Re: [Flashcoders] Help: test EventDispatcher speed please

2007-03-20 Thread Ryan
EventBroadcaster: 2875 EventDispatcher: 2294 WIN 9,0,28,0 Francis Bourre wrote: Hello list ! I noticed something weird about EventDispatcher execution speed in my mac player. EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent execution is slow compared to a custom dispatcher implementation (named

Re: [Flashcoders] Poor video quality problem

2007-03-20 Thread Ryan
It sounds like Squeeze can't read the vob format. Try ripping the dvd to avi or straight mpeg2 and then throwing it into Squeeze to make the flv. I googled vod and came back with this http://www.doom9.org/index.html good luck. creativity wrote: Hi, I have tried to make and place flv file.

Re: [Flashcoders] 500 blur filters on 500 MCs

2007-03-20 Thread Ryan
Fuse. Ryan Mick G wrote: Just curious if anyone has had experience working with filters on a large number of movieclips. I have 500 - 1000 movieclips on stage (not animating) and I want to apply various different blur filters and other filters to these movieclips. I can't use one big parent

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-29 Thread Ryan
With WPF hitting the market this sounds like a really bad idea by Adobe. Seems like it would be cheaper to fly a student out with their personal educational copy. Not that I suggesting it (Adobe, please don't sue me). Nick Weekes wrote: So how would one legally go about buying Adobe

Re: [Flashcoders] how to remove an event on a movie Clip( onEnterFrame)

2007-04-01 Thread Ryan
this.onEnterFrame = null; Gustavo Duenas wrote: Hi, I have a timer that someone of the flashcoder list gave me, it works, the problem is what if the users discover the way of the button (the code was made for all of them who doesn't know how to find the buttom or are dumb enough for not

Re: [Flashcoders] Subject: rotating nav help!!

2007-04-01 Thread Ryan
problem you will have is that your section clips are set to buttons instead of movieClip. This wont let you use localToGlobal, so in order to get this to work you would have to convert them. Hope this helps. Ryan Lewis wrote: Subject: rotating nav help!! hi all i have been working on a rotating

Re: [Flashcoders] Import Outlook contacts or MSN emails into Flash application

2005-10-31 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Im pretty sure outlook at export CSV file or something similiar.. Can't tell you for sure as I dont use either product.. On 10/31/05, Wouter Steidl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Does anyone know if it is possible to import Outlook contacts or people from your MSN or AOL list into a

Re: [Flashcoders] skinning mcom scrollbar

2005-11-04 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Thanks for helping John ;) Marcel feel free to email me offlist for skinning help.. (I designed and built all the mCom skins) Cheers, Ryan On 11/4/05, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah if you got to that page and follow that tutorial and still have issues, let me know, I've got

Re: [Flashcoders] skinnig the listbuttons of mcom combobox (how)

2005-11-11 Thread Ryan Matsikas
states, up, over, down disabled.. make frames for those states and labels.. Hope that helps, Ryan Matsikas On 11/11/05, marcel vogt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i know it is possible somehow to skin the listboxbuttons of a combobox of mcom components. but i do not get it and the docs

Re: [Flashcoders] skinnig the listbuttons of mcom combobox (how)

2005-11-11 Thread Ryan Matsikas
com.metaliq.controls.UIScrollBar:UpArrow That should cover it.. Also, none of these assets have classes binded to them.. Cheers, Ryan On 11/11/05, marcel vogt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi this works fine but i want to change the buttons of the box that opens when i click that button. do also know how to make

Re: [Flashcoders] skinnig the listbuttons of mcom combobox (how)

2005-11-11 Thread Ryan Matsikas
The dropdown list for the ComboBox is a List component and uses the UIScrollBar, so if the assets are in yer library yer done.. Is this not working for you, if so what exactly is happening.. can you provide me a fla with yer assets so i can test.. - Ryan On 11/11/05, Lanny McNie [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] TWIPS

2005-11-14 Thread Ryan Matsikas
its actually 15 twips per pixel.. but the 1440/inch is correct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twip function twipsToPixel(p_twips:Number):Number { return (p_twips / 15); } function pixelsToTwips(p_pixels:Number):Number { return p_pixels * 15; } Although this isnt always accurate.. On 11/14/05,

