RE: [Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Steven
concurrent connections for you :) Glen Paul Steven wrote: > I was considering using an xml file to store high score data for a game. It > is quite possible that this game will have a significant amount of traffic > (certainly in the first few days after launch) and I am now wondering

[Flashcoders] Feasibility of xml file for high score data storage

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Steven
I was considering using an xml file to store high score data for a game. It is quite possible that this game will have a significant amount of traffic (certainly in the first few days after launch) and I am now wondering if an xml file would be suitable. I am not sure what happens in the scenario w

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 Cross Domain Policy

2009-04-21 Thread Paul Steven
- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Steven" To: "'Flash Coders List'" Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:15 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 Cross Domain Policy >I need to confirm whether it is possible for a game being published for > Flash Pl

[Flashcoders] Flash Player 6 Cross Domain Policy

2009-04-21 Thread Paul Steven
I need to confirm whether it is possible for a game being published for Flash Player 6 and played with the Flash Player 6 plug-in is able to read and write an xml file on another server? It appears that the cross domain policy files were not introduced until Flash Player 7 - is this correct? Basi

RE: [Flashcoders] Accessibility of a flash game

2009-04-21 Thread Paul Steven
tm Anyway, that's a start, but remember it's about usability & accessiblity not just doing a high contrast colour scheme for partially sited people :) Hope this helps a bit. Glen Paul Steven wrote: > Thanks - I am not sure why they specified international as the game i

RE: [Flashcoders] Accessibility of a flash game

2009-04-20 Thread Paul Steven
- From: "Kerry Thompson" To: "'Flash Coders List'" Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Accessibility of a flash game > Paul Steven wrote: > >> I am making a game and have been asked by the client to ensure "The game

RE: [Flashcoders] Accessibility of a flash game

2009-04-20 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Jason I was assuming they probably were referring to alt text for visuals, keyboard navigation etc. I would imagine a mouse controlled arcade style game would have limited scope for making it accessibility to those with visual impairment due to the nature of the gameplay - I may be wrong th

[Flashcoders] Accessibility of a flash game

2009-04-20 Thread Paul Steven
I am making a game and have been asked by the client to ensure "The game should meet all international accessibility requirements" The game will be delivered online and is being created in Flash CS2 however it needs to be published for Flash Player 6. Can anyone advise me on what steps I need to

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Steven
&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a >>> >>> there is a firefox plugin that allows you to switch flash player version >>> anytime you want but last time I used it (few years ago) it had some issues >>> when wanti

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Steven
it's still available for testing purposes here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266 Dav -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 15 April 2009 13:11 To

[Flashcoders] How to test in Flash Player 6

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Steven
I am making a game for a large organisation where the most common Flash player is version 6. I would appreciate any advice on how best I can test on this player version. Is this player version still available for download and if so where? Is there any clever apps/websites that allow me test on vari

RE: [Flashcoders] Dragging loads of sound files from library into amovie clip

2009-04-09 Thread Paul Steven
Wow this jsfl is a life saver! Can't believe I had never heard about it before in all the years I have been using Flash. Thank you Muzak for taking the time to write the code out for me. It works a dream! Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [ma

RE: [Flashcoders] Re:Dragging loads of sound files from library into a movie clip

2009-04-09 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks for the suggestion Wenzler Unfortunately that does not seem to work for audio files. If I try to drag more than one audio file onto a layer, it only adds one of them. I did try what you suggested for images and it worked fine. Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

RE: [Flashcoders] Dragging loads of sound files from library into a movie clip

2009-04-08 Thread Paul Steven
of sound files from library into a movie clip Hey Paul, Do a google search for "PreloadAssetManager" I think you'll find what your needing. Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:30 AM, Paul Steven wrote: > Related to my previous post,

[Flashcoders] Dragging loads of sound files from library into a movie clip

2009-04-07 Thread Paul Steven
Related to my previous post, I now need to drag about 300 audio files from the library into a movie clip. Essentially this is to ensure they are preloaded in my game. The method I use is to create a movie clip that has all the audio files on separate layers. This movie clip is then nested inside a

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export in First Frame for multiple items

