Re: [Flashcoders] Exclude classes

2008-06-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
could you get rid of the main classpath and use a subset of the classes in a separate classpath would take time to sift through them all if it's possible On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Viktor Hesselbom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone know if there's a way to exclude certain

Re: [Flashcoders] Converting simple XML data into Array

2008-06-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
XmlGrab might be useful if you're as2 - it's a class that loads xml and converts it into an object http://www.brandnewbox.co.uk/docs/Home/Plugin:XMLGrab/ alz On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Ashim D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: E4X means that XML is pretty much read like an Array. So the

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fill colours)

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
not entirely sure but it sounds like a tweenmax color matrix tween take a look at http://blog.greensock.com/ a On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Ali Drongo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hiya, how do you think you would do this? Can anyone point me to some tutorials or give me a snippet? Cheers!

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fillcolours)

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is the gradient bit achieved? Cheers, Ali On 8 Jul 2008, at 09:39, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: not entirely sure but it sounds like a tweenmax color matrix tween take a look at http://blog.greensock.com/ a On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Ali Drongo [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
okay - this is quite a quick one to solve the problem you're having is that you're overwriting the htmlText each iteration so you're only outputting the last iteration of the loop what you need to do is add the output of the loop iteration (that is every time the loop fires) to the htmlText as

Re: [Flashcoders] Basic loop problem (with end of message)

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
you could reset the list every time the loop is called so: var len2 = cueArray.length; mainText.htmlText = ; for (var i = 0; ilen2; i++) { mainText.htmlText += b+cueArray[i]+/bbr; } On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Paul Jinks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to everyone for your help.

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Displaying images from a directory

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
you could use php in the holding page to pass the flashVars to the flash movie On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:54 PM, SJM - Flash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem is the flash file is going to be embeded into a templete page to be added to a CMS unfortunatly there is no option for me to use any

Re: [Flashcoders] tracing height

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
you should look at movieClipLoader ( http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1998.html ) this allows you to add listeners to the loader (in your case, you should use onLoadInit) to fire a method/function On Tue, Jul 8, 2008

Re: [Flashcoders] tracing height

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
there's an example of some code if you look at the onLoadInit link http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1998.html On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 4:17 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you

Re: [Flashcoders] How do you do this? (animating gradient fillcolours)

2008-07-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
lol it helps when the guys that write these things are on the boards :D On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Rich Shupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Jack... You sound like you know TweenMax pretty well. (Heh.) Thanks for the great work! Rich http://www.LearningActionScript3.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Overlay problem

2008-07-14 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if you add a boolean to your script that states whether the movie is operational or not, then you can add an if statement to your links / buttons that ask if the boolean is true so: var bMovieEnabled:Boolean = true; myLink.onRelease = Delegate.create(this, linkOnRelease); function

Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-18 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
The problem with splitting Flash up into the Designer App and the Coder App (Talking Flash here, not Flex which i've never used) is that those of us that have to deal with Flash as a scaling entity (I'm a freelance developer so this week it's banners, next week it's site development and OOP) will

Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-18 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i think someone has touched on it before, but if there is to be code applicable to movieclips / buttons on stage then they should work similarly to the way motion tweens can be copied as actionscript - allow the bad behaviour for numpties and quick jobs, but then compensate to move the code to

Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
. Adobe have great experience in designer-tool-market, I'll hope for the future. Daniele Tassone 2008/7/18 allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: i think someone has touched on it before, but if there is to be code applicable to movieclips / buttons on stage

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts

2008-07-22 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
mate it's definitely a weakness of flash but i wouldn't quite call it a bug Adobe needs to look at it tho, coz having a common font library is tough (although one of the guys i worked with said it was possible by copying the format from the loaded swf) i found this online that looks like it

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 shop

2008-07-23 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i worked with a back-end guy to produce a solution that all worked on xml produced by php with a mysql database. He built an app that would allow the client to do stock checking, product updates and that kind of thing and I built the front end for it by grabbing his xml files. I haven't seen any