Re: [Flashcoders] FileReference.upload - Filedata

2005-11-16 Thread Ryan Matsikas
you can't append anything to the file data but you can append to the url, and then fetch it in yer upload script.. it will be sent as a GET.. Also note with sessions.. they arent properly created in firefox and safari.. so don't count on that. Cheers, Ryan On 11/15/05, M Daggett [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] DataGrid

2005-11-18 Thread Ryan Sexton
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Re: [Flashcoders] DataGrid

2005-11-18 Thread Ryan Sexton
Thanks for the reply, do you know of any alternatives to the datagrid with a bit more customizing? Thank you, Ryan Sexton On Nov 18, 2005, at 5:27 PM, JesterXL wrote: She's hardcoded to 16, bro, not much you can do. - Original Message - From: Ryan Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flashcoders] FP8: file upload and server response

2005-11-22 Thread Ryan Matsikas
or whatever) Maybe they'll fix it for 8.5.. Cheers, Ryan Matsikas On 11/22/05, Claus Wahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi folks, i'm currently playing with the flash player 8 FileReference stuff. i'm uploading a file to a server script (works fine). the server script returns an xml with info

Re: [Flashcoders] mdm zinc database question

2005-11-27 Thread Ryan Sexton
One other thing: the query is invalid SELECT id,name FROM from test should be SELECT id,name FROM test Thank you, Ryan Sexton On Nov 27, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Derek Stottlemyer wrote: Hello istvan, You can't have commas in zinc parameters, so you have to escape them like so: var query:String

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash8 IDE Crashes when publishing with the Projects panel

2005-11-28 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Another fan of gProject, w00t. About the network stuff, keep an eye on the blog.. we've been working on some updates and fixes for gProject ;) Cheers, Ryan On 11/28/05, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No idea because I use gProject. Works like a champ (but not over a network

Re: [Flashcoders] Download XML Object via FileReference?

2005-11-28 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Nope, you can't use the FileReference object to write files.. it only provides an API to upload or download existing files. On 11/28/05, Marlon Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made a flash i that builds a custom xml file, and I wondering if it's possible to use Flash 8's new download

Re: [Flashcoders] can we cancel Up/Downloads of flash.net.FileReference.*

2005-12-01 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Look harder? fileRef.cancel(); On 11/9/05, Michael Stuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the subject says it all. i've looked in the man but didn't find anything ... micha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Converting from base 10 to hex?

2005-12-02 Thread Ryan Matsikas
So... function argbtohex(a:Number, r:Number, g:Number, b:Number) { return (a 24 | r 16 | g 8 | b); } createEmptyMovieClip(clip, 1); with (clip) { beginFill(argbtohex(255,128,128,128)); moveTo(0,0); lineTo(100,0); lineTo(100,100); lineTo(0,100); lineTo(0,0);

Re: [Flashcoders] List Component

2005-12-02 Thread Ryan Matsikas
or instead of buying another component set why not just write a more capable row renderer.. there's plenty of tutorials. On 12/2/05, Al Veldhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey John, Just as a suggestion, check out the ghostwire components at http://ghostwire.com They have a list component

Re: [Flashcoders] List Component

2005-12-03 Thread Ryan Matsikas
). At the end of the day it's his call (or his bosses), I was just giving him another option. Cheers, Ryan On 12/2/05, Al Veldhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Ryan, I know. I know. Its not a hard thing to write but what I generally work on is an Intranet where bandwidth isn't an issue

Re: [Flashcoders] Bitmap Class and FileReference.download

2005-12-07 Thread Ryan Matsikas
The second one... hope you have a good compression scheme. On 12/6/05, Adrian Parr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am doing some research for an upcoming project ... With the new Bitmap Class and FileReference.download functionality in Flash 8, is it possible to create a drawing app

RE: [Flashcoders] JM Events Calendar v1.2.0

2005-12-08 Thread Ryan Mayer
mb a lockroot issue? I'm not really sure. I checked throughout the code and there isn't any reference to _root. Just this since it's a componet. There's no embeded fonts either, just a default _sans. ¬ r. ___ Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] JM Events Calendar v1.2.0

2005-12-08 Thread Ryan Mayer
is loaded into another one. One way to fix it is to create the textfields dyanmically, but I'm sure that's a lot of work. I can't remember the other solutions. - Original Message - From: Ryan Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] JM Events Calendar v1.2.0

