[Flashcoders] Comparing HEX

2006-10-30 Thread Aaron Buchanan
the closest match for, I also have an array of other colors that are all shades of yellow: -- var myColor:Number = 0xffcc00 var similarColors:Array = [ 0xfce427, 0xdcb30a, 0xa48611]; -- What would be the best way to loop the array and find the best match to myColor? Thanks in Advance! -- Aaron

Re: [Flashcoders] Comparing HEX

2006-10-30 Thread Aaron Buchanan
://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/bitwise_operators.html Thx! a On 10/30/06 3:10 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all! I am looking for a reference to read up on comparing two or more color values. I have not done a whole lot of work with color math so any foundation articles

RE: [Flashcoders] (Taboo) What to charge

2006-09-27 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Hi kev, I always break down the hours. For me it is time consuming until you are able to liscence your codebase for projects. Then the process of bidding can go much faster. I don't have the time to look at your links atm, but I can give you a couple tip to help. First take a look at what's

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Change publish path dynamically

2006-09-25 Thread Aaron Buchanan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Software Development Position

2006-09-15 Thread Aaron Buchanan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Software Development Position

2006-09-15 Thread Aaron Buchanan
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Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
a flourishing LA group of friends, there are obvious signs that the end, is in fact, nearing. =P -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media.com | T 909 702 1368 On 9/12/06 10:15 AM, Zeh Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tween a banner

Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
That's awesome. On 9/14/06 4:28 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it's crazy, but hell, it cost me 7hrs or work, I got a new site out of it, and the job I wanted. -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368

Re: *** Spam *** Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website

2006-08-10 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Hi Tony, I am using it on a site I am doing now, http://build.lab-media.com/mpvs Cheers! Aaron On 8/9/06 9:26 PM, Anthony Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: use javascript to resize the swf's object height attribute, so that when your user opens a section that will increase your stage height

Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website

2006-08-10 Thread Aaron Buchanan
-media.com/mpvs Cheers! -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media.com | T 909 702 1368 On 8/9/06 10:28 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tone, noScale showAll? They are not mutually exclusive? Typing without thinking to hard. What will this do for me? If you're

Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website

2006-08-10 Thread Aaron Buchanan
On 8/10/06 11:04 AM, dnk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron Buchanan wrote: Hi Bjorn, There is an issue that occurs when users with smaller monitors (13 macbooks) accessing 100% flash content. Say you do not want to scale the content down to 13. You also do not want to write a flash scroller

Re: *** Spam *** Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website

2006-08-10 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Ditto- thx I wasn't using the style method before and was having trouble with safari, HG's version works well :) http://build.lab-media.com/mpvs/ Cheers all! Aaron -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 8/10/06 5:37 PM, Anthony Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash based website

2006-08-09 Thread Aaron Buchanan
want to see will slide up. All in all, good work. Just tighten down those screws and enjoy not having to do it again for a while. (im still milking my 04 site, lol. -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 8/9/06 1:49 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: very nice

Re: [Flashcoders] Google maps api

2006-07-19 Thread Aaron Buchanan
without the knowledge or permission of Google Inc -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 7/19/06 11:10 AM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could write a proxy and have middleware like Ruby on Rails or PHP do the communication with the google API

Re: [Flashcoders] Google maps api

2006-07-19 Thread Aaron Buchanan
One strength of the ymaps are the rss integration :), I do prefer yahoo's flash to the fc gmap component, for usability and extensibility, legality? -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 On 7/19/06 12:58 PM, Dave Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help me out here

Re: [Flashcoders] Yahoo! Maps api

2006-07-18 Thread Aaron Buchanan
foo:NavigatorWidget = new NavigatorWidget('closed'); use: var foo:com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget = new com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget('closed'); etc. There is another way to fix this, but I can't remember it ;-P Kevin N. Aaron Buchanan wrote: Anyone seen any

Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode

2006-07-18 Thread Aaron Buchanan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode

2006-07-18 Thread Aaron Buchanan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Techniques to disable/enable debug mode

2006-07-18 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Silver/grey with a funny lookin f? a On 7/18/06 4:19 PM, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think mine has the sweetest logo for any debugger I have ever seen... On 7/18/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And does it have a cool logo? Huh? Hehe. a On 7/18/06 4

Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Application Framework

2006-07-18 Thread Aaron Buchanan
One of my fav's On 7/18/06 1:26 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Pragmatic Programmer http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook/index.shtml ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search

Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!

2006-07-16 Thread Aaron Buchanan
I have noticed quite a few issues with focus. When I jump to another program, I can click something on the stage of my project and it will update the props panel and actions, and bring flash up, but the focus stays on the other app, so I cannot modify anything until I click the flash logo. Would

Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!

2006-07-16 Thread Aaron Buchanan
On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Aaron Buchanan wrote: I have noticed quite a few issues with focus. When I jump to another program, I can click something on the stage of my project and it will update the props panel and actions, and bring flash up, but the focus stays on the other app, so I

Re: [Flashcoders] I want new Flash 8!