2009-04-07 Thread Paul Steven
Hey Cor Just managed to work put how to use jsfl - brilliant!! Took me 5 seconds to amend all the audio library files for this game rather than the 2 or 3 hours I spent earlier on the other game. Here is my jsfl var items=fl.getDocumentDOM().library.getSelectedItems(); var i=0; f

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export in First Frame for multiple items

2009-04-07 Thread Paul Steven
Hey no worries, the last bookmark seems very good. Thanks again Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Cor Sent: 07 April 2009 14:30 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Changin

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export in First Frame for multiple items

2009-04-07 Thread Paul Steven
Nice one Cor - thanks for finding those links for me. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Cor Sent: 07 April 2009 14:12 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export in First Frame for multiple items

2009-04-07 Thread Paul Steven
ob for you. HTH Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: dinsdag 7 april 2009 14:40 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: [Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export in First Frame f

[Flashcoders] Changing Linkage Export in First Frame for multiple items

2009-04-07 Thread Paul Steven
I have about 200 separate audio files in my flash library (Flash CS3 file PC) which are all set to "Export in First Frame". My client has requested that I create an online demo. I therefore believe I need to remove the checkbox for each of these 200 files for the "Export in First Frame" setting.

[Flashcoders] App works fine on PC but problems on Mac

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Steven
I have created 4 games for both Mac and PC that are distributed as downloadable executables packaged with MDM Zinc 3. A large number have been purchased for the PC with no one reporting any problems. Only a handful have been sold for the Mac however one customer is reporting problems on the Mac gam

RE: [Flashcoders] Detecting if authoring mode (Flash 8 AS2)

2009-04-02 Thread Paul Steven
g in a browser. HTH, Ian On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Paul Steven wrote: > Is there a property or function to detect if a Flash movie is being tested > in authoring mode or live on the web? > > Basically I have added a random variable to my xml file when loading it to >

RE: [Flashcoders] Detecting if authoring mode (Flash 8 AS2)

2009-04-02 Thread Paul Steven
] Detecting if authoring mode (Flash 8 AS2) Hi, I have used the "_root.url" variable before to detect whether it is an "http" or a "file" based one and done caching based on that. Glen Paul Steven wrote: > Is there a property or function to detect if a

[Flashcoders] Detecting if authoring mode (Flash 8 AS2)

2009-04-02 Thread Paul Steven
Is there a property or function to detect if a Flash movie is being tested in authoring mode or live on the web? Basically I have added a random variable to my xml file when loading it to prevent caching. The following works in both authoring and when live myXML.load("xml/homeFlashContent.xml");

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating random grid of pairs for a game

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Steven
just a straight or diagonal line > between the next number in the sequence that is unobstructed by a non-used > pair, or what? > > -jonathan > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Paul Steven >wrote: > > > Thanks Anthony > > > > Perhaps I am ove

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating random grid of pairs for a game

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks David for your suggested solution - it looks very promising. I am not sure what 4-connected means? But I think I understand the general idea I am just wondering if your solution would guarantee that there will always be a matching tile within a clear path? For example if the random sequenc

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on creating random grid of pairs for a game

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Steven
the modulus of 9 equals 0 will be handy. I hope the concepts help, Anthony Paul Steven wrote: > I am trying to write the code to populate a 9 by 9 grid of tiles with 40 > pairs of matching tiles. > > I have 4 different types of tiles and I want to create a grid that has 40 > match

[Flashcoders] Advice on creating random grid of pairs for a game

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Steven
I am trying to write the code to populate a 9 by 9 grid of tiles with 40 pairs of matching tiles. I have 4 different types of tiles and I want to create a grid that has 40 matching pairs and 1 blank tile. I do not want the pairs all to be next to each other but there needs to be at least one solu

RE: [Flashcoders] UK freelance flash opportunities

2009-02-10 Thread Paul Steven
February 2009 09:42 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] UK freelance flash opportunities i've had loads of work from neil clements at major players - try there a On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Paul Steven wrote: > The economic downturn has finally taken its toll on my work lo