2005-12-09 Thread Ryan Mayer
Just double checking if anyone knows of a calendar script that'll help me solve my issue? Thanks in advance ¬ r. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Mayer Sent: December 8, 2005 1:12 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Independent contractors and unemployment-

2005-12-13 Thread Ryan Potter
That is the case if they filed correctly. There are rules for when an employer has to give you a w2 and not a 1099. check out www.irs.gov. Here is a quote from the irs: The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if you, the employer, have the right to control or direct

RE: [Flashcoders] Cache busting

2005-12-15 Thread Ryan Potter
Take a look at this. http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=827EA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Rollins Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:04 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Cache busting I'd like to

Re: [Flashcoders] Accorion Question

2005-12-15 Thread Ryan Matsikas
It fires a change event.. is that not what you want? On 12/15/05, coker todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone help me with this, I'm trying to fire an event using the MM Accordion Component, when a header is clicked I need an event along with sliding the pane. Any help, Please. Thanks.

[Flashcoders] Video to Vector Software

2005-12-28 Thread Ryan Mayer
Hello all, I remember a long time ago I used some software to take a video and turn it into several frames of vector art. I can't remember it for the life of me now. Does it ring a bell to anyone out there? Thanks, ¬ ryan mayer, mgdc bluehaus communications bluehaus.com Professional

Re: [Flashcoders] flash 8 file reference upload on macs

2006-01-03 Thread Ryan Matsikas
We've expeirenced this problem on a few occasions, the easy work around is to monitor the onProgress event and manually fire the complete event. Cheers, Ryan On 1/2/06, Adam Procter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Any body know or have seen this before ? Thanks Adam I have used the file

Re: [Flashcoders] IE on mac documentation

2006-01-07 Thread Ryan Luce
There were all kinds of problems with mac ie and flash. All kinds of stuff would work with every browser except it. Very frustrating. On 1/6/06, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Caleb E. Brown wrote: I'm trying to find out if there are any known differences between the video/audio

Re: [Flashcoders] mCom RadioButton : Bug?

2006-01-08 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Hey John, I just did a simple check and everything seems to be working ok. Can you re-create the issue in a new fla with only the RadioButton? If so can you send it over for investigation? Cheers, Ryan Matsikas On 1/6/06, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the click event dispatches 2x's

RE: [Flashcoders] Tween class question

2006-01-09 Thread Ryan Potter
Have you looked at Fuse? http://www.mosessupposes.com/fuse/ I may not understand your question, but I just started playing with it and it is loaded with features. Like events that fire automatically. I have found it more powerful than the macromedia tween class. -Original Message-

Re: FW: [Flashcoders] Multi Color Gradient

2006-01-11 Thread Ryan Matsikas
look up beginGradientFill() and the rest of the drawing api. On 1/11/06, rishi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sumeet Kumar Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:35 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject:

[Flashcoders] Using the $ sign at the beginning of a variable

2006-01-12 Thread Ryan Luce
What does a dollar sign do at the beginning of a variable in Flash? Anything? like Stage.$blah = rar; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] /**** Fuse Question - WTF? ****/

2006-01-12 Thread Ryan Potter
Is there a way to step back and forth through animations in Fuse? I created a simple animation (code below) to test this. I am new to Fuse. Problem: I am trying to make it so that I can click a button (the two lower clips) and launch an animation action in fuse. So far I can't

RE: [Flashcoders] /**** Fuse Question - [SOLVED] ****/

2006-01-14 Thread Ryan Potter
-Three.as Or view it here: http://www.salttown.com/fuse/ If you are saying what is Fuse? go here: http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/index.html Cheers, Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julien Vignali Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 12:56 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] Adjust Color Bitmap by Script is possible?

2006-01-23 Thread Ryan Matsikas
also, http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2005/09/flash_8_source.html On 1/23/06, Ralph Caraveo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think there's a straight code implementation of this via code but it can be done no problem using the ColorMatrix filter class. Check out Quasimondo's blog for

RE: [Flashcoders] Q: Best tweening engine for Flash 8 filters

2006-01-26 Thread Ryan Potter
I haven't tried them, but the new version of fuse has besier tweens as well. http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/fuse1.1docs/ZigoEngine.html (bottom of the page) It sounds like this comes down to preference. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of

Re: [Flashcoders] Regex in JSFL?

