashcoders] getting rid of the "over a button like" little handover a movieclip

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Mountain
myBtn.enabled =false; M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Alberto Florentin > Sent: 21 June 2006 15:45 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] getting rid of the "over a button > like" little handover a movieclip

RE: [Flashcoders] Communication between two swfs?

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Mountain
Sorry, maybe I misunderstood, but when you said "standalone player" I assumed you were running this over a network - if you're not, and you're limited to the technologies your ISP can support then my first port of call would be to them M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [Flashcoders] Communication between two swfs?

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Mountain
I use an XMLsocket server for this all the time, works like a charm... There's some on sourceforge, but anyone handy with .net/python/c++ etc. should be able to roll you one without much bother. M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >

Re: [Flashcoders] growing animation

2006-06-20 Thread Mike Britton
It looks like a lot of onEnterFrame (to position the flower and adjust as it grows) and setInterval for the spawning of the branches. I think the text generation uses setInterval, maybe 100 milliseconds to make it seem like it's being output by a computer. Really beautiful work, I think.

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

2006-06-20 Thread Mike Mountain
I have these sorts of issues a lot - I find deleting the ASO files (from the control menu) usually fixes it M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Dave Parsons > Sent: 20 June 2006 11:12 > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >

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

[Flashcoders] detect request from Flash Player?

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Lyda
I can use PHP ( echo($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]); ) to detect a request from the Flash IDE or from Central. Both show a user agent of "Shockwave Flash". However, when I open a standard Flash SWF in the web browser either embedded in an HTML page or just opening the SWF directly in the browser

Re: [Flashcoders] Any Lists Specific to Flash Game Development?

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Cobb
f.com -- - Mike Cobb Creative Director HMC Interactive - Tel: + 44 (0)845 20 11 462 Mob: + 44 (0)785 52 54 743 Web: http://www.hmcinteractive.co.uk - Grosvenor House, Belgrave Lane, Plymouth, PL4 7D

Re: [Flashcoders] FileReference and Getting File Path

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Boutin
orking in a web page you can use a hidden file field and communicate with it via ExternalInterface / getURL and javascript. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Boutin Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:56 PM To: Flashcoders mailing l

Re: [Flashcoders] FileReference and Getting File Path

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Boutin
ta.txt"); var newFile = new FileReference(); newFile.open("backup-data.txt"); // operate on new file // ... } [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply. I can get the name, however it doesn't provide the path (i.e. c:\images\image001.jpg) Mike Boutin mi

Re: [Flashcoders] FileReference and Getting File Path

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Boutin
Is it possible for you to just grab the name after it is selected from the FileReference object? var listener:Object = new Object(); listener.onSelect = function(file:FileReference):Void { trace(file.name); }; Boots [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am usin

Re: [Flashcoders] camera detection

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Cobb
h 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 -- - Mike Cobb Creative Director HMC Intera

[Flashcoders] Yahoo! Maps Flash API

2006-06-14 Thread Mike Britton
/flash/articles/yahoo_mashup_02.html If anyone's run into this, let me know (and if you have this MXP with com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget included, I'd appreciate it someone could send this to me offlist). Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.f

RE: [Flashcoders] > Button problem

2006-06-14 Thread Mike Mountain
> movieclip of #1. The only difference between the two is that > the one in the hover layer has a Color Tint effect ont he > timeline to change the color of the text. > The problem I now happen to have is when I now go with my > mouse over the button, the text changes. One or more letters > a

RE: [Flashcoders] Flashcoders Archive Broken

2006-06-14 Thread Mike Mountain
I use google to search the archives: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=flash+coders+help+vampire&meta= Works like a charm! You did 'google' before you posted didn't you :P M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Steven Sacks >

Re: [Flashcoders] Eolas "fix" and backspace key flash bug

2006-06-13 Thread Mike Nowak
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/13/2006 4:40:17 PM >>> > why not use UFO or similar [...] "Since JS is restricted." > [...] and provide an additional with the somewhat > deprecated object and embed ? Originally: " I have to embed flash applets into web pages directly, without Javascript Eolas "work

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-13 Thread Mike Britton
I recommend avoiding flashvars and loading the XML using XML2 http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2004/02/the_ultimate_as.html. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-13 Thread Mike Mountain
It would seem I've stirred up a nest of vipers! My point is why bother with the two lists? If noone can decide what constitutes a "newbie" question? Id've thought if most people forget the basics (which happen to us all) and you're not a code virgin then you wouldn't need to turn to a mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-13 Thread Mike Britton
the group, I don't see why it shouldn't be asked. If the newbie hasn't searched for the answer before posting, he/she should receive a mild electric shock and we can be done with it. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change you

RE: [Flashcoders] Transparent independent window (not wmode) 3rd partytools?