Re: [Flashcoders] You cannot debug this SWF because it does not contain any Actionscript

2008-07-24 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if you put any code on the timeline and then make that layer a guide, it can also happen not that it's ever happened to me erm... was a mate of mine, yeh that's it On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Helmut Granda wrote: The question now is, how

Re: [Flashcoders] stop microphone echos

2008-07-24 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if the mic is picking up the speakers on the end users machine then there's really very little you can do about it - anyone who plays mmo's with ventrilo will testify to that On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:11 AM, laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Anyone knows how to stop the beautifull echo

Re: [Flashcoders] stop microphone echos

2008-07-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i also agree but don't have an answer On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:46 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no offence taken - made me laugh On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM, laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Latcho and Bik Elliot, I want to apologize

Re: [Flashcoders] stop microphone echos

2008-07-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
as if your speakers play too load and the microphone picsks it up again, but then internal ). Make sure that for the recording configuration of your s-card, only record microphone is checked. Latcho allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: if the mic is picking up the speakers on the end

Re: [Flashcoders] ...Friday, 5:38 pm

2008-07-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
it brings up a serious point tho - can flash survive with the amount of animosity there is towards it? On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Zárate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hahahahaha, pretty accurate, i'd say :P Nah, don't even try to edit it, they will jump like animals... I honestly don't give

Re: [Flashcoders] Masking Effect

2008-07-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
you could convert the lines to fills (under object i believe) or you could use a bitmap (remember to use runtime bitmap caching) On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Sander Schuurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi cool list, I'm working on a masking effect and set it up with a mask MovieClip wich

Re: [Flashcoders] ...Friday, 5:38 pm

2008-07-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
rofl ~shuffles away nervously despite innocence a On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Matt S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting question Allandt...a little TOO interesting...Anyone else wonder if he's workin for...Silverlight??? squint :P On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Allandt

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Questions to ask an interviewee

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if you do make a test, you have to give the applicant a chance to do it in a natural environment, like that test you did where you could take it home. If you're breathing down their neck, they may fail because of nerves more than anything else (i'm good in interviews but blank if put on the spot)

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Questions to ask an interviewee

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
agreed on that On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ibrahim Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: at the end you need your work done in any case in specific time with the best performance. so, giving him tasks related to your work in real environment with ability to access internet on anything he needs

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Questions to ask an interviewee

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hmmm - i didn't do bad (without looking stuff up) but i must say that i've not been asked to do a single as3 project since i started doing agency work - the only time i've done an as3 project was for an interactive cd so i could set my own target for the projector file. Most of the work i do in

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Questions to ask an interviewee

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
banners in FP8). So we try to advice/push the client towards AS3 projects, which, most of the times, is better for all parties invloved. Sid On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:24 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hmmm - i didn't do bad (without looking stuff up) but i must say that i've

[Flashcoders] When to use AS3?

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
, most of the times, is better for all parties invloved. Sid On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:24 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hmmm - i didn't do bad (without looking stuff up) but i must say that i've not been asked to do a single as3 project since i started doing agency work

Re: [Flashcoders] When to use AS3?

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
on a daily basis which is probably the worst of all. coding half your day in AS3 and the other half in AS2 is such a mindf*ck. .m On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @Sidney: That's really interesting because at all the places

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Questions to ask an interviewee

2008-07-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
derailment imminent! with sproutcore, i think apple will have too much invested elsewhere to want to retain flash if they ever bought adobe i don't think it's on the cards tho - aren't they peers in the software space? On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Matt S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont

[Flashcoders] urgent combobox query

2008-07-31 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i have a combobox placed manually on the stage and the textfield doesn't show anything. I suspect it's a font issue can anyone tell me how i can tell which font is used in it please? thanks a ___ Flashcoders mailing list

[Flashcoders] [solved] urgent combobox query

2008-07-31 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah I got it the combobox was nested a few mcs deep and masked so i've embedded the Font and set it using cb.setStyle(embedFonts, true) and cb.setStyle(fontFamily, Arial); a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] list working?

