RE: [Flashcoders] Local variables and function arguments

2006-12-19 Thread Norman Cousineau
Were you targeting Flash Player 6? I had a similar problem which kept me up last night, that was fixed when I targeted FP7+. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 9:08 AM To: 'Flashcoders mailing

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Media Server: Shared Remote Object, and then endless loop to clients...

2007-03-02 Thread Norman Cousineau
Please provide some code, or we can't help. -Original Message- From: grimmwerks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash Media Server: Shared Remote Object,and then endless loop to clients... I'm unsure

RE: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread Norman Cousineau
I had the same problem. In my case, the code was in a class the did not extend MovieClip. Extending it fixed the problem. Other people have suggested using the DepthManager class, but that did not work for me. -Original Message- From: eric e. dolecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread Norman Cousineau
Clarification of my last post: I was trying to remove a symbol from the stage that was associated with a class. That class did not extend MovieClip. Extending that class allowed me to successfully call removeMovieClip. -Original Message- From: eric e. dolecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-18 Thread Norman Cousineau
Andrés, it ain't so bad. Consider the cost of living in different US cities. San Fran is one of the most expensive. Here's a link to a cost of living table: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0883960.html -Original Message- From: Andrés González Aragón [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [Flashcoders] Any good XML api out there?

2007-05-03 Thread Norman Cousineau
Here's what I use: -Original Message- From: Johan Nyberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:15 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Any good XML api out there? Hi, what I need is basically a class that puts all the data in an

RE: [Flashcoders] Any good XML api out there?

2007-05-03 Thread Norman Cousineau
Here's what I use: My example creates an array containing 3 items. Each item is an object that has 3 properties (vidpath, otherAttribute, description). It creates properties from the xml attributes and the value of the child nodes. Given an xml file such as: media video vidpath

[Flashcoders] View images in local folder

2007-07-25 Thread Norman Cousineau
Is it possible to use Flash to make an image browser...without an XML file. In other words, just view the images in any given local folder. Regards, Norm C ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] Improve my design skills

2007-08-17 Thread Norman Cousineau
How about this one?: Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns, 1/e By Joey Lott, Danny Patterson -Original Message- From: Alan MacDougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:42 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] Improve my

RE: [Flashcoders] Intro to OOP using ActionScript

2007-08-20 Thread Norman Cousineau
Interesting thread. Please let me get back to work ! ;) In line with Steve Sacks' message, I can recommend Steve McConnell's Code Complete 2nd ed. It deals with best practices in general, and is well written. (http://cc2e.com/) However, pedagogically (not that I'm an expert), I think it's ok

[Flashcoders] FMS 2 multiplayer game

2007-08-22 Thread Norman Cousineau
I recently made a multi-player soccer game prototype based on FMS 2. The purpose was to test latency...to see how well each player keeps up to where they're supposed to be on the field. To see for yourself, the url is: www.soccer.datasfaction.com To get the multiplayer effect, open multiple

[Flashcoders] Flash and 3D example

2007-09-10 Thread Norman Cousineau
There doesn't seem to be too much Flash / 3D stuff out there. I've posted an example of Flash and 3D working together. I've been doing a fair amount of research into using 3D objects in training scenarios, and this is one example that uses Flash. http://www.datasfaction.com/3D/ Cheers, Norm

RE: [Flashcoders] Multilingual video with Flash

2007-09-13 Thread Norman Cousineau
I've used separate audio / video once and had syncing problems. To correct it, I set the video time to match the audio time at a fixed interval. It was a talking head type video, and the results were satisfactory, although there's a little jump in the video sometimes. -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] static vs singleton

2007-09-14 Thread Norman Cousineau
Seems like using a singleton is a good way to load the xml only once. Calling getInstance() will return the info you need each time. The getInstance function can be static. Norm -Original Message- From: Alan Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:47 PM To:

[Flashcoders] xml generator

2008-01-22 Thread Norman Cousineau
I'm looking for a tool that generates XML. It's for quiz questions/answers loaded into Flash. We currently edit the .xml files by hand, but it's messy and causes cross-eyes. Is Altova XML Spy a good tool for this purpose? Are there other, less expensive ones? Thanks, Norm

[Flashcoders] Data protection running Flash content from a CD.

2008-02-15 Thread Norman Cousineau
Does anybody know good methods to avoid content being copied from a CD with a Flash EXE? Thanks, Norm _ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Looking for Expaning menu along a curved path

2008-02-21 Thread Norman Cousineau
Hi Flashcoders, Does anybody know of a component, like Jumpeye Accordion menu tree, that can create a vertical expanding menu along a curved path? (Ok, mostly vertical with a touch of horizontal ;) (I don't think the Jumpeye component can do this.) Thanks, Norm C

[Flashcoders] re: Looking for Expanding menu along a curved path

2008-02-22 Thread Norman Cousineau
Very cool. Worth a look for everybody. Requires Flash Player 9. http://flash-ripper.com/tests/bezier.ru/demo/test.swf -- Message: 18 Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:09:54 +0300 From: Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for Expaning

[Flashcoders] RE: Saving user feedback to file

2008-08-13 Thread Norman Cousineau
Using an HTA (Hypertext application) has worked for me.Like an HTML file, it wraps the SWF, but you can write to the disk (on Windows) because it gives you access to the file system object.Here are some links // hta applications

[Flashcoders] RE: LMS -- Moodle (Cor)

2008-10-23 Thread Norman Cousineau
You just need to load your SCORM compliant package into Moodle, and it will do the rest. Of course that requires installing Moodle, PHP and MySQL. You can test your SCORM package in ADL test suite to make sure it is compliant. The you zip all your files, and add them to Moodle. If you need

[Flashcoders] eLearning content starting from XML - best practice

2008-12-01 Thread Norman Cousineau
Hi Flashcoders, I’m currently using a product called Unison for creating eLearning. It produces an XML file that contains all info needed for the SCO: attributes at the root level to describe preferences, and child nodes to describe topics and pages. Each of those has its own set of