[Flashcoders] UK freelance flash opportunities

2009-02-09 Thread Paul Steven
The economic downturn has finally taken its toll on my work load after many years of keeping the wolves at bay. If anyone can point me in the right direction of the best sites, agencies to offer me assistance looking for new projects it would be much appreciated. Cheers Paul http://www.mediakit

RE: [Flashcoders] Dictionary resource for word based games

2009-01-09 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Ed - that is really useful!! And thanks for all the other replies so far - I will follow up all the links. Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Edward Kelly Sent: 09 January 2009 14:

RE: [Flashcoders] Dictionary resource for word based games

2009-01-09 Thread Paul Steven
you just need a list of words or do you need their definitions too? Mark Winterhalder wrote: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Paul Steven wrote: > >> Can anyone point me in >> the direction of where to acquire an electronic version of the English >> dictionary that is

[Flashcoders] Dictionary resource for word based games

2009-01-09 Thread Paul Steven
I am developing a word based game and need a dictionary of all the words in the English language to create the data for the game. Can anyone point me in the direction of where to acquire an electronic version of the English dictionary that is easily incorporated into my game? Thanks Paul ___

RE: [Flashcoders] Distributing packaged file on the Mac

2009-01-02 Thread Paul Steven
the material (after compression). Hope this helps, Jim Paul Steven wrote: > Thanks Jim > > I did look into the disk image option but it appears to create huge files. > My game is self contained and approx 7 mb in size however it seems to create > a disk image that is about 40m

RE: [Flashcoders] Distributing packaged file on the Mac

2009-01-02 Thread Paul Steven
h use this approach. That works only if your application is self-contained, and doesn't need to install files into other locations before first launch. Let me know if you want more info. -Jim Paul Steven wrote: > I have created a game using Flash CS3 and would like to distribute it for

RE: [Flashcoders] Distributing packaged file on the Mac

2008-12-31 Thread Paul Steven
oders] Distributing packaged file on the Mac Why not go with AIR? - Original Message - From: "Paul Steven" To: "'Flash Coders List'" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:40 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Distributing packaged file on the Mac >I have created

[Flashcoders] Distributing packaged file on the Mac

2008-12-31 Thread Paul Steven
I have created a game using Flash CS3 and would like to distribute it for the PC and Mac. For the PC, I am using the free "Inno" installer to create an installer. However for the Mac, I am not having much joy finding a suitable installer application. Can anyone recommend a Mac installer? This is a

RE: [Flashcoders] My rights - site not paid for.

2008-12-08 Thread Paul Steven
Hi Stephen I had a similar situation about a year ago and in this case I had no contract but just emails from the client agreeing on the cost for the work. Anyway I simply made a claim via https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp and I won my case. It was really simple and will cost you not

RE: [Flashcoders] open word document from flash

2008-10-24 Thread Paul Steven
Another option is to use MDM Zinc to wrap your flash movie in. This is really simple and offers a cross-platform solution. It is fairly expensive though if that is the only reason you need to use the third party wrapper. I have also used a bat file from a bloke called Northcode - do a search on Fla

RE: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks for all the advice - I have made a quick decision and ordered a Mac Mini 2 GHZ (Intel one) with an extra gig of RAM. Sounds like this will be sufficient to package my games for the Mac and also provide a means for testing. I do have a 450 mhz G3 in the attic but I thought that would be way t

RE: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Steven
for testing, switch to PC to fix that annoying bug, repeat until fixed... I heartily recommend it. Ian On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Up until now I have never needed to develop anything for the Mac, however I > have been asked to develop a series

[Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Steven
Up until now I have never needed to develop anything for the Mac, however I have been asked to develop a series of games for Mac and PC so need to get a Mac to enable me to do so. The games will be delivered as downloadable executables. I would therefore appreciate any advice on what to get. I cur

[Flashcoders] Flash CS4 info

2008-09-22 Thread Paul Steven
Apologies if this has already been posted but I was searching for the minimum playback specification for Flash CS3 and came across this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/features/?view=topnew&promoid=DRHWS p ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: List of all uk towns and cities with their longitude and latitudes

