Re: [Flashcoders] Ideas, Please

2010-01-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
/votekick On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, beno - wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Piers Cowburn > wrote: > > > Hi Beno, > > > > It's on the way over to the list, but I've just posted the part that does > > the actual explosion, it assumes you've got your plane set up in PV3D > > alre

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
apple will be the closed tablet / smartphone that will never have flash. ever. look out for the android / windows clones that will run flash. apple will do to it's hand-held appliance marketshare what it has done to it's computer marketshare - piss off enough devs that they start talking up the o

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
"The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware" what's this based on? it looks pretty slick to me, for what it is On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Kevin Newman wrote: > The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware. The > competition in that space a

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-31 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
do we know what kind of functionality they're up to? i'd heard fp1 and no as but that was a couple of weeks ago and i don't know how seriously they're working on this a On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Carl Welch wrote: > OMG! My faith in humanity has been restored! Thanks!!! > > On Sun, Jan 3

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader error (AS3)

2010-02-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
don't know if it helps but instead of if (pcent0==100) { gotoAndStop("setup"); } i would add a listener for Event.COMPLETE a On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Paul Steven wrote: > I am getting the following error in my browser when I load my flash game > and > would

Re: [Flashcoders] Preloader error (AS3)

2010-02-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
especially as pcent0 is a rounded out number so 99.6% would come out as 100% On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:49 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > don't know if it helps but instead of >if (pcent0==100) { > >

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'll usually put output text content in html with a css file in CDATA tags. Anything that describes that content goes into attributes - like jason says, it uses the xml in the most efficient way. i also will use the sorting abilities of xml and xml list (myxml.nodesToSearch.(@attributeToFind == "s

Re: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
after linkhopping from one of the links on this thread, i came across this post http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/01/sympathy_for_the_devil.html by john nack from adobe i think it addresses some of the points that have been picked up by this list although it still suffers from the flash = video ar

Re: [Flashcoders] XMLList question

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
at 12:39 PM, Alexander Farber < alexander.far...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wrong thread again? I've actually read several AS books :-) > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM, allandt bik-elliott > (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > > i'll usually put output text content in

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's just not my day.

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
try tracing artistBio.length() (note the () - it's different to array) try also tracing artistBio.toString() and artistBio.toXMLString() a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael < michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com> wrote: > Ugh! What am I missing here? > > //XML: > var artData:XML =

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X, it's just not my day.

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
can i also recommend you are a little more verbose with your attribute names? makes the whole thing much more readable a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:27 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > try tracing artistBio.length() (note the () - it's diff

Re: [Flashcoders] Joining XMLList elements

2010-02-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hmmm ordinarily i would loop through the list to accomplish what you're trying to do function handleChat(list:XMLList):void { for (var i:int = 0; i < list.length(); i++) { trace(list[i]); } } On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Alexander Farber wrote: > Sorry, I keep reading th

Re: [Flashcoders] SEO + Flash = any great strategies?

2010-02-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wow i'd like to put this up on our intranet - can i get a link to credit you for this? a On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:46 PM, wrote: > Artur, > > I did some research this morning to unearth the latest best practices. > I'll share the results of my findings. > > I found some information that sugge

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is that the msi built one? that looked nice On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael < michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com> wrote: > What's everyone's take on a possible Google tablet running on Android? Of > course, with the Flash Player that Adobe is building for Android. I saw a > mo

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
how is it as a music player? a On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:24 AM, John R. Sweeney Jr wrote: > I've been a Mac/Apple guy since the Apple IIe and I love the iPhone > (several > of my friends have them) and I've gotten to use it and take for a spin > many, > many times. I just got the Droid around Chr

Re: [Flashcoders] Moock

2010-02-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
good job - time to make it look like a used hooker (that's what mine looks like) good luck a On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM, beno - wrote: > I got the book! (You can all breathe a collective sigh of relief lol.) Yes, > I forgot how essential the O'Reilly books are and yes, I can now understand

Re: [Flashcoders] Creating a XMLList in the source code

2010-02-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
as far as i know, xml list is really designed to be a way of accessing multiple nodes in an xml doc so you would start with an XML object and pull the list from there var xml:XML = ; var list:XMLList = xml.user; best a On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Alexander Farber < alexander.far

Re: [Flashcoders] Has everyone seen this yet?

