[Flashcoders] [OT] Studio 8 licensing in intelMac dual boot scenario

2006-05-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
Does anyone know if two separate licenses for Studio 8 are needed if running bootcamp on the new mactels? We are currently exploring moving some of our workstations to a dual boot scenario, but right now the licensing is a show stopper for us. If anyone at Adobe could clarify that would be wonderfu

RE: [Flashcoders] Assign instance names with JSFL

2006-03-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
>From the docs: fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].name = "clip_mc"; First you have to add the item to the stage. Then, grab a reference to the timeline object and select the MovieClip by walking the layers / frames / elements array. In the past I've locked all

RE: working with numbers loaded from XML was [Flashcoders] if not working.(urgent help again?)

2006-02-04 Thread Brooks Andrus
Everything brought in via xml is considered to be a String by Flash. When you parse the xml you need to cast the values as the correct data type, or use something like parseInt() to convert a string to a numeric value. Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing lis

RE: [Flashcoders] sync to flash 7 flv-files

2006-01-25 Thread Brooks Andrus
See my blog post on the drawbacks of the NetStream class for more info: http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=20 Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Player 8 Statistics

2006-01-25 Thread Brooks Andrus
I saw a post from John Dowdell a couple of weeks back and he indicated that the latest research data would be available on Jan 31. He also said that preliminary numbers point to an extremely fast adoption rate, even by Flash standards. I'd try hitting his blog archives if you're not happy with my s

RE: SPAM-LOW: [Flashcoders] Flash8 Tree Gurus

2006-01-23 Thread Brooks Andrus
This may do the trick for you: treeInstance.getNodeDisplayedAt(index) Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] RE: multiline RadioButton in Flash 8

2006-01-20 Thread Brooks Andrus
The code in question exhibits different behavior when published for Flash 7 (works) vs Flash 8 (doesn't work). _ From: Brooks Andrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:35 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: multiline RadioButton in Fla

[Flashcoders] multiline RadioButton in Flash 8

2006-01-20 Thread Brooks Andrus
Anyone know why attempting to make a RadioButton label multiline in Flash 8 will not work? The following code snippet results in totally different behavior: import mx.controls.RadioButton; var rad:RadioButton = this.createClassObject( RadioButton, "rad", 1 ); rad.setSize( 100, 44 ); r

RE: [Flashcoders] XLIFF editors

2006-01-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
Oops, sorry about that--I had asked a question about XLIFF earlier and didn't realize your response was a different thread. Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] XLIFF editors

2006-01-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
Hey man I appreciate the links--I've been wading through my own google results, but I'll dive in to some that you sent as well. I was kind of hoping that maybe there was some conventional wisdom or expertise on the list that could give me an idea of what I should be looking at (I was hopeful some o

RE: [Flashcoders] Seeking on CD's

2006-01-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
You've got a data throughput bottleneck--most aren't aware that an flv has to cache keyframes before seeking from keyframe to keyframe becomes near "fast". If you play all the way to the end of the file you should be able to seek back to the one hour point in a snap, but if you are at the beginning

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and CDATA XML

2006-01-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
I'm sorry, I misunderstood your post--I didn't catch that you were creating the xml via AS. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do, but using CDATA tags in AS generated xml and expecting the CDATA tags to be stripped out when you work that xml object isn't going to work because the xml (a bi

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and CDATA XML

2006-01-09 Thread Brooks Andrus
I've been using CDATA without issues in Flash 7 and Flash 8. Brooks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tech Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:28 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and CDATA XML With Flash 8, can

[Flashcoders] multilanguage xliff fformat

2006-01-06 Thread Brooks Andrus
Anyone out there done any multilanguage Flash applications (specifically closed captioning) and used the xliff format? I noticed that if you're using the Strings Panel in Flash that xliff is required. I don't intend to use the Strings Panel, but wondered if theres any consensus out there about usin

RE: [Flashcoders] flv batch encoding

2005-12-25 Thread Brooks Andrus
Sorenson 4.2 allows you to create cue points and has two-pass encoding for the vp6 codec. Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] generating documentation

2005-12-20 Thread Brooks Andrus
I've used Natural Docs for ActionScript documentation in the past http://naturaldocs.org/ Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] controlling the framerate of a swf file at runtime

2005-12-19 Thread Brooks Andrus
I've seen the this "trick" before, but in my situation the file being played back already has sound in it--I guess I just assumed loading in another swf with audio wouldn't have any effect--I'll give it a shot though. Brooks Rumor was, you could load a streaming sound from a faster swf, but never

[Flashcoders] controlling the framerate of a swf file at runtime

2005-12-19 Thread Brooks Andrus
We were down and out there for a bit, so I'm going to resubmit this question. Anyone know if it's possible to control the framerate of a movie at runtime? Specifically I've got a swf which has audio as well as visual data, but I'd like to be able to speed up the playback of both the audio and vid

[Flashcoders] controlling the framerate of a swf file at runtime

2005-12-19 Thread Brooks Andrus
Anyone know if its possible to control the framerate of a movie at runtime? Specifically I've got a swf which has audio as well as visual data, but I'd like to be able to speed up the playback of both the audio and video ( students who are watching recorded lectures often want to listen to their pr

[Flashcoders] FLV playback from network shares always fails

2005-12-07 Thread Brooks Andrus
In Flash Player 8 flv files always fail to load when launched from a network share ( the html, swf, and flv all reside in the network share ). Anyone found a resolution to this bug, or can someone from Adobe give an explanation for why this is the case? Really pulling my hair out over this one.

Re: [Flashcoders] Screen Capture with Flash

2005-12-02 Thread Brooks Andrus
t; Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... > > Jim > > -Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brooks > Andrus > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:27 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Scree

Re: [Flashcoders] Screen Capture with Flash

2005-12-02 Thread Brooks Andrus
Also, doesn't the FileReference class allow you to download a fileare you saying that macromedia is actually altering the player with their download? On 12/2/05, Brooks Andrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So how are the camera and microphone streams handled? The player

Re: [Flashcoders] Screen Capture with Flash

2005-12-02 Thread Brooks Andrus
screen camera approach (camtasia or similar.) > > Jim > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brooks > Andrus > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:53 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcode

Re: [Flashcoders] Screen Capture with Flash

2005-12-02 Thread Brooks Andrus
tidmedia.com > > There are other products available but I haven't tried them. > SWF studio pro is one of them I think > > Regards, > Dimitrios > > - Original Message - > From: "Brooks Andrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing l

[Flashcoders] Screen Capture with Flash

2005-12-02 Thread Brooks Andrus
Does anyone know if its possible to do screen capture with a Flash Application? If so any pointers on where to get started? Thanks, Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flash

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 and SCORM conformance test suite

2005-11-18 Thread Brooks Andrus
Do a search for FlashAuthor.cfg in the Help docs or on the web -- this allows you to set up trusted directories on your pc so you can test on the local file system without the sandbox tightening its jaws on you. Brooks ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flash