2006-06-13 Thread Mike Mountain
Just out of interest could you use localconnection to communicate with another swf to do the javascript comms? M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Merrill, Jason > Sent: 13 June 2006 13:42 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-13 Thread Mike Mountain
Not saying it's wrong at all, but just if you think it may be a "newbie" type question then post it to the appropriate list. Otherwise what's the point in having 2 lists? My point really was that this list used to be more about posting techniques, discoveries, neat tricks - or complex questions, b

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Britton
Not to mention the ability to search through messages (or digests) for keywords of interest. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and Javascript Interaction

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Britton
I recommend going with ExternalInterface. No external files needed: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=2200.html However the kit is good and definitely works!

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
> Too many people answering newbie posts instead of pointing > them to the newbie list. I'm guilty of that - it was the flash player thread that prompted the "hang on a minute..." moment and begat this email > Plus, too many OT posts. Why would someone want to read > discussions on non-Fla

[Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
Dunno if its me skilling up (which I doubt) but it would seem a lot of the posts flash coders are getting now would be better suited in: Flashnewbie: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashnewbie We seem to be getting a lot of basic questions and the list seems to have lost some of it

RE: [Flashcoders] Player question

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
> or send him a copy of your > own standalone player (on my machine it's in C:\Program > Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Players) > > Danny > Don't think that's allowed without a distribution license. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change you

RE: [Flashcoders] Player question

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
Publish it with html - send him the html+swf, tell him to open the html. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Lea

RE: [Flashcoders] Player question

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
> In your publish settings, it's Windows Projector (.exe) for > Windows or Macintosh projector (.hqx). > I forgot you can also publish as a projector from the standalone player - open up a swf, go - file/create projector. M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.

RE: [Flashcoders] Player question

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
The swfs are associated with the standalon exe, you'll find this in your "players" directory somewhere under your flash install. Solutions? Either publish them (or make your own viewer to load the swf's into) as exe's (publish settings) and send the client them zipped up, set them up on a webpage

RE: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?

2006-06-12 Thread Mike Mountain
I have an example on ultrashock that demonstrates this and Scale 9 to good effect: http://www.ultrashock.com/ff.htm?http://www.ultrashock.com/flas/Detailed /264.html HTH M ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or se

Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?

2006-06-11 Thread Mike Britton
being used on another clip on stage. Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized

Re: [Flashcoders] mmog server

2006-06-10 Thread mike cann
. Mike On 09/06/06, Mathieu Savard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, We about to start the production of a MMOG using flash. I'd like to know what type of server you would be using. So far we've been using flashcomm for multi user game but Smartfox seems to be another solu

Re: [Flashcoders] Is Object scope lost when using Delegate?

2006-06-10 Thread mike cann
ahhh yes julien you are correct. In fact this is almost the exact thing i did when you advised me on listeners a few posts back :) On 09/06/06, Julien Vignali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm afraid mike but you're wrong. The MovieClip.onRelease handler doesn't pass any

Re: [Flashcoders] Is Object scope lost when using Delegate?

2006-06-09 Thread mike cann
( event:Object):Void { event.target.myPropertyOfmyNewMc = somevalue; } I could be wrong however... Mike On 09/06/06, Jeff Jonez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is exactly what I was looking for, cheers Mark and Morten! > > myNewMc.onRelease = Delegate( this, onMenuRelease, myNewMc ); P

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash SWF Loading fine, but Remoting hangs...