2010-02-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
msi have a 10in tablet running android coming out (cite http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/msi-shows-off-10-inch-android-tablet-running-new-tegra-chipset/) - looks like it might be this? a On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Paul Andrews wrote: > Paul Andrews wrote: > >> John McCormack wrote: >>

Re: [Flashcoders] Can't Find Libraries

2010-02-25 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
could you reinstall? On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > > Forgive me asking this question here. I tried the newbies list an hour ago, > but I'm just sitting here twiddling my thumbs until I get this > resolved...can't do a thing. And it's an easy question. I just had t

[Flashcoders] DoubleClick AS2 swc/library

2010-03-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if DoubleClick have an AS2 library so that I can use it to write a class in flashdevelop? thanks a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] DoubleClick AS2 swc/library

2010-03-02 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
zip format files. Extract the .ASI file that is the class > you are interfacing. > Assume you know where the file needs to be located for use by FlashDevelop. > Jim > > --- On Mon, 3/1/10, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < > alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: a

Re: [Flashcoders] Draw Outline Slowly

2010-03-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
that's amazing a On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Victor Subervi wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Ivan Dembicki >wrote: > > > Hello Victor, > > > > > Wait a minute! How's that work on curves? Can I scale that, too? > > > > you have one way only: use Bezier package > > http://bezier.goo

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i picked up several books (because you never know which one will prove to be the best to use and 4 of them are from a set) and have been flicking through them and doing some of the tutorials. From my (very) limited experience with cocoa touch i got some amazing insights into the mvc desig

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
in my mvc setup, i use a set of public static constants for event types on the model object and dispatch(new Event(ModelObject.CUSTOM_EVENT_TYPE)); when the listening object receives it, it goes and retrieves the data from a public variable / accessor on the model. There are plenty of reasons to u

[Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if there is a way of using faux fontstyle (italic for me) using a font that has been [Embed]'ed. my DynamicFonts class uses the setup suggested by colin moock - i've tried embedding the font with fontStyle = "italic" but as that isn't part of the font, it errors out. am

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wrote: > Could you describe a little working example how to do this? > > Regards > Cor > > -Original Message- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of allandt > bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.co

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
> Hi, > > You probably have to embed the italic font file - I don't have Helvetica, > but in my windows font's folder there is an italic version of my Arial font > called ARIALI.TTF > > Glen > > > allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > >>

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
t problem in the past and got told off for telling an esteemed > designer that their font sucked ;) > > > allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > >> hey glen >> >> i'm not using helvetica, it's actually a custom cut of bryant with no >> italic

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
> } > > public function handleLoadUpdate(e:Event):void > { >var loadedPercent:String = model. nLoadPercent; > } > > > > > On 26 March 2010 10:19, Cor wrote: > > > Could you describe a little working example how to do this? > > > > Regards >

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
flashdevelops templates are an awesome way to speed up coding, especially as you can update them (i add headings for constants, properties, constructor, methods, handlers and accessors / mutators into mine so that i can easily find everything within a class a On 26 March 2010 15:40, Cor wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
jason's been doing it for a lot longer than me but mine is basically the following: var model:Model = new Model(); var controller1:Controller = new Controller(model); var controller2:Controller = new Controller(model); var view1:View = new View(model, controller1); var view2:View = new View(mode

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
also does it include some of the great shortcut stuff from fdt and fd like the shortcuts for creating methods or jumping to a method / variable implementation from it's usage which fb3 was sorely missing? a On 29 March 2010 09:51, John McCormack wrote: > I will be buying it shortly. It's a gre

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ove a line up > command+downarrow: move a line down > command+shift+uparrow: duplicate a line up > command+shift+downarrow: duplicate a line down > > that's in fb3/4, and i assume it's in fdt too as they're both based on > eclipse, but i don't know for sure.

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the way i understand it, the controller is supposed to provide the logic and functionality for the views as well as acting as an intermediary between the view and the model (my version fires events back to the views but others use the controller to pass events back from the model to the view as wel

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
:) On 29 March 2010 18:03, Dave Watts wrote: > > there is plenty of commentary out there to suggest that the controller is > > largely unnecessary and that the views can do it all as encapsulated > objects > > (i've even read something by someone much smarter than me [ > > http://c2.com/cgi-bin/

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
reading through the docs for robot legs left me feeling a bit lost wth is [Inject] and why have i never heard of it before? a On 29 March 2010 23:54, Steven Sacks wrote: > MVC Public Service Announcement > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91C7ax0UAAc > > If you want to learn about MVC, pick up t

Re: [Flashcoders] What good is a Controller?