2006-01-29 Thread Ryan Matsikas
yes. On 1/29/06, keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does JSFL let you use Regular Expressions like you can in Javascript? -- Keith H -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] dynamic html text with xpath and cdata

2006-02-01 Thread Ryan Luce
to the right, and i have made a textformat to align it to the right to no avail. The text box is manually drawn onto stage. the xml is in this format: node subnode var1=blah![CDATA[some text br some more text]]/subnode /node the output looks like this: some text br some more text Thanks, Ryan

Re: [Flashcoders] dynamic html text with xpath and cdata

2006-02-02 Thread Ryan Luce
Oops, that was a spelling error, i do have the in the cdata field... and it is an html textfield. I may just skip xpath and use flash's normal xml functions... will try when i get home. Thanks, Ryan. On 2/1/06, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 1, 2006, at 11:19 PM, Ryan Luce wrote

RE: [Flashcoders] LoadClip and centering new content

2006-02-03 Thread Ryan Potter
Eric- I have run into the same problem before. the only way I found to force a clip to have a certain dimension is to put a graphic in at the size you want the clip to be. I realize that you don't have control over the swfs that are being created but I have never been able to solve this

RE: [Flashcoders] Question about xpath and cdata

2006-02-03 Thread Ryan Potter
Have you tried not using cdata at all? If your html text is xml compliant (XHTML) then you can use xpath to get the value of the node and return it. Then you load the text. I just had to solve the same problem and it worked beautifully. XPath select Nodes returns an array of child nodes.

RE: [Flashcoders] site check plese (possible preloading issue) - oris it just me ?

2006-02-03 Thread Ryan Potter
Worked great on IE 6 on a PC. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Anggie Bratadinata Sent: Fri 2/3/2006 7:08 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Cc: Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] site check plese (possible preloading

Re: [Flashcoders] XML-Object: How to detect server-timeout?!

2006-02-05 Thread Ryan Sexton
I've found this to be an invaluable tool http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2005/12/xml2_updated.html Thank you, Ryan Sexton On Feb 5, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Roman Blöth wrote: Hello folks, a question comes into my mind while working with XML-Objects: How do you detect when the server

RE: [Flashcoders] Dynamic width of image...

2006-02-08 Thread Ryan Potter
You could use a movie clip loader too. Code below: init(); function init(){ trace(code init); this.createEmptyMovieClip(holder, this.getNextHighestDepth()); this.imageLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); this.imageLoader.addListener(this);

Re: [Flashcoders] Accordion and scrollpane

2006-02-10 Thread Ryan Matsikas
at index to the width of the accordion and height of the accordion minus the hieght of all the headers. Cheers, Ryan On 2/10/06, j.c.wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying to find some more info on accordions and especially how to let the children of the accordion know how much space

Re: [Flashcoders] Syntax formatting xml function

2006-02-10 Thread Ryan Matsikas
http://out.chewtinfoil.com/formatXML.as Hope it works as expected Cheers, Ryan On 2/10/06, Ben Smeets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know if there is some function somewhere with which I can format an xml block so that it is more readable? The intention is to have my xml

Re: [Flashcoders] Syntax formatting xml function

2006-02-10 Thread Ryan Matsikas
oh ya, only formatting (tabbing etc) no colors.. you have todo that yer self ;) On 2/10/06, Ryan Matsikas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://out.chewtinfoil.com/formatXML.as Hope it works as expected Cheers, Ryan On 2/10/06, Ben Smeets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Does anybody

Re: [Flashcoders] unSelectAll v2 List Component

2006-02-12 Thread Ryan Matsikas
list.selectedIndices = []; On 2/12/06, keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can i de-select or unselect all the items in a List component? I dont see how to do this in Flash 8 documentation. -- Keith H -- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To

[Flashcoders] Using a string to declare a function?

2006-02-16 Thread Ryan Luce
Is there any way in flash to using a string to declare a function name. Here's an example: class test { var a = hello; function get this[a]() { trace(hi); } } i've tried this[a] and taht doesn't work... i'm not sure how it would otherwise be done. Thanks, Ryan

RE: [Flashcoders] How can I display a tall document?