2008-08-27 Thread Paul Steven
ngitude-and-latitude-geocoding-via-web-services/ <http://jamesewelch.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/how-to-convert-a-street-address-to-longitude-and-latitude-geocoding-via-web-services/> HTH Glen Paul Steven wrote: > I am creating a UK based estate agent site and would like to implement a

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: List of all uk towns and cities with their longitude and latitudes

2008-08-26 Thread Paul Steven
ns.net/england.asp > > >Websites that may use such a thing that you need. Perhpas contacting their > owner you may get more information where they got their lists. > > ** > > *Pedro D. Kostelec* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Pa

[Flashcoders] OT: List of all uk towns and cities with their longitude and latitudes

2008-08-26 Thread Paul Steven
I am creating a UK based estate agent site and would like to implement a proximity search function. i.e the user would type in the area that they are looking for a house as well as a search radius and the site would display a list of all matching houses for sale in this area. I am assuming I w

RE: [Flashcoders] Sound/Music

2008-08-25 Thread Paul Steven
http://www.soundrangers.com is pretty good inho... Kevin Bowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +44 (0)7899 081409 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick J. Jankun Sent: 24 August 2008 11:04 To: Flashcoder Mailinglist Subject: [Flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Insert new line in dynamic text loaded from xml

2008-03-09 Thread Paul Steven
/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/text/TextFie ld.html http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/controls/TextAr ea.html regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flash Coders List'"

[Flashcoders] Insert new line in dynamic text loaded from xml

2008-03-09 Thread Paul Steven
Can someone let me know how I can insert a newline in some dynamic text. Basically I have some instructions in my flash movie that are loaded from an external xml file. In the following I would like the text after "Mouse Controls:" to start on a new line.

RE: [Flashcoders] Any issues with Safari Mac and mouse movement detection?

2008-02-27 Thread Paul Steven
Sorry I have now realised it is a mac problem in general and not Safari mac specific. Seems like flash runs alot more sluggish on a mac. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 27 February 2008 07:23 To: 'Flash Coders

RE: [Flashcoders] Any issues with Safari Mac and mouse movement detection?

2008-02-26 Thread Paul Steven
? Did you try Safari on Windows? On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have created a game that involves moving the mouse rapidly to control > the > speed of a character. The client has reported that it is not working on > Safari on the Mac.

[Flashcoders] Any issues with Safari Mac and mouse movement detection?

2008-02-26 Thread Paul Steven
I have created a game that involves moving the mouse rapidly to control the speed of a character. The client has reported that it is not working on Safari on the Mac. I have since asked several friends to test it on Safari on a Mac and they also report the same problem in that it does not work. Is

[Flashcoders] Erasing part of a mask

2008-02-21 Thread Paul Steven
I am trying to create a simulation of shaving off a beard with an electric razor and could do with some advice. My current solution is to have a movie clip with the clean face on top of the one with the beard and use a mask to allow me to reveal parts of the clean face. So initially none of the cl

RE: [Flashcoders] Control speed by how fast mouse moving

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Steven
arly to the maximum speed allowed by the mouse move rate. This provides a slow acceleration at the beginning -- which is probably what you want if you're emulating the old button mashers -- and provides smooth speed changes as the game progresses, which is definitely good. On 2/12/08, Paul Steven <

[Flashcoders] Control speed by how fast mouse moving

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Steven
I am trying to program a game where a character moves faster, the faster the player moved the mouse left and right. A bit like the old Dailey Decathlon Game where you had to hit 2 keys on the keyboard on after the other as fast as you can to control the speed of say a character running. I could do

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems displaying Progress with FileReference

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Steven
s program prohibited the upload, the file never was uploaded . . . if you can tell me the name of the file you tried to upload, I'll see if it uploaded?? jimbo *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/8/2008 at 12:49 PM Paul Steven wrote: >Hi Jimbo > >Thanks for the link. Wei

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems displaying Progress with FileReference

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Steven
/Uploader/ hth, jimbo *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/8/2008 at 12:19 PM Paul Steven wrote: >Further to my last post, here is a link I found that has an example of >uploading with filereference. > >http://www.jackleaman.co.uk/test/upload/index.html > >With this examp