2010-03-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh - i over simplied that example and ended up with the wrong answer On 30 March 2010 14:25, Karina Steffens wrote: > While html and css would certainly be part of the View, and the database > (MySQL, XML or any other way of holding data) would be part of the Model > layer, I agree with Dave

[Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i thought you might like to join in is anyone here from the UK and worried about the digital economy bill because as a father of 2 and a flash developer who needs access to the internet, i'm bricking it pertinent li

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: DEBill

2010-04-08 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
understood On 8 April 2010 15:01, Dave Watts wrote: > > hey guys > > > > sorry to fly off topic but as this is because of an internet discussion i > > thought you might like to join in > > While I'm not from the UK, I do share your sympathies. But this is not > the place to discuss this topic. >

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
Adobe should announce after cs5 that cs6 will be pc and linux only I've been a lifelong Apple fan (maybe even fanboy) but over the last couple of years, with their stance on flash, suing htc using patents they basically bought instead of competing and now this crap, i am slowly phasing all of my

[Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i'm currently researching 3d engines for a project that i might be working and i was wondering which, if any, of the 3d engines that people have used and which they value the most papervision, sandy and away 3d seem to be the most prominent choices and i'm leaning towards away 3d but i d

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
April 09, 2010 8:14 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D > engines? > > > I've used Papervision. It's not too hard to use once you get over the > learning curve. It's very well documented - why I choose t

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 On 11 April 2010 23:00, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) < ematth...@webershandwick.com> wrote: > OK, that sort of makes sense - the "sort of" because cross-platform > compiled apps can already be accepted or rejected at the app

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i was in print at the time that came out and i remember that. As a platform the mac was failing, the powerpc chip was flaky and quite often not living up to the workhorse quadra chips before it. Adobe was looking at pulling out as a business decision because premiere was very popular on pc and the

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
27;t get the flashonomy down. > > (and today I stumbled upon the WePad, another iPad pretender... may I say > with an added appeal) > > Cedric > > > Well said Lee Brimelow. >> >> Apple wielding the knife like this makes them look >> angry, isolated and desperat

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
g as well. > > You can also develop your app in CS5 and it work. Oh... and no > > developer fees.. (I don't believe) > > They are also talking about jailbreaking iPads. :)) > > Might be worth some peoples time to research. > > > > Best, > > >

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkqbycvuKw&feature=player_embedded * * <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkqbycvuKw&feature=player_embedded>*apologies in advance ;) * On 12 April 2010 11:12, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > ooo this

Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreemen t Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Co mpiler

2010-04-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
://blog.iphone-dev.org/ > > > > > > My point being that Apple doesn't really have the strong hold they > > > think they do when it comes to their SDK. > > > Cydia Store is a jailbroken app that lets you sell your own > > > applications. They don't ta

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
unity also exports to wii and soon android ( http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity-unveils-3rd-generation-platform-press.html) although sadly the much lauded support for iphone is now gone these factors make it highly likely that unity will stick around for a bit longer than the previous 3d web pl

Re: [Flashcoders] current consensus of available Flash 3D engines?

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah and ps3 and xbox 360 On 15 April 2010 10:04, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > unity also exports to wii and soon android ( > http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity-unveils-3rd-generation-platform-press.html) > although sadly the much lau

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
is it using an f4v? because they have an onXMPData which they use which fulfills a similar role (although i thought they had metadata as well) a On 13 April 2010 17:34, kennethkawam...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Flash Coders, > > I have this issue: NetStream onMetaData does not get triggered. Using

[Flashcoders] SOLUTION: converting string to unicode range

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys spent a couple of hours googleoogling around to find something to quickly convert a string of special characters into a unicode range to no avail so i've written a function to do it for me and i thought some of you dynamic font embedders might appreciate it [code] package uk.co.therecept

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple iPad

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ROFL On 15 April 2010 16:55, Matt S. wrote: > Most. ironic. spam. evar. > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ F