2006-02-22 Thread Ryan Potter
I don't think it sucks that bad Take a look for yourself. You have two choices that I can see: Container Resize: http://www.salttown.com/vrutah/ (click on the left side links to load different length text) Flash Scrollbars: http://www.jasonkimura.com/ (click anywhere on the screen) (not

Re: [Flashcoders] Key.addListener and the escape key for flash player 8

2006-02-22 Thread Ryan Matsikas
You disabled Keyboard shortcuts right? cltr+enter.. then.. Control Disable Keyboard shortcuts On 2/22/06, blists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to capture the escape key and have been able to do so in the past with this code. But when I publish for flash player 8, the Escape key no

Re: [Flashcoders] Opening SWF in Flash via command line

2006-02-23 Thread Ryan Matsikas
flip your slashes? C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Flash.exe D:\logo.swf works for me.. On 2/23/06, jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you do it with flashcommand, that mike chambers command line tool? Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [Flashcoders] Key.addListener and the escape key for flash player8

2006-02-23 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Ctrl+Enter, go to main menu control disable keyboard shortcuts and you'll see your trace :) Igor V. a.k.a. The Helmsman www.mixtv.tv -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:44 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] Key.addListener and the escape key for flash player8

2006-02-24 Thread Ryan Matsikas
www.mixtv.tv -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:44 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Key.addListener and the escape key for flash player8

Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot attach movieclip to root???

2006-02-25 Thread Ryan Matsikas
I would guess your getRoot() function is returning the incorrect root and trying to attach and then failing. What's the method look like? On 2/25/06, judah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two swfs. The first swf loads in the second swf. The second swf uses a function that *finds* the real

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class?

2006-02-27 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Looking for something like this? http://out.chewtinfoil.com/Timer.as On 2/27/06, lars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i already checked proto51, but didnt find a as2 class handy. anyway: i'll do one :) Am 27.02.2006 16:32 Uhr schrieb eric dolecki unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: www.layer51.com/proto

Re: [Flashcoders] hidden function: settimeout?

2006-02-27 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Posted this to the wrong thread earlier, but this may be of use http://out.chewtinfoil.com/Timer.as and as eric suggested.. http://out.chewtinfoil.com/IntervalManager.as Cheers, Ryan On 2/27/06, lars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, gotta switch back from settimeout to setinterval now (because

Re: [Flashcoders] Cannot attach movieclip to root???

2006-02-27 Thread Ryan Matsikas
to root movieclip return rootReference; } Ryan Matsikas wrote: I would guess your getRoot() function is returning the incorrect root and trying to attach and then failing. What's the method look like? On 2/25/06, judah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two swfs

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on PSP!

2006-02-28 Thread Ryan Matsikas
WICKED! On 2/28/06, Alias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, Looks like someone's gotten a homebrew flash player working on the PSP! Looks pretty good, although apparently it's still early days. Works on 1.5 firmware. http://files.psphacks.net/details.php?file=93 Cheers, Alias

RE: [Flashcoders] {Business/Workflow} The use of mock prototypes

2006-03-01 Thread Ryan Potter
I agree with Jesse. Prototypes and good mock-ups seem to do the trick. I have been working with a lot of design agencies lately that farm out the motion design and AS code to me as a freelancer. I have been paying special attention to how they interface with the client and how they get the work.

RE: [Flashcoders] {Business/Workflow} The use of mock prototypes

2006-03-01 Thread Ryan Potter
Again. I agree. I take whatever I think it will take and double it (seriously). That usually gets within 5 hrs either way. I have no idea why this works. Track your time on projects and you will start to see a trend. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Regex in JSFL?

2006-03-02 Thread Ryan Matsikas
the proper way todo it would be var re = new RegExp(\[^\]+\,gi); var result = re.exec(line); while (result != null) { fl.trace(found: +c_result); var result = re.exec(line); } On 3/2/06, Christian Giordano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: var re = new RegExp(\[^\]+\,gi); var m_arr =

Re: [Flashcoders] Regex in JSFL?

2006-03-02 Thread Ryan Matsikas
opps trace result not c_result On 3/2/06, Ryan Matsikas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the proper way todo it would be var re = new RegExp(\[^\]+\,gi); var result = re.exec(line); while (result != null) { fl.trace(found: +c_result); var result = re.exec(line); } On 3/2/06, Christian

RE: [Flashcoders] Move object along a curve

2006-03-03 Thread Ryan Potter
Are you looking for something like a tsunami effect where the proximity of the mouse effects the size and position of the clips? Like the nav here: www.miketea.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of eric dolecki Sent: Fri 3/3/2006 1:05