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Anderson
Yes, it's the SAME 5% of the users - So there must be something in common with all these people. Please keep those comments coming :) I need all the help I can get right now! Many thanks! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Me

RE: [Flashcoders] Validating Zip Code for Tax Purposes

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Anderson
, it usually is better to let a web service handle the work. Just make sure and cover the bases, with multiple web service providers. Hope that little tidbit of info helps :) Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Coning Sent: Friday

[Flashcoders] Flash SWF Loading fine, but Remoting hangs...

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Anderson
es that I am aware of (in case some users were blocking port 8500). I was confident that if we ran everything on Port 80, that this app would be friendly to all Firewalls. Thanks in advance, for any advice you can throw my way. Mike ___ Flashcoders@c

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: protecting SWFs

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Mountain
How much control over the map end do you have? Are they vector or raster? Are you using Flash 8? 2 Scenarios for you if you have control of the map content: Vector maps: Produce in SVG then use an SVG to Flash drawing API routine to draw the maps in from loaded XML files. Raster maps with Fla

Re: [Flashcoders] Regarding ascb Proxy

2006-06-09 Thread mike cann
pass the returning functions extra parameters. When using the Macromedia Delegate class i came accross times when it would have been neater to supply additional paramters, but it wasnt essential. Im sure somone else can give you a specific example of when its needed. Mike On 09/06/06, js <[EM

Re: [Flashcoders] > Infrared camera for the Mac

2006-06-08 Thread Mike Cobb
Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- - Mike Cobb Creative Director HMC Interactive - Tel: + 44 (0)845 20 11 462 Mob: + 44 (0)785 52 54 743 Web: http://www.hmcinteractive.co.uk

[Flashcoders] How do URL-Encoded Vars get perceived by the Flash Movie??

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Anderson
uot;undefined" when I try to access their values). Thanks again everybody!! Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to yo

Re: [Flashcoders] anyone using mCom?

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Britton
Could someone please email these .mxps to me so I can do a visual inspection? ;-) Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought

RE: [Flashcoders] How to hide SWF Assets from Internet users

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Anderson
inary data in a database, and then "create it" on the fly. Take care everyone, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lee Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:54 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Variable trace Problem

2006-06-07 Thread mike cann
ction (){ if (_root.contador<=_root.cant) { or if you are within a movie and the button is attached to the movie and you want to get the vaiables of the movie clip rather than the root use: siguiente_btn.onPress = function (){ if (_parent.contador<=_parent.cant) { hope this helps

Re: [Flashcoders] reposition MC on release

2006-06-07 Thread mike cann
i think he means sumthin like this: inside your button: on (release) { _root.myMC.endX = -500; _root.myMC.endY = -200; } assuming myMC is the movieclip you are talking about On 07/06/06, jcanistrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: if I understand it correctly, one way would be to use att

[Flashcoders] How to hide SWF Assets from Internet users

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Anderson
ng Cached on their hard drive? If any of you could help me out regarding this, I'd be very appreciative. Thanks, Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailm

Re: [Flashcoders] Event dispatching, to use or not to use?

2006-06-07 Thread mike cann
Thanks Julien, you confirmed what i thought to be the best programming practice. Mike On 07/06/06, Julien Vignali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Mike, You can easily achieve this with the EventDispatcher & Delegate classes like this: import mx.events.EventDispatcher; cla

Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp NetConnection.Connect.Failed

2006-06-06 Thread Mike Boutin
Hmm odd. Can you post an example of your connection script? Mike Sam wrote: Hi, Yes the service works fine in the Service Browser. Opening the swf in SAFlashPlayer 7 the service connects SAFlashPlayer 8 I get a connection failure On Jun 6, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Mike Boutin wrote: Does your

Re: [Flashcoders] mp3 play back being sped up

2006-06-06 Thread Mike Britton
The sample rate shopuld be 44.1Khz. You may need to resample your audio before you create the mp3. I've also had problems using variable bitrate. hth, Mike Britton ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or s

Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp NetConnection.Connect.Failed

2006-06-06 Thread Mike Boutin
Does your service class load properly with no errors in the amfphp Service Browser? can you post some code? Mike Sam wrote: Hi, Are there issues between flash player 7 & 8, When I try to connect using player 7 it works, when trying connect with p[layer 8 it fails. Any Ideas why this w