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-15 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
:( > -- > Kenneth Kawamoto > http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ > > On 15 April 2010 10:40, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) > wrote: > > is it using an f4v? because they have an onXMPData which they use which > > fulfills a similar role (although i thought they

Re: [Flashcoders] NetStream onMetaData does not get called

2010-04-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
just a thought - it's amazing how many times i wrack my brains trying to find a solution to a problem that is just something i assumed was done that wasn't i got nothing apart from that On 15 April 2010 20:15, Henrik Andersson wrote: > allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrot

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
any developer can add an app to their phone through the compilation options from xcode using the sdk but there's no way i know of rolling this out to the public. i think for what you want, going through the cydia ( http://www.appsafari.com/software/5325/cydia/) store on jailbroken phones / pods is

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
note: to roll out an app to your dev handset requires a 100$ iphone developer license On 20 April 2010 15:00, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > any developer can add an app to their phone through the compilation options > from xcode using the sdk

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
sure but you can compile to your own handset for testing as much as you like - it just won't get through the appstore approval process On 20 April 2010 15:24, Paul Andrews wrote: > On 20/04/2010 15:01, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: > >> note: to roll out a

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and iThingammybob

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
working practices are based on broken agreements. > > On 20 April 2010 15:24, Paul Andrews wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 20/04/2010 15:01, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> note: to roll out an app to your dev ha

Re: [Flashcoders] Seamless e-commerce for AS3? Noob question

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i've never seen one specifically made for flash - my guess is that you'll need to create an interface for something xml based a On 20 April 2010 17:40, Steve Klein wrote: > Hello, All- >I don't want to bomb the list with info that's probably been covered > to death, but I'm having limit

Re: [Flashcoders] Hello Everyone!!

2010-04-20 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
^ this On 20 April 2010 18:12, Henrik Andersson wrote: > Ryan P wrote: > >> I am kinda new to this listing thing. I am on here cause a friend of my >> uses >> this for help with AS3. Is there a faq about how this works, so I don't >> waste anyones time.. >> >> Thanks!! >> >> > Just one rule: don

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash & Google

2010-04-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
does google still ignore the fragment identifiers used in swfaddress urls? if so do you do any .htaccess redirecting to get around this as otherwise, even with a set of links in your no flash div, you'll still only end up with a set of links into the index a On 21 April 2010 01:21, tom rhodes wr

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
this basically sums up why apple don't support flash "Another Adobe claim is that Apple devices cannot play Flash games. This is true. Fortunately, there are over 50,000 games and entertainment titles on the App Store, and many of them are free." in other words 'we don't want you to play flash ga

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
some thoughts, point-by-point http://www.thefieldcomic.com/2010/04/29/steve-jobs-just-blew-up-the-internet/ a On 30 April 2010 10:46, Jim Andrews wrote: > i see the html quake is not actually available to play in t

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the quake 2 demo doesn't simply run in a browser - it requires a bit of setting up http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/ On 30 April 2010 11:23, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Well if you can run a game like Quake II inside HTML 5, then HTML 5 should > handle flash without a plugin. > > Karl > >

Re: [Flashcoders] iPhone viable solutions???

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
at sxsw, the adobe guy giving the flash talk was getting pummelled by the audience about flash's absence from the iShiny and his eventual response (so i reliably informed) was 'we make tools' i take this to mean that when the plugin has outlived it's usefulness, they'll already be exporting to the

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: HTML5 capabilitites

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
very nice On 30 April 2010 13:31, Andrew Murphy wrote: > A few people have posted wondering about HTML5's capabilities so I thought > I'd share a few web pages that I've come across which give some more > details. I am by no means an expert on this subject! (Who is yet?) These > are just some

Re: [Flashcoders] Template w/ XML?

2010-04-30 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi john xml is the de-facto way of externalising data for flash (there are others but xml is the best imo) and as3 implements e4x (as2 was much more clunky for this) i'd recommend picking up essential actionscript 3 by colin moock ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-ActionScript-3-0-Colin-Moock/d

Re: [Flashcoders] iPhone viable solutions???