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems displaying Progress with FileReference

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Steven
finished uploading for some time after. You need to test with a reasonably big file - at least 500kb. Any ideas what the problem is? Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 08 February 2008 11:29 To: 'Flash Coders

[Flashcoders] Problems displaying Progress with FileReference

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Steven
I am creating a file upload flash movie in Flash 8 but cannot get the progress of the upload to work when tested online. When I test if in Flash authoring environment, the progress appears to work. My code is essentially exactly the same as that here http://markshu.ca/imm/flash/tutorial/fileRef

[Flashcoders] Formatting number to 2 decimal places

2007-09-14 Thread Paul Steven
I would be interested to know how people format numbers in AS3 to 2 decimal places. I am currently using the following but it does not always appear to work: var displayPercentageValue:Number = Math.round(percentageValue / .01) * .01; Sometimes it seems to be displaying correctly, sometimes it d

[Flashcoders] Displaying Progress of calls to external scripts

2007-09-12 Thread Paul Steven
I am calling several external scripts in my app using the URLLoader. These calls return xml data. I am trying to display the progress of the data flow using the event.Progress as follows but I am not getting very good results. It is currently displaying the following. Loaded: 349 Total: 0 Percent

[Flashcoders] IOErrror using URLLoader with files bigger than a few kb

2007-09-12 Thread Paul Steven
I am having problems using URLLoader to send data to a server side script. What I am doing is loading in a file as binary data and converting to Base64 then sending this Base64 string within an xml string. It is working fine with very small files of only a few kb. However if the files are larger

RE: [Flashcoders] XML confusion

2007-09-11 Thread Paul Steven
a more custom string, and then use that. ben Paul Steven wrote: > I am trying to convert a string to xml but for some reason when I convert to > xml it only displays the "encoded string". See below the code snippet for > what is traced. Any idea what I am doing wrong? >

[Flashcoders] XML confusion

2007-09-10 Thread Paul Steven
I am trying to convert a string to xml but for some reason when I convert to xml it only displays the "encoded string". See below the code snippet for what is traced. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Here is my test file var encodedString:String = "encoded string"; var XMLString:String;

RE: [Flashcoders] Calculate how many days until date

2007-09-05 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Mark - that is fantastically helpful!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Winterhalder Sent: 05 September 2007 06:00 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Calculate how many days until date On 9/5/07, Ma

[Flashcoders] Calculate how many days until date

2007-09-04 Thread Paul Steven
I need to calculate how many days there are until a specified date in the future. Is there any built in functionality to do this, or if not, can anyone point me in the right direction. I would imagine it is difficult to do manually as it would need to take account of leap years etc. Thanks Paul

[Flashcoders] General question about data management

2007-08-31 Thread Paul Steven
I am creating a desktop application using Flash and Zinc. The first time it runs, it retrieves all the data by calling a series of scripts on a server. The data is returned as xml data. My question is, can I just store all the info in memory as xml data or do I need to create classes to store the

RE: [Flashcoders] How to get the MD5 hash value of a file

2007-08-30 Thread Paul Steven
of a file Paul Steven wrote: > Is there a built in function that will provide me with the MD5 value for a > file? I have seen some examples online that provide a MD5 value for a string > but I need it for a file. Nothing built in, though if you can read the file into a ByteArray, it&

[Flashcoders] How to get the MD5 hash value of a file

2007-08-30 Thread Paul Steven
I am creating an app that uploads files to a server and the client requires that I send a MD5 hash value with the file so they can do a check on the server that the file is valid. Is there a built in function that will provide me with the MD5 value for a file? I have seen some examples online that

[Flashcoders] DataGrid in Flash CS3 with AS3

2007-07-26 Thread Paul Steven
I am still struggling to create a flash AS3 application that needs to display a datagrid of data similar to the following: http://www.mediakitchen.co.uk/mark_sheet.jpg I would appreciate advice as to whether the datagrid is the most suitable approach to the display of data like this? I hadn't ant

RE: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid

2007-07-24 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Paul - that worked a treat! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: 24 July 2007 17:56 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid - Original Message - From: "