Re: [Flashcoders] Funny

2006-06-06 Thread mike cann
ahhahaahhaha thats quality nice one :) On 05/06/06, Aaron Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://abum.com/file/shadow/animations/17632.swf Now get back to work ;) -- Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription option

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash & drop down menu problem

2006-06-05 Thread Mike Mountain
Yup, I'd agree with Lee on this, I've never seen it work before. You may be able to make a Javascript version of a drop down menu with DIV's and use that instead M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Lee McColl-Sylvester > Sent:

RE: [Flashcoders] appending a new text to text file

2006-06-05 Thread Mike Mountain
And here's another one! You'll need a wapper tool like MDM's Zinc, Mprojector, Screenweaver, or swf studio to do what you want, Flash can't do it on its own. Screenweaver is free and has great help files. You may want to google for it. M > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

[Flashcoders] Event dispatching, to use or not to use?

2006-06-02 Thread mike cann
anyone could advise me on the best programming practice i should be using it would be greatly appreciated, thanks :) Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Multiplayer System

2006-06-02 Thread mike cann
oregano however as this is for a business i think the boss' are looking for more financial support and reassurance of as stable system. The current leading contenders are: http://www.electrotank.com/ElectroServer/ and http://www.smartfoxserver.com/ Mike On 02/06/06, erixtekila <[EMAIL P

Re: [Flashcoders] Camera Auto Deny

2006-06-01 Thread Mike Boutin
rge enough to accommodate the dialog size? Try the movie at 300px x 300px. On 6/1/06, Mike Boutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I have this code on the first frame of a blank movie. For some reason it always autmatically denies access to the camera without even popping up the standa

[Flashcoders] Camera Auto Deny

2006-06-01 Thread Mike Boutin
Hello, I have this code on the first frame of a blank movie. For some reason it always autmatically denies access to the camera without even popping up the standard "Allow"/"Deny" dialog. Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks! function allowCamera() { var my_camera:Camera =

[Flashcoders] Flash Multiplayer System

2006-06-01 Thread mike cann
more important. Im sure others have been in my situation before, so im asking for reccomendations and suggestions. Thanks Mike ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread mike cann
If you are going to take the discussion private can i ask politely to be CC'ed in too pls as im very interested in this topic too :) On 01/06/06, Manuel Saint-Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I' read years ago that directly asking pricing in a public forum is gauche and a good way to get a go

Re: [Flashcoders] self published.

2006-06-01 Thread Mike Britton
Red5 requires a jvm (or jre) on the server, if I read correctly. I've been trying to get my host to install one for shared hosting accounts, and would use this red5 over localconnection if I were lucky enough to have java. Mike ___ Flashc

Re: [Flashcoders] flickering components, depth issue?

2006-06-01 Thread mike cann
HI, I had simmilar problems when using both the componants and the standard getNextHighestDepth() on movieclips. I reccomend using either getNextHighestDepth() and no componants or just the DepthManager for everything. Mike On 01/06/06, Kent Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: creating oval mask with 4 bezier points

2006-06-01 Thread mike cann
try/bezier/bezier3_circle_approximation.zip> ) Mike On 31/05/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi I want to use the drawing api to create an oval mask whose shape is controlled by 4 bezier points. To start I need to look into simulating bezier control points in flash. Can any

Re: [Flashcoders] re: self published

2006-05-31 Thread Mike Britton
as well as the data itself (XML or whatever). Keep in mind that localconnections of the same name will break if both are open at the same time. If you have concurrent instances of your application open, you'll observe this problem. Mike ___ Flashcod

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: NumericStepper in CellRender disappears and gets 256 levels of recursion...

2006-05-31 Thread mike cann
wierd and unexplained things went on. I gave up in the end :P Mike On 31/05/06, Josh Santangelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There's a multiline CellRenderer in the Flash 8 documentation. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/ html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs

Re: [Flashcoders] AS 2.0 and Casting to datatypes ...

2006-05-31 Thread mike cann
e to explain it better then I. Mike On 31/05/06, Stephen Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Myello, Can anyone explain what Casting is. For example, in Moock's Essential AS 2.0, chapter 18 MVC clock example, page 407: // Cast the generic infoObj to the ClockUpdate datatype.varinfo:

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