2010-05-04 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
t; >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Karl DeSaulniers > >wrote: >> >> Well if they can do this.. >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/ >>> >>> I am thinking that HTML 5 could run flash without a plugin poss

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-05 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i'd also recommend having a root node and an xml type declaration at the start a On 5 May 2010 14:05, Paul Andrews wrote: > On 05/05/2010 13:49, John Singleton wrote: > >> Hi; >> I have this in an external xml file: >> >> >> This is some more of the home page. >> >> >> My objective is to us

Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question

2010-05-06 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i agree with kenneth - swf address forms the basis of my navigation i take the current url from the swfaddress event in my model, pass it through a function to make sure the url exists and then dispatch the page change event to the rest of the application which updates the page view and the naviga

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
one of the best comments on digg: [quote] iTunes and Quicktime are absolute piles of shit. People talk about Flash crashing a browser? Quicktime is just as bad. Complete shit. iTunes is just as bad as Outlook when it comes to bloatware. Not to mention a horrible to use piece of software. [/quote]

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
ah just re-read the article - this is a javascript framework so nothing to see i guess? a On 10 May 2010 10:19, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > one of the best comments on digg: > > [quote] > iTunes and Quicktime are absolute piles of

Re: [Flashcoders] debugging Flash apps

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i use flashdevelop, the debugger plugin for firefox and a console logging class that i wrote which i pick up using firebug in firefox a On 8 May 2010 09:01, Jim Andrews wrote: > > > I tend to use MonsterDebugger a lot. It is easy to debug stuff in almost >> any >> setting outside of mobile d

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
omer.woa/wo/0.> > > beware, these are extremely horrible proof of concept. The static forms > loading is way too long ... and somewhat seems abnormal :| > > Cedric > > > > > ah just re-read the article - this is a javascript framework >> >> so n

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple developing flash-like alternative

2010-05-10 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i find that (even on a mac) iTunes slowly drains the machine of clocks and memory (i don't use it on the pc - if only i could avoid quicktime in the same way) A On 10 May 2010 13:08, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: > I can understand the Quicktime complaints, but what are the common > complaints abou

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://www.t3.com/news/amazon-mp3-store-launches-android-app?=43281 i prefer the amazon mp3 store on the desktop anyway - i don't know how good it is on android but the promise is there at least a On 11 May 2010 18:42, Dave Wat

Re: [Flashcoders] RE: changing parent from child

2010-05-12 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
definitely - parents call public methods on children, children fire events to inform parents to call methods i never call parent functions from a child a On 11 May 2010 18:15, jonathan howe wrote: > As soon as you removeChild on child1, it loses the reference to the parent. > If you want to co

Re: [Flashcoders] Oh the irony

2010-05-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i think that adobe should concentrate on 2 areas - the air runtime for application development and the canvas tag for web deployment at the sxsw conference, the adobe flash guy was getting a lot crap over the canvas tag and he eventually responded with the none-too-indecipherable statement that 'a

Re: [Flashcoders] Loader.unload not freeing the memory

2010-05-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
isn't unload buggy still? http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html a On 27 May 2010 13:55, Glen Pike wrote: > Also note that Flash will only free up memory it thinks it needs to... > > > On 27/05/2010

Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision 3d help

2010-05-27 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
yeh you're going to have to get heavily into some as3 - there's no half measures with pv a On 25 May 2010 21:26, Merrill, Jason wrote: > You need to download the Papervision3D library. And you have to know how > to use Papervision - you can't just apply small little parts of it to > other Flash

[Flashcoders] right to left text in fp9 using xml

2010-05-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys can anyone give me any pointers as to how to support right to left text like arabic in a as3 fp9 site i've done please? my xml is all utf-8 if that makes a difference? thanks guys a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] union 1000-user free licence announced (multiuser dev platform)

2010-05-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
sweet - now let's get win-gee to re-release his junglewar game and we're set :D a On 28 May 2010 06:12, co...@moock.org wrote: > greetings flashcoders. > > at fitc, we recently announced a free 1000-user licence for union: > > http://www.unionplatform.com/?p=1115 > > also, this week, we posted

Re: [Flashcoders] right to left text in fp9 using xml

2010-05-28 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
} else { >>textLine.x = _text.x; >>} >> textLine.y = prevLine ? prevLine.y + >> textLine.height : _text.y + fmt.size; >>_fteContainer.addChild(textLine); >>

Re: [Flashcoders] XML and htmlText

2010-06-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
i think that textfields treat returns (\n or \r) in what it expects to be html text as whitespace i'd recommend wrapping any html in and just inserting them wholesale rather than getting them as children of a node so which can be brought into a textfield like this myText.htmlText = xml