[Flashcoders] How to remove a datagrid

2007-07-24 Thread Paul Steven
Probably a really dumb question but how do I remove a datagrid? I create the datagrid as follows and I want the function 'Click_Datagrid' to delete / remove the datagrid. var myDataGrid:DataGrid = new DataGrid(); myDataGrid.addColumn("Type"); myDataGrid.addColumn("Qualification"); myDataGrid.addC

Re: [Flashcoders] Multiline DataGrid Fields in Flash CS3

2007-07-19 Thread Paul Steven
Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way. I have searched all afternoon for any info on having multiline cells in an AS3 datagrid with no joy! The only example I did find did not work. Anyway I also need to have a drop down list withn this datagrid which I assume will be equally as difficul

[Flashcoders] Multiline DataGrid Fields in Flash CS3

2007-07-19 Thread Paul Steven
I am using the datagrid for the first time and would like to make one of the columns enable text to word wrap if the text is too long for the width of the cell. Here is what I have so far which works but is only giving me a single line of text in the cell dg.setSize(340, 300); dg.co

RE: [Flashcoders] Parsing XML data

2007-07-16 Thread Paul Steven
Hey thanks Muzak - the new e4x syntax is much easier to understand. Cheers! -- Paul Steven Mediakitchen Limited 6 Crown Mews Wellington Somerset TA21 9SZ Tel: 01823 668 648 www.mediakitchen.co.uk

[Flashcoders] Parsing XML data

2007-07-15 Thread Paul Steven
I am calling a script on a server and it is returning the following: I am using AS3 and want to get the values of session id last_login key This is the code I am using but I cannot retrieve the value of "session id". var loader:URLLoader=URLLoader(event.target); var result:XML=new XML(loa

RE: [Flashcoders] Sending Base64 Encoded Data As XML Data

2007-07-12 Thread Paul Steven
why do you not just send and blob text instead of xml. On 7/12/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the advice Johannes > > Does that mean my code looks ok to you? > > > > > > > > var dataStrEncoded:String=Base64.Encode(Byte

RE: [Flashcoders] Sending Base64 Encoded Data As XML Data

2007-07-12 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks for the advice Johannes Does that mean my code looks ok to you? > > > var dataStrEncoded:String=Base64.Encode(ByteLoader.data); > > var XMLString:String; > > XMLString = ""; > XMLString += ""; > XMLString += ""; > XMLString += dataStrEncoded; > XMLString += ""; > > loader = new URLLoader(

[Flashcoders] Sending Base64 Encoded Data As XML Data

2007-07-11 Thread Paul Steven
I would appreciate if anyone can take a look at this code and let me know if I am on the right tracks. Basically I am uploading a file to a server by converting the binary data to Base64 and sending this as xml data. I am getting an error from the server saying file type is not supported so I am w

[Flashcoders] OT: Recommendation for new PC

2007-07-10 Thread Paul Steven
I believe it is time to get a new PC as my current one just doesn't seem to be able to cope with Vista and Flash etc Anyway I normally buy Dells as I have a pretty good experience with them in the past however I thought things may have changed so I would appreciate any suggestions for a reasonable

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
Ok I have got to the bottom of the problem - it appears to be because the client signed the security certificate themselves. When I tested with a link to an xml file on another server with a https url, it worked fine. Ah well - at least I can move forward now. Thanks again for all the help Paul

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
/fplayer_security_03.html >From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >To: >Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script >Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:51:23 +0100 > >Thanks for the replies - this

RE: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
untrusted certificate dialog. Tried it off an http protocol? >From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >To: >Subject: [Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script >Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:15:12 +0100 > >I am h

[Flashcoders] Problem loading xml data from server script

2007-07-09 Thread Paul Steven
/services/upload/3424323432/dt/?key=99e5092715ddc 304e08cc3392deee652b79442ce0d88fba606f97d46f857aa8f8a3801a4799&session=b02f3 133503d78090ad19a1a6d4d994f' Error caught: ioError ---- -- Paul Steven Mediakitch

RE: [Flashcoders] Cross Domain Policy Files

2007-07-08 Thread Paul Steven
o with the https, how are you setting up the call to this - do you have the snipptet of code that's being used to read this value? Thanks - Fruber -Original Message----- From: Paul Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 8:53 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figl