2008-08-06 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
just seen this On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Romuald Quantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that list working? I've posted an email hours ago, I still don't see it. And I don't receive anymore emails from it? If a nice guy could send me a confirmation to romu mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem with getting a code to work

2008-08-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
your transitions are spelt wrong - they should be linear - could be that a On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Shane Deguara [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: OK i have been trying out an Advanced aftereffect button tutorial from gotoandlearn.com but i am having problems with it i have add the custom

[Flashcoders] urgent TweenMax easing question

2008-08-13 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys I'm having a problem with a TweenMax animation. I'm animating a shape (broken apart text) over a transparent png but as the text hits the edge of the png, it slows down. Is there something I can do to stop this happneing? thanks a ___

Re: [Flashcoders] urgent TweenMax easing question

2008-08-13 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
with rendering changing transparent objects on top of one another. This is inherently slow. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:44 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys I'm having a problem with a TweenMax animation. I'm animating a shape (broken apart text

Re: [Flashcoders] urgent TweenMax easing question

2008-08-14 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thanks for the advice guys On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Select your transparent PNG and press CTRL+B (Break Apart). Then, use the lasso tool and the eraser tool to erase the transparent pixels as best you can. This will increase your performance a

Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime font embedding in Flash CS3...

2008-08-18 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
get parallels and a copy of windows xp (vista is too chunky to use in virtualization) then go to http://www.flashdevelop.org/community/viewtopic.php?t=2463 and set it up as instructed - i barely notice the jump between the two apps now On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Michael William Ypes

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Your Best CS4 Upgrade Guesstimate

2008-08-19 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
just be aware if you're upgrading that you can't upgrade a single application if you hold the license for a suite got burned trying to upgrade the mxstudio 2004 and create suite cs2 to cs3 web premium and indesign cs3 - indesign is now consigned to the drawer coz it's useless and i'm using id cs2

[Flashcoders] working out a point on a squiggly line

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys I have a bit of maths problem to solve here and I've not found any answers on the Googles. I have several squiggly lines (they will be maps) and I need to find out, if a user clicks somewhere on one of the lines, how far along the line they've clicked. I also need to find out how long

Re: [Flashcoders] working out a point on a squiggly line

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
that helps, Anthony allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: Hi guys I have a bit of maths problem to solve here and I've not found any answers on the Googles. I have several squiggly lines (they will be maps) and I need to find out, if a user clicks somewhere on one of the lines, how

Re: [Flashcoders] working out a point on a squiggly line

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
lol re-read antony's post - ignore my last question thanks On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:22 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys thanks for the response. I've come to a similar conclusion myself. as the maps are fairly simple, i'm going to draw them

Re: [Flashcoders] working out a point on a squiggly line

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi okay i read that but without the grounding in advanced calculus it meant very little to me do you have something that is a little easier to understand? On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lol re-read antony's post - ignore my

Re: [Flashcoders] working out a point on a squiggly line

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
I've decided that i probably don't need to measure the curves - simply plotting over the top of a drawing will probably be fine a On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:48 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi okay i read that but without the grounding in advanced

Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
no degree but i'm freelance, self-taught and lucky so it's less of an issue On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Master's in Instructional Technology, which was focused on multimedia design and development for training and learning, and while a

Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?

2008-08-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:09 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no degree but i'm freelance, self-taught and lucky so it's less of an issue On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Master's in Instructional Technology

Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?

2008-08-22 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
so here's a question - if you have spent any amount of time doing the job, would you consider going back and getting degree? On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Right, and that is why I partially agree with the post I was referring to, specially because life

[Flashcoders] TweenMax help needed

2008-08-22 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi folks - i have a quick question can anyone tell me if i use delay and delayIncrement in the same TweenMax call, will they clash? so will delayIncrement:0.05 and delay:_delay overwrite each other? TweenMax.allTo(aTilesToMove, .2, {_y:nMoveAmount, ease:Quad.easeIn, delayIncrement:0.05,

Re: [Flashcoders] how many coders here actually have a degree related to computer science?