2006-07-16 Thread Aaron Buchanan
these issues resolved. Mike On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Aaron Buchanan wrote: I have noticed quite a few issues with focus. When I jump to another program, I can click something on the stage of my project and it will update the props panel and actions, and bring flash up, but the focus

[Flashcoders] Yahoo! Maps api

2006-07-16 Thread Aaron Buchanan
** Symbol=yahoomap, layer=//as, frame=1:Line 7: The class or interface 'com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget' could not be loaded. import com.yahoo.maps.widgets.NavigatorWidget; Thx! A -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, AvatarLabs | T 818 728 6778

Re: [Flashcoders] Detecting a Sound Card

2006-07-07 Thread Aaron Buchanan
A good timeline goes a long way :) On 7/7/06 10:18 AM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not everything has to be done in code. Flash has timelines and you should use them. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-30 Thread Aaron Buchanan
If adobe would stop boycotting it, heh. Jk just waiting for photoshop at the moment.. On 6/29/06 1:46 PM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it sucks... but a reason to buy a mactel though ;-) ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-29 Thread Aaron Buchanan
That's along the lines of what im thinkin On 6/28/06 7:38 PM, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:03 PM, coroner wrote: no, no joke at all... i downloaded this and installed it in the afternoon... it' sflash 9 public alpha ... flash 9, as 3 I guess Mac users

Re: [Flashcoders] Sound markers

2006-06-27 Thread Aaron Buchanan
I heard Flash Player 9 has some new sound goodies, but couldn't turn up a link.. Anyone got one? a On 6/27/06 12:05 AM, Christophe Herreman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, does anyone have a proper solution for simulating markers in (mp3) sound files? As far as I understood, these

Re: [Flashcoders] Sound markers

2006-06-27 Thread Aaron Buchanan
From weyert: http://labs.adobe.com/subversion/flashplatform/projects/actionscriptsamples/ trunk/src/actionscript3/sound/ComputeSpectrum/ComputeSpectrum.as On 6/27/06 1:33 PM, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice trick, Christophe - thanks for sharing that. You never know what might come

Re: [Flashcoders] For...in counts backwards?

2006-06-20 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Great article, thanks steven! On 6/20/06 10:22 AM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's how the for-in loop works, no idea why. for in loops go backwards because they compile to reverse loops which are MUCH faster than forward loops. For more detailed information on this

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-16 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Bump for any ideas? On 6/14/06 9:44 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I asked, I found a bunch of people mentioning this bug. Sorry for bein lazy.. According to some livedocs post, we cannot rely on this event because: The problem is that the MovieClipLoader.onLoadError

Re: [Flashcoders] flashcoders google search

2006-06-16 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Very cool, thx muzak! One next step could be to write a lil firefox quicksearch plugin. Cheers! On 6/16/06 8:16 PM, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put together a little Flash app that will search the FlashCoders archive, through Google: http://muzakdeezign.com/flashcoders/ Uses the Google

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-15 Thread Aaron Buchanan
allowScriptAccess to never. Crazy the hoops you need to jump through to even attempt to get this information. best, - rajat On 6/14/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I asked, I found a bunch of people mentioning this bug. Sorry for bein lazy.. According to some

Re: [Flashcoders] The Delegate class ...

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
What is the difference between that and this: class SomeClass { private var a:Number = 3; function SomeClass(mc:MovieClip){ var thisObj = this; // Set a reference to this mc.onRelease = function(){ thisObj.onRelease(); }

[Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
I am doing some flash ads and was trying to find out if there is a property that I can read the url of the html page that called my current .swf file. I know that MovieClip._url will tell me where the .swf file's sitting, but what do I read for the serving page's location? Thx! Aaron

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
, this.getNextHighestDepth ()); my_mcl.loadClip (SomeFileThatDoesntExist, clip1_mc); Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 3:52 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am doing some flash ads and was trying to find out if there is a property that I can read the url of the html page that called my current .swf file. I

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
The problem is that the only thing I can deliver is a .swf file. I cannot pass anything in because it is served by an ad tracking system. Thx tho :) On 6/14/06 4:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can send a parameter in source code like: manualy param name=movie

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Without being able to execute any js, I'm not sure I could get that to work? Unless I tried via raw js calls via ExternalInterface(). But that would only work for flash 8 ads, and we get away with very little of those, the majority is still F7. Thanks though! Aaron On 6/14/06 4:17 PM, [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
to field is empty in your example. Also your variable servedToUrl isn't being utilized in the code that you provided. Did I overlook something? Jameson On 6/14/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alright, I had a theory that if you were to try and load a relative file

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Interesting find Jameson! I just ran it on a pc here at the office and it worked in IE and failed in Firefox. It also fails on OS X in firefox. Anyone know of any issues with onLoadError not being triggered from firefox? Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 8:45 PM, Jameson Hsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [Flashcoders] .swf's containing html's location

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
else have any ideas? I'm about out, sigh. Thx! Aaron On 6/14/06 9:06 PM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting find Jameson! I just ran it on a pc here at the office and it worked in IE and failed in Firefox. It also fails on OS X in firefox. Anyone know of any issues