Re: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-10 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Deseloper and/or King Shit of Turd Island On 3/10/06, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JesterXL Ninja Turtle - Original Message - From: Kevin Aebig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:38 PM Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-10 Thread Ryan Potter
I see these titles a lot: Interactive Developer Interactive Designer Motion Designer Interactive Architect Media Designer Media Developer But they basically mean nothing and are completely non-descriptive. But they sound really important. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-10 Thread Ryan Potter
The only people who are impressed by fancy sounding titles are incompetent middle management asshats who use buzzwords in their everyday speech I do freelance design and programming. Who the hell do you think my clients are? But hey thanks for the pep talk there Stevo and try to have those

RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-10 Thread Ryan Potter
Lol I bet you got a little more input than you bargained for. After that thread I think no titles may be a good idea. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Roberts Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:38 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Loading several images with one progressbar?

2006-03-14 Thread Ryan Potter
This is a bit of a mess and it is a little old (you could write it better), but it works to do what you are asking. It also requires that you know the bytes of each file before you load. The way I handled this is to run the swf once and trace out the bytes and then put them into the bytes array.

Re: [FlashCoders] remove BitmapData

2006-03-15 Thread Ryan Matsikas
bmpdata.dispose() On 3/15/06, Dimitrios Bendilas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, How can I remove a bitmap that I have attached on a movieclip at a certain depth? The only approach I was able to find was to attach another bitmap 1x1 transparent at the same depth, but I think this

Re: [Flashcoders] Position objects evenly around ellipse

2006-03-16 Thread Ryan Matsikas
++) { var clip = this.attachMovie(clip, clip_+i, i); setPosition(clip); } Cheers, Ryan On 3/16/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would anyone have a function, class, formula, idea whatever that would allow me to calculate X and Y values to place an n number of movie clips

RE: [Flashcoders] preloader, again (ugh)

2006-03-20 Thread Ryan Potter
One thing you may want to look into is a program like web speed simulator. http://www.xat.com/wo/index.html I use it to test preloaders all the time and it works great allowing you to test locally as if it were uploaded. And you can test at different connection speeds. Ryan

RE: [Flashcoders] wait or sleep

2006-03-21 Thread Ryan Potter
Here is another way that might help. You can use Fuse to sequence and wait. Code Post: http://thoughtwillrise.com/ Fuse: http://mosessupposes.com/Fuse/index.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of iashido Sent: Tue 3/21/2006 7:16 AM

RE: [Flashcoders] referencing my main movieclip in a movie clip thatis above(i think)

2006-03-22 Thread Ryan Potter
Give this a shot. So if the structure looks like this: root animBotoes_mc (A.swf) myvar emptyMovieClipName (B.swf) From inside emptyMovieClipName to myvar: this._parent.myvar (you have to go up a level) Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] centering/padding dynamic text

2006-03-22 Thread Ryan Potter
Assuming the name of your submit background is called submitBg Assuming that you have a text field with the name submitLabel that is attached to submitBg var bgCenterW = this.submitBg._width/2; var tfCenterW = this.submitBg.submitLabel._width/2; this.submitBg.submitLabel._x =

RE: [Flashcoders] What is the source document of my swf?

2006-03-22 Thread Ryan Potter
You could use a javascript function to send the document.location.href to flash as flashVars. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Arnold Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:55 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems with Flash Plugin Switcher 2.1.0

2006-03-23 Thread Ryan Potter
I just finished the install (weird timing). I ran into problems too and just figured it out. So when you unzip the files from macromedia you will see a readme file that explains the versions of the plugins. For mozilla and IE there are two exe files. Version 7.0.60.0 folder: Mozilla Player

Re: [Flashcoders] Simple date comparison bug?

2006-03-23 Thread Ryan Matsikas
var d1:Date = new Date( 1970, 0 ); var d2:Date = new Date( 1970, 0 ); trace( d1.toString() == d2.toString() ); // true trace( d1 = d2 ); // Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0700 1970 On 3/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know why I haven't come across this before, but can anyone

[Flashcoders] Tween and actionscript

2006-03-29 Thread Ryan Sabir
I have a movieclip animating across the stage using a tween in the timeline. Halfway through that tween I'm using AS to set the _alpha of the clip to 50%. At the moment I do this, if forgets about the tween in the timeline and stops moving. Why is this happenning? How do I tell Flash that I