2008-08-22 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
lol On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 4:22 PM, John Winkelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I got my degree in Russian Studies, which means I can read all of my spam. I guess that counts for something. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eccesignum.org ___

Re: [Flashcoders] TweenMax help needed

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
again. Keep an eye on http://blog.greensock.com for the announcement. If anyone would like me to e-mail them when the update is ready, just let me know by sending me an e-mail with TweenMax update in the subject. Jack -Original Message- From: allandt bik-elliott

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys i'm speccing an xml file for a server side dev that needs to return a target date and time and i wanted to make sure i wasn't doing anything stupid what would a php dev be expecting to use for time / date and how would that be supplied in an xml file? And what would the best way of

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
can do whatever you want: see http://nl.php.net/date I think it can also depend on your server. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 11:48 To: Flash Coders

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 11:48 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] is there a recognised date format for xml? hi guys i'm speccing an xml file for a server side dev

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ Cor wrote: In PHP you can do whatever you want: see http://nl.php.net/date I think it can also depend on your server. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: dinsdag

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
a negative value??? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 12:56 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is there a recognised date format for xml? yes it's local

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
, 2008 at 1:33 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The app is designed for people only in the uk - it will show the current time and the amount of time remaining until the countdown is finished so it will probably be worth giving the time based

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

2008-08-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
. - Mark On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:48 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys i'm speccing an xml file for a server side dev that needs to return a target date and time and i wanted to make sure i wasn't doing anything stupid what would

[Flashcoders] pythagoras question

2008-08-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys I'm doing something wrong in my pythagoras theorum but i'm not seeing what it is right now i'm trying to find out the coordinates for a point on a line. I know the start x, end x, start y, end y, c length for the line and i know how far along c the point should be (call it vector length)

Re: [Flashcoders] [Flashcoders tweening glowfilter from inner to outer

2008-08-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
can you input negative values into one or the other? On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I don't think tweening from inner to outer is possible, unless you use multiple glow filters. greetz JC On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:43 PM, eric e. dolecki

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and best method

2008-08-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yes the second one is shorter :) i try to keep child nodes to a minimum - 1 per 'object' and only really use them when describing one of several same-level objects On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Matt S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking from recent experience, lots of little XML files is ok

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and best method

2008-08-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
: Thanks. Do you know if the difference is dramatic? Just curious, especially since most experts eg Moock's books dont shy away from node-heavy XML generally, but if there are serious performance considerations you'd think they would. .m On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:27 AM, allandt bik-elliott

[Flashcoders] OT: Hug a developer

2008-08-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://www.develop-one.net/blog/2008/08/27/HugADeveloper.aspx really great - must be friday a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] strange as2 combobox issue

2008-08-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi folks I've got a combobox that is in a swf that get's dynamically loaded into a master clip with a mask on the container (so the combobox is in a masked, loaded swf). When it first shows on the stage, the text area shows the default text (in this case 'Select') but when the cb is clicked on,

Re: [Flashcoders] strange as2 combobox issue

2008-08-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:53 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks I've got a combobox that is in a swf that get's dynamically loaded into a master clip with a mask on the container (so the combobox is in a masked

Re: [Flashcoders] strange as2 combobox issue

2008-08-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
at 12:29 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we did the lockroot thing - strange this is, without any rhyme or reason, it still doesn't work when the loaded swf is viewed but when it's viewed through the main swf, it's all lovely jubbly again 'sgot me knackered

Re: [Flashcoders] strange as2 combobox issue

2008-08-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
of the top-level clip. Ian On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:18 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if i use this._lockroot = true on the loaded swf (the one with the cbox), will that mess it up if it is used on it's own

[Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
sorry to necro an old thread but i still have a problem file structure: one index swf that preloads the main swf main swf that loads in several different section swfs and masks them in a frame the combobox is in one of the masked sections the issue is this: i have a combo box that uses an array

Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
); unlock(); } On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nope On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you're not using runtime file sharing right? greetz JC On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM

Re: [Flashcoders] combobox still giving grief

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
just tried putting the box on the stage and applying the style to it on the first frame and putting the rest of the code on the second but no joy On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've tried amending the combo box to instantiate

[Flashcoders] [solved] combobox still giving grief

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
PM, Cor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why can't you put all the code in the first frame? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: woensdag 3 september 2008 13:22 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re

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

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah - i solved the problem - the dataprovider wasn't populated properly thanks for the response On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:46 PM, S0 F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In regards to this part of your question: --- If the list is scrolled or

Re: [Flashcoders] MouseEvents on overlapping siblings in AS3

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh hittests are the slowest way of doing things but they have their place On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Matthias Dittgen [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks for all the answers!!! So I went back to a solution where the upper MovieClip listens to the MouseMove event and hittest while the

Re: [Flashcoders] Open Source YouTube Player

2008-09-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
or there's swf and flv player on the mac http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/swfflvplayer.html On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Ashim D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: The JW Player seems to be popular. Haven't used it yet, but I intend to soon.

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic Scrollable textfield

2008-09-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
there's an event based as3 scrollbar here http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=245468 if you look later on in the thread, there's some modifications that allow all sorts of different setups a On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:23 AM, sebastian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for AS3 check out this

[Flashcoders] fun with embedFonts - NOT

2008-09-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys I'm in AS2 and trying to create a textfield, embed fonts in and apply a stylesheet - if i use embedfonts it doesn't render but if i omit it, everything renders fine (but the fonts aren't embedded so won't render properly elsewhere) i can't see what's going wrong - could you take a look

Re: [Flashcoders] fun with embedFonts - NOT

2008-09-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thanks for all your help on this guys - i managed to crack the problem by using the order sebastian gave but those tutes look awesome - i'm grabbing them now to take a look Fonts is one of those things that Adobe just hasn't seemed to make any easier no matter what they tried, so having loads of

[Flashcoders] Firefox 3 and adblock problems

2008-09-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
came across this on digg and thought you guys might be interested http://www.asfusion.com/blog/entry/firefox-3-adblock-disaster ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations

2008-09-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
found this on the greensock site - might work for you TweenMax.sequence(target:Object, tweenObjects:Array):Array - *Description:* Provides an easy way to sequence a set of tweens, one after the other, for the same target. It's essentially the same thing as making a bunch of individual

Re: [Flashcoders] Tween multiple rotations

2008-09-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh - i love Tweener but the performance increase from using TweenLite / TweenMax cannot be denied and as the lightest engine, TweenLite just seems to make it's way into my work more often these days a On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your

[Flashcoders] TweenMax subversion?

2008-09-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi - does anyone know if there's a subversion link for TweenMax/Lite please? ta ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] TweenMax subversion?

2008-09-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
cheers jack On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Jack Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, not *YET* Sorry. For now, you'll need to snag updates at www.TweenMax.com or www.TweenLite.com Jack -Original Message- From: allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flashcoders] flushing memory

2008-10-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i've tried delete Question (Question is the main object that gets populated) but that didn't cut it On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 7:27 PM, eric e. dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Handle it without using a timeline at all and use code straight instead? On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Allandt

Re: [Flashcoders] online .swf generator

2008-11-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
could you use some kind of code injection like flashdev used to do (and prolly still does)? a On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Latcho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One way: You can compile an swf serverside with flex-sdk and ant, that way you can feed it whatever you want as a main class, config

Re: [Flashcoders] online .swf generator

2008-11-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
that image to the server and avoid the whole SWF part? 2008/11/27 allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] could you use some kind of code injection like flashdev used to do (and prolly still does)? a On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Latcho [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flashcoders] adding physics to pivot object around a point