Re: *** Spam *** [Flashcoders] xls - xml mapping

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Quick search turned this up: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/01/09/q-and-a.html A On 6/15/06 9:47 AM, Kedar Mehendale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have designed a website in flash with a xml backend. All the products are called from the xml datasheet. Now the client wants a simpler way of

Re: *** Spam *** [Flashcoders] xls - xml mapping

2006-06-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Here is another, has more implementation in a non-complex xml schema http://www.meadinkent.co.uk/xl_xml1.htm a On 6/15/06 9:47 AM, Kedar Mehendale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have designed a website in flash with a xml backend. All the products are called from the xml datasheet. Now the

Re: [Flashcoders] Eolas fix and backspace key flash bug

2006-06-13 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Fresh off the Flash coders content degrading thread, eh? On 6/13/06 11:54 AM, Michael Stuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alec Matusis schrieb: Can anyone explain this behavior? Is this an IE bug? why don't you use another browser like FF test your cases, and tell us ? this list is all about

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Flash coders content degrading (Mark Winter halder)

2006-06-13 Thread Aaron Buchanan
lol On 6/13/06 2:06 PM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You do realize that this is, and always has been, an unmoderated list, right? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software Dave, please keep your replies on-topic. :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash coders content degrading

2006-06-12 Thread Aaron Buchanan
I use rules with entourage, and then filter by subject, you can delete all messages with a matching subject that way. Somethin like that might work for you. I'm sure u can do it in outlook as well. a On 6/12/06 7:37 AM, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno if its me skilling up (which

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool

2006-06-11 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Wow, that would be such an awesome feature! On 6/11/06 4:09 AM, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this way you can indent message which belogn to a specific method. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool

2006-06-11 Thread Aaron Buchanan
One feature of the tool is that while you are developing in flash, you can toggle each broadcaster's trace output and an optional parameter to the constructor. If you set it to true, your broadcast messages will appear in the output panel, prefixed by the channelName: Message..., if you set it to

Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?

2006-06-11 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Hey Kev - This is achieved to listening to the Stage object. It's super simple. I actually have a little snippet that I use over and over when I am gonna do stage stuff. It's below, the formatting get's messed up here, so I'll post a lil FLA example, if you like. Basically, I create 9 arrays of

Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?

2006-06-11 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Threw together a quick example for you: http://lab-media.com/transfer/chattyfig/StageObject.fla.zip ;] A On 6/11/06 10:29 AM, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Kev - This is achieved to listening to the Stage object. It's super simple. I actually have a little snippet that I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool

2006-06-11 Thread Aaron Buchanan
On the console side, it would be easy to implement a filtering mechanism that would let you sort by keywords, or even search for your own. But as it stands, there is no support for additional flags. There is an extra object that I set up as a parameter to the broadcaster, metaData, but was never

Re: [Flashcoders] Stretching Designs - Coded?

2006-06-11 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Attachment was stripped, can you send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will post along with mine :) a On 6/11/06 11:15 AM, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron, thanks for putting together that example. I made an example of keeping an element in the center of the Stage using zmc_tween along

[Flashcoders] Flash Debugging Tool

2006-06-10 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Hey guys, I made this little tool about 3-4 months ago to let debug live rich ads with synced animations. The tool itself is simple and lightweight, but has managed to be an important part of my work. A few people have referred me to john's tool, I will definitely play with it when I get a

Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position

2006-06-09 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Lol, I think I took that job, sigh. I left a long time ago though, heh. On 6/9/06 12:48 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, if you hadn't been rude in your reply, I'd have let it go. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position

2006-06-09 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Sorry, new here. What's ot? Thx dave! On 6/9/06 12:57 PM, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This thread is now OT. Please don't prolong it. Thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position

2006-06-09 Thread Aaron Buchanan
] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Buchanan Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 4:14 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Littleloud: Flash Developer Position Sorry, new here. What's ot? Thx dave! On 6/9/06 12:57 PM, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Stage.align Wish

2006-06-07 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Isnt that the default? On 6/7/06 7:22 PM, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be cool to have: StageAlign.CENTER - so the stage would be centered horizontally AND vertically... - e.dolecki ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Funny

2006-06-05 Thread Aaron Buchanan
http://abum.com/file/shadow/animations/17632.swf Now get back to work ;) -- Aaron ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to

[Flashcoders] Batch Upload and resize

2006-06-01 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Hello all, I am trying to optimize an upload tool build in html by using the flash 8 upload goodness. I have used the download features, but haven't had time yet to play with the upload feature. The tool I looking to rebuild will allow the user to select up to 10 files and press submit. As it

Re: [Flashcoders] Wrapping a loaded image onto a cylinder?

2006-06-01 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Underwater could be done with displacement masks / perlin noise. Haven't done personally, but grant skinner had an amazing example at fitc so try googling for that. Also, check his experiments site and maybe hit his blog for some source. http://galleryincomplet.com http://gskinner.com/blog As