[Flashcoders] another flash without flash library

2010-06-01 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
http://smokescreen.us/ js lib converts flash to svg and html5 they've said they will be open sourcing the project soon works pretty okay on my iphone as well a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] another flash without flash library

2010-06-03 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
it's further ahead than gordon - i think it's a good start On 2 June 2010 00:09, Peter B wrote: > Shame it doesn't supporet anu of the really ineteresting stuff Flash does > though. > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >

Re: [Flashcoders] Realaxy ActionScript Editor public beta

2010-06-09 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
interesting - thanks On 9 June 2010 16:42, Piers Cowburn wrote: > wow. > > > On 9 Jun 2010, at 16:16, Ivan Dembicki wrote: > > > Hello flashCoders, > > > > Realaxy ActionScript Editor public beta released. > > http://realaxy.com > > > > -- > > iv > > http://www.bezier.ru > > http://bezier.google

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting mc

2010-06-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
trace this that calls detailsname.visible = true; a On 11 June 2010 14:53, Lehr, Theodore wrote: > So I am rolling over one mc to impact another and I am trying: > > function showDetails(e:Event):void > { > this["details"+e.currentTarget.name].visible=true; > } > > why does this not work?

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting mc

2010-06-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
things to trace this e.currentTarget.name e.target.name.name (e.currentTarget as DisplayObject).name best a On 11 June 2010 15:06, Henrik Andersson wrote: > Cor wrote: > >> Not sure what or how your object which fires the event looks like? >> But try: >> ["details"+e.currentTarget.name].visib

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting mc

2010-06-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
bugger e.target.name <http://e.target.name.name/> <http://e.target.name.name/>not e.target.name.name On 11 June 2010 15:11, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: > things to trace > > this > e.currentTarget.name > e.targe

Re: [Flashcoders] targeting mc

2010-06-11 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
also - have you set mouseChildren = false on the items that fire the event if you don't need mouseevents from the children On 11 June 2010 15:12, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla...@gmail.com> wrote: bugger e.target.name <http://e.target.name.name/> not e.target

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamically Creating an XML Request

2010-06-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
there's this http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/XML.html#elements() you should also search for e4x wildcards if you want to search for a list of nodes that have a common attribute it's li

[Flashcoders] as3 flvPlayback seekbar

2010-06-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i usually use a Video class with a netstream object to show video but i've been trying to implement the (supposedly) simpler flvplayback component because of the extra functionality that it provides (like variable streams and metadata cuepoints in f4vs) however i'm trying to add a stand

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 flvPlayback seekbar

2010-06-17 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
the swc for the flvplayback so whichever version ships with that best a On 17 June 2010 17:53, Bob Wohl wrote: > What version is the FLVPlayback? Have you tried using a simple skin to see > if that works as expected? > > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:42 AM, allandt bik-elliott (th

Re: [Flashcoders] Free FDT Course

2010-06-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
do they give fdt away for the same price? a On 21 June 2010 15:40, John McCormack wrote: > This is an excellent course, and free for the moment - but probably not for > long: > > Advanced ActionScript Development with FDT > > Choose the one with no price: > > http://www.richmediainstitute.com/c

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 flvPlayback seekbar

2010-06-21 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey i'm just about to implement another one of these (i used a skin for that last project in the end) so i'll no doubt come across the same issue again - i'll be able to better test the events then a On 17 June 2010 18:45, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < alla..

Re: [Flashcoders] Reverse Compiling

2010-06-22 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
can i recommend installing a subversion server into your workflow to avoid future problems? a On 22 June 2010 15:30, Matt Perkins wrote: > You can "decompile" it using 3rd part tools but the results aren't perfect. > > I've used SoThink's Decompiler in the past the edit vendor code (they > didn

Re: [Flashcoders] Reverse Compiling

2010-06-22 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
You might want to check out versions On 22 Jun 2010 18:17, "Kerry Thompson" wrote: Gustavo Duenas wrote: > how can I install a subversion server on a mac? Do you want an SVN client on a Mac, or do you want to have a Mac SVN server? I've installed SVN on a Linux server, and the client on Mac an

[Flashcoders] Tweener still in development

2010-06-24 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hi guys does anyone know if tweener is still being developed as the updates seem to have gone quiet for the last year(ish)? thanks a ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

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