[Flashcoders] Cross Domain Policy Files

2007-07-07 Thread Paul Steven
I am trying to test calling a remote script from a flash CS3 movie and I am getting the following error Error opening URL 'https://dev01.maps-ict.com/services/upload/710665794/?key=keyvalue&session= sessionvalue' HTTPStatus: 0 IOError: Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: https://dev01.maps-ict.com/ser

RE: [Flashcoders] Desktop app that uploads files to server usingbinarydata

2007-07-05 Thread Paul Steven
rvice (not sure what the Flash CS3 equivalent is). By the way, you can use Flex with Zinc. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:24 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Desktop app that uploads files to server

RE: [Flashcoders] Desktop app that uploads files to server usingbinarydata

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Steven
n use Flex with Zinc. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:24 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Desktop app that uploads files to server using binarydata >I am building a desktop app (mac and pc) and it ha

[Flashcoders] Desktop app that uploads files to server using binary data

2007-07-03 Thread Paul Steven
I am building a desktop app (mac and pc) and it has to upload a bunch of files - pdf's, word docs and images - to a server side script. This has to be done via HTTP and cannot be FTP. The problem arises because I do not want the user to have to select the file/s before uploading so I cannot use th

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-05 Thread Paul Steven
Thanks Ron and Ian - that is reassuring to know. Just need to fathom the reason for the sluggish behaviour of my PC then. -- Paul Steven Mediakitchen Limited 6 Crown Mews Wellington Somerset TA21 9SZ Tel: 01823

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-05 Thread Paul Steven
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RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread Paul Steven
I can't find anywhere to download windows vista from. Microsoft only appear to allow you to download it if you are in the US - I am in the UK.. Anyone know where I can download a copy from in the UK? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

[Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread Paul Steven
A client is reporting problems running a flash CDROM (packaged with Zinc) on windows vista so I need to upgrade to Windows Vista to enable me to debug the problem (I am currently on Windows XP Home edition). Just wanted to know if there are any general problems relating to upgrading to Vista I nee

[Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

2007-05-15 Thread Paul Steven
Hi there A client has asked me to create a mortgage calculator for their site and I was thinking of doing it in Flash. However the client is concerned that not everyone has Flash plugin. Therefore I need to consider the alternatives, one of which is to do it in javascript. However I read that 7% o

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] - Need a voice over artist in the UK

2007-04-18 Thread Paul Steven
at http://www.sarahparnell.com/, you can listen to her on-line, and she knows the industry well and can point you to the right person if you tell her what you need! Tell her I sent you Nik Crosina On 4/18/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there > > The project

[Flashcoders] [OT] - Need a voice over artist in the UK

2007-04-17 Thread Paul Steven
Hi there The project I am currently working on has a character that needs to talk hence I need to find a voice over artist. I have never had to deal with this side of things before so would appreciate any advice on how to find one. I am based in the South West of England however I am happy to wor

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash crashing dilemna - when addinganinputtextfield

2007-03-25 Thread Paul Steven
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: 23 March 2007 15:24 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash crashing dilemna - when addinganinputtextfield Yes Muzak This is the only code that refers to keys in the game itself The only reference to keys in the game is this

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash crashing dilemna - when adding aninputtextfield

2007-03-23 Thread Paul Steven
Message - From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash crashing dilemna - when adding an inputtextfield >I am really struggling to get to the bottom of this bug and I have now spent > over 2 d

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash crashing dilemna - when adding an input textfield

2007-03-23 Thread Paul Steven
there any handlers hooked up to that particular text field? > > On 3/22/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a really weird "bug" going on in a game I am making. Game is > > developed in Flash 8 PC. (Published Flash 8 Actionscript 2) > > > >

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash crashing dilemna - when adding an input textfield

2007-03-23 Thread Paul Steven
re, but i would guess it's a recursive/infinite loop problem. Are there any handlers hooked up to that particular text field? On 3/22/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a really weird "bug" going on in a game I am making. Game is > developed in Flash 8 PC.

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