[Flashcoders] OT: Questions to ask an interviewee

2008-07-30 Thread S0 F1
You should ask to see source/code before an interview - then you'll know beforehand whether to proceed or not. Also, ask where they see Adobe going and whether it'll be Apple or Google that eventually buys Adobe out? I say Apple, but you never know with Google.

[Flashcoders] Re: OT: Questions to ask an interviewee (Sid)

2008-07-31 Thread S0 F1
So Sid, What are the answers to your list of interviewee questions?. I know about half of them, but would love to hear all your correct answers. Any chance of this? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] AS3 Destructors and Garbage Collection ...

2008-08-02 Thread S0 F1
and then it will be garbage collected (making sure nowhere else in the application makes reference to the sub class). And further more, why is there no way to flag an object for garbage collection and then force the garbage collector to dispose of the class? Any thoughts on this? Thanks. S0 F1

[Flashcoders] Interfaces and private methods ...

2008-08-04 Thread S0 F1
How can you force a set of classes to define a private method if Interface members cannot be declared public, private, protected, or internal? Create an abstract class with private method(s) that throw an error, unless overwritten by subclasses? Is this the only way?

[Flashcoders] Re: Interfaces and private methods ...

2008-08-04 Thread S0 F1
Thanks Cedric. I'm using 3 methods - initialize(), reset() and destroy() for all classes in my application. This is to get around the processor overhead associated with Constructors (among other reasons). Anyway, initialize() needs to be private, so all I can think of is to use an abstract base

[Flashcoders] Re: AS3 Destructors and Garbage Collection ...

2008-08-04 Thread S0 F1
Thanks Paul / Steven. When referring to as3 destuctors, I just meant a destory or clear method you can call before removing references to an object. Good to hear you can force the GC in flash player 10 / AIR. I'll take a look for future reference. I ask this questions because I'm building a

[Flashcoders] Flash Remoting - Pulling rows from the server ...

2008-08-08 Thread S0 F1
Anyone have the link to that speed comparison test someone built in regards to various technologies pulling rows from a server. There was several including AJAX (+ something), AMFPHP and others that ran a test for accessing 5000 rows (or close number). The page (app) was a dark colour - like

[Flashcoders] Event Double ups ...

2008-08-12 Thread S0 F1
How to get around the problem of Event double ups? When somewhere within a stack of functions being executed as the result of an Event, another Event is fired. It seems the second Event is ignored? Cheers. ___ Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] RE: is there a recognised date format for xml?

2008-08-27 Thread S0 F1
Not that I'm aware of. Just use as3 inbuilt getTime() method and run it through an algorithm - then display it however you want. Or use server side code for similar effect - probably a little more evolved than as3 at this stage. ___ Flashcoders mailing

[Flashcoders] Animation and Bitmap Snapshots ...

2008-08-31 Thread S0 F1
At what number of animating/moving objects do you think it's worth using bitmap snapshot? For optimisation and fps performance. Is there any point with a menu, say 50 items long (each item 150px wide by 50px high, containing a gradient fill, some text and a filter). Cheers.

[Flashcoders] AS3 Minimal Class Props + Methods ...

2008-09-03 Thread S0 F1
Does anyone know how to find out the bare minumum Attributes and Methods of all built-in/intrinsic Classes being used in a SWF/AS3 application. Something perhaps that can parse a SWF, identify what intrinsic classes are being used and what is redundant or could be stripped out of those classes?

[Flashcoders] How to avoid little blink while loading another movie ...

2008-09-03 Thread S0 F1
Can you load it behind another display object that is a copy (perhaps bitmap snapshot) of the main stage in question? This should fix it. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE : [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief ...

2008-09-03 Thread S0 F1
In regards to this part of your question: --- If the list is scrolled or an entry is selected (it's fully populated), the entire list renders properly, including the entry that's selected.

[Flashcoders] Singleton lookups vs Events ...

2008-09-03 Thread S0 F1
Any thoughts on whether it's more efficient (in terms of development and player performance) to use Singleton's (with static public 'getInstance' or such) instead of Event's when developing mid-sized applications? (for classes that *are* Singleton's of course). Asking this in regards to when you

RE: [Flashcoders] A Question that I've been asking for years ...

2008-09-06 Thread S0 F1
Interfaces allow 'Polymorphism'. Many say this is OOP's greatest contribution to computer science. Polymorphism occurs when a superclass stands in for a subclass. This is extremely useful when you don't know exactly what type of class (usually a concrete class) is needed at a specific spot within