RE: [Flashcoders] Counter in function assigned inside a for loop

2006-03-31 Thread Ryan Potter
You could also set a var on the button that tracks it's own content. function buttonBehavior():Void { for (var i=1; i 8; i++) { //do tmpMC = _root[mb_+i]; just once per loop //to save processing var tmpMC:MovieClip = _root[mb_+i];

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash e-commerce site

2006-04-03 Thread Ryan Potter
is a flash e-comm engine. http://www.flashcart.com/ Good Luck, Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjorn Schultheiss Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 8:53 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash e-commerce site The e

Re: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens onResize event

2006-04-12 Thread Ryan Matsikas
manually call your onResize method in your main Mc's onLoad. On 4/12/06, Mike Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I have a Flash App, that uses a Non-Scaling type setup - in which upon browser resize, the controls simply reposition themselves around, creating more usable area for

Re: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens onResize event

2006-04-12 Thread Ryan Matsikas
) to have a lesser width size. If I remove the onLoad code, then eveything paints fine - but things are not positioned correctly. Any more ideas? Thanks, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas Sent: Wednesday, April

Re: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens onResize event

2006-04-12 Thread Ryan Matsikas
Anderson Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:09 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Manually triggering the Screens onResize event I am really sorry Ryan - I put some more thought into what you had to say, and I got it to work. Tunnel vision is dangerous

RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.

2006-04-18 Thread Ryan Potter
Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron

RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.

2006-04-18 Thread Ryan Potter
thumbnails in the scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through js to the other flash piece to load a larger img. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is your code on a server: http

RE: [Flashcoders] ExternalInterface

2006-04-19 Thread Ryan Potter
remember to test your movie on the server. It doesn't work when you test it locally. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jon Robert Sent: Wed 4/19/2006 5:59 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Cc: Subject:

[Flashcoders] Emergency! Bad buttons!

2006-04-20 Thread Ryan Creighton
the main timeline, like so: var theBtn:MovieClip = whatever.whatever.whatever.theButtonMovieClip theBtn.onRelease = function():Void { // do stuff } What the heck am i doing wrong?? i REALLY appreciate any advice you can offer. Ryan Creighton Senior Game Developer, CORUS Interactive

[Flashcoders] RE: Emergency! Bad buttons!

2006-04-20 Thread Ryan Creighton
- thanks so much for your kind comments! i just found out that McD's legal needs to take a good long look at it (naturally), so we won't launch until May 1st on ytv.com. But you should check it out then! If you need any help or advice with your own app, feel free to email me. Ryan Creighton Senior

[Flashcoders] Re: Flash Player 6 on PSP

2006-04-27 Thread Ryan Creighton
more comfortable waiting until this bleeding edge PSP support clots a little. Ryan Creighton Senior Game Developer, CORUS Interactive http://www.ytv.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

Re: [Flashcoders] hideBuiltInItems and settings and about...hide everything

2006-04-27 Thread Ryan Matsikas
No. You can't. On 4/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a work around that will let me get rid of the settings choice in the contextMenu for example when I right click on a particular movie clip. I would like to right click on an mc and be able to have complete control

[Flashcoders] Re: Flash Player 6 on PSP

2006-04-28 Thread Ryan Creighton
emulation where we've overlayed a picture of the device and linked up the buttons. We're talking memory and processor diagnostics. (i like Joe's benchmarking idea very much.) Macromedia got it right when they made a cross-browser, cross-platform app. i worry things are going a little sour now. Ryan

[Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 15, Issue 93

2006-04-28 Thread Ryan Creighton
? A few people on the thread say that Sony is exerting too much control over what the PSP can run. The Toronto Flash user group reported that the device emulation in Flash 8 was cosmetic at best ... my mistake (but i blame them :) Ryan Creighton Senior Game Developer, CORUS Interactive http

[Flashcoders] Setting styles on components

2006-04-29 Thread Ryan Sabir
Hi, Is it just me or is trying to work with components really frustrating... I'm trying to change the style of componenets, e.g. by changing the border colour of them. I've come across this line in the documentation: If we want to change the color on the face of the button, use the following

[Flashcoders] Determine text overflow

2006-05-02 Thread Ryan Creighton
overflows the box so that i can snip it, save it for later, and display a more arrow prompting the user to press SPACE to keep reading. My busted methodology-to-date follows. Thanks for your help. Ryan Creighton Senior Game Developer, CORUS Interactive http://www.ytv.com When i did this a few years

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