2008-12-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys could anyone point me in the right direction to do the following, please? I'd like an object that is dragged to correctly respond to being pulled around by pivoting around the point it is dragged by (also applying downward force to represent gravity) for example, if i hold a pencil

[Flashcoders] Re: adding physics to pivot object around a point

2008-12-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
So I guess what i'm trying to get at is that I'd like to apply gravity and momentum to an objects angle rather than directly to their y axis anyone have any ideas? thanks a -- hi guys could anyone point me in the right direction to do the following,

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: adding physics to pivot object around a point

2008-12-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
object around the mouse cursor. But I can't promise you that'll necessarily look any good, though. That's just a guess. --T On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:12 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I guess what i'm trying to get at is that I'd like to apply gravity

Re: [Flashcoders] adding physics to pivot object around a point

2008-12-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hi guys could anyone point me in the right direction to do the following, please? I'd like an object that is dragged to correctly respond to being pulled around by pivoting around the point it is dragged by (also applying downward force

Re: [Flashcoders] display trace() in text field

2008-12-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
function debug(s:String):Void { _root.pathToTextField.myText.text += /n+s; } then instead of trace(someString); you use debug(someString); a On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trace only sends strings to the Flash or Flexbuilder output window, so no.

Re: [Flashcoders] The flash job hunt

2008-12-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'm with major players in london and they've kept me busy for the best part of 5 years between print and (this year) flash i also get paid within 5 days of putting in my invoice if i do it by monday 6pm the only thing is that you are kind of limited to what they pay but as it's pretty much on

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

2008-12-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i wouldn't tip your hand about the ftp details - it would be very cheap for him to pay someone to change them a On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Sidney de Koning [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi Stephen, Here in Holland we have something called 'terms and conditions' for freelancers, which you

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

2008-12-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
if the site hasn't been paid for, don't you still officially own the site files? i would put a message across the bottom of the site saying This site has not yet been paid for. To settle the invoice and remove this message please contact me at emailaddress or something similar where you get

Re: [Flashcoders] Soma Protest

2008-12-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
looks nice - thanks for the heads up On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Romuald Quantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Not spam intended and just to try to help the community. I've built a site-demo for the framework Soma, please have a look:

Re: [Flashcoders] Audio lag on KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN

2008-12-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
did you use updateAfterEvent() to force it to play immediately? if not, it might be waiting for the next frame to process the event On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List, I'm dipping my toe into AS3 and thought I'd play around with sound by

Re: [Flashcoders] Soma Protest

2008-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ta On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Romuald Quantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, SVN are there: http://www.soundstep.com/blog/downloads/somaui/ Romu www.soundstep.com allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: do you have an svn repo or a google code area? On Mon, Dec 8, 2008

Re: [Flashcoders] use get / set functions or make your own

2008-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
of the actionscript get and set functions is that they are indistinguishable from public properties from the outside of the class. It's a huge improvement over Java. Ian On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:24 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys quick poll - Do

[Flashcoders] use get / set functions or make your own

2008-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys quick poll - Do you use the actionscript getter/setter functions or do you make your own, and why. I've noticed with a lot of the public domain code (like SWFAddress, for instance) that you see a lot of 'public function getVariable()' type getters instead of using the flash 'public

Re: [Flashcoders] Soma Protest

2008-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
do you have an svn repo or a google code area? On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Brenda Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Great minds think alike! I had the same vision in my head -- especially since my son works in the SOMA district for an ad agency. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

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

2008-12-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the thing about going through a specialised debt collecting solicitor is that they start very polite - they usually have 2 rounds of letters to send to the client before they start getting heavy and to be honest, if it comes to that, you're better off without the client a bad client will be more

[Flashcoders] colour and transform matrices

2008-12-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Hi guys After a brief discussion with some of the devs where i'm working at the mo, i was wondering if anyone could point me at a decent tutorial for using and manipulating objects and colours using matrices. It seems to be one of those things that people only learn a teeny bit of but could be

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