RE: [Flashcoders] Fonts taking up too much space

2012-06-26 Thread Chris Foster
Using SoThink SWF Decompiler I examined your SWF and found 4 font items as follows: 'font 4' - containing the following characters: . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 B C I M Y [ ] a c d e f g h I k l m n o r s t u v w y 'font 12' - containing the following characters: H O U W Y [ a b d e f g h I l n o r s t

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Can Javascript Listen to Flash Events?

2012-05-22 Thread Chris Foster
I've got around the 'local security warning' issue in the past by running the content from a standalone webserver - check out Server2Go. You'll be able to fire off whatever ExternalInterface call you need. You'll have a pause of a few seconds while the server stats up, but otherwise it's a

RE: [Flashcoders] Updating to 10.3 or 11 External player in cs5.5?

2012-02-08 Thread Chris Foster
Maybe I'm missing something here - what is stopping you from keeping your SWF open in a browser window (with the debug Player of your choice) and simply hitting F5 after you've republished? C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] animation memory leak ... please help

2011-10-18 Thread Chris Foster
If you're already manually removing event listeners and deleting created objects, and you really wanna nail this and don't mind spending a few hours learning something new then I totally recommend the Temple Library for ActionScript 3 by MediaMonks http://code.google.com/p/templelibrary/

RE: [Flashcoders] array problem,loop.plot

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Foster
Nasim, As you already know, pre-calculating all those data points is too much work for Flash, and it's also way more points than any monitor can show at one time. Why don't you try calculating only the points you need, only when you need them? Tell your boss that 'having an array of points'

RE: [Flashcoders] Gaia Transitions

2011-04-13 Thread Chris Foster
] On Behalf Of Ryan P Sent: Friday, 8 April 2011 10:50 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Gaia Transitions Thanks dude!! I really appreciate your time on this! On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi Ryan, I posted a reply

RE: [Flashcoders] Gaia Transitions

2011-04-07 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Ryan, I posted a reply on the Gaia forums for you at: http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/index.php/topic,4035.0.html C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ryan P Sent: Friday, 8 April 2011

RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Foster
Of Chris Foster Sent: 21 March 2011 21:39 To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question Hi Marco, I've always found it much easier to let the Gaia framework manage my loading by adding items (like SWFs, images, mp3, flv etc.) as assets to the Gaia page. It's easier

RE: [Flashcoders] Loader Max Question

2011-03-21 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Marco, I've always found it much easier to let the Gaia framework manage my loading by adding items (like SWFs, images, mp3, flv etc.) as assets to the Gaia page. It's easier because I don't have to write code to solve the kind of problem you're asking about... The Gaia documentation is

RE: [Flashcoders] FDT, version control and project files

2011-03-14 Thread Chris Foster
I work with a team of 3 developers and 4 designers. The developers all use the FDT Eclipse plugin version, and we use Subclipse to manage our Subversion repos. We never commit our project files (mainly to stop noobs from accidentally changing project settings unintentionally) and all our

[Flashcoders] IE not releasing memory after unloading Flash object

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
Hi list, I'm using SWFObject 2.2 (dynamic embed) to display my Flash content. In IE7 on WinXP the Windows Task Manager shows that the 'iexplore' process isn't releasing memory after the window containing my Flash is closed. I've tried explicitly calling SWFObject's 'cleanupSWFs' and 'removeSWF'

RE: [Flashcoders] IE not releasing memory after unloading Flash object

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
unloading Flash object Hi Chris, Do you have any listeners that look for the system? IE: system capabilities, monitor size, mouse position, etc, or just listeners in general. Try removing the listeners before garbage collection and unload. HTH, Karl On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Chris Foster

RE: [Flashcoders] IE not releasing memory after unloading Flash object

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
3, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Chris Foster wrote: I *think* my listeners are all under control Karl - but I'm still interested in whether my assumption is correct or not - does closing the browser window Completely remove the Flash Player instance from the IE DOM and release the memory

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS5 - Component Live Preview Disapearing

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Karim, This might happen if your Live Preview is linked to an external SWF, rather than embedded in your component (see your Component Definition dialog box). C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On

RE: [Flashcoders] Subtle XML/Font loading/CSS issue, limited test capabilities - looking for suggestions

2011-01-15 Thread Chris Foster
, at 7:42 PM, Chris Foster wrote: No, thanks Karl, I haven't tried that... C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: Friday, 14 January 2011 11:37 AM To: Flash Coders List

[Flashcoders] Subtle XML/Font loading/CSS issue, limited test capabilities - looking for suggestions

2011-01-13 Thread Chris Foster
Folks, I'm currently working on a large eLearning project... hundreds of static (ugh!) screens. We're using the Gaia framework with great success. I've built a CS4 text display component that our designers use (uses component parameters pointing to external XML, CSS and font files, displays

RE: [Flashcoders] Subtle XML/Font loading/CSS issue, limited test capabilities - looking for suggestions

2011-01-13 Thread Chris Foster
, at 6:07 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Folks, I'm currently working on a large eLearning project... hundreds of static (ugh!) screens. We're using the Gaia framework with great success. I've built a CS4 text display component that our designers use (uses

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on another server

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Paul, Are you relying on the other server to return information for you to use in your game? Or are you simply required to send new subscriber information to the distant server? C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on another server

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Foster
of flash it doesn't work from in the browser as my game is on one domain and the script on another. Any advice appreciated Thanks Paul -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Chris Foster Sent: 25

RE: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on anotherserver

2010-11-25 Thread Chris Foster
On 25 Nov 2010, at 21:09, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Thanks Paul, I assume by 'client' you mean your Flash game, right? If that's so then I think you have a crossdomain issue, but a workaround 'may' be to still use your containing HTML page to send and verify

RE: [Flashcoders] Using an embedded font

2010-09-22 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Kerry, I think this is one that gave me headaches a while ago... My solution was to apply the textFormat AFTER the text has been applied to the textField. C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On

RE: [Flashcoders] Isometric Graphics Libraries

2010-09-08 Thread Chris Foster
Assuming that you're after AS3 libraries, go here: http://fluxdb.fluxusproject.org/ and type 'Isometric' into the 'Search' box in the top-right corner. C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of

[Flashcoders] AS3 library management tool

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Foster
A friend of mine has started building a Flex and Actionscript library/package management repository (think RubyGems or Per CPAN). The first part (a database of AS3 libraries) is already built (http://fluxdb.fluxusproject.org/). Next will be a command line interface to the database, followed by a

[Flashcoders] Loading external fonts into a CS4 Component LivePreview

2010-06-24 Thread Chris Foster
() method of the LivePreview to respond to IDE events? (this would help me with finding alternatives) Thanks in advance for ANY suggestions! :) Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile: +61 414 394 524 Catalyst

RE: [Flashcoders] RIA Secure Coding

2010-06-02 Thread Chris Foster
A while ago Hewlett-Packard released a tool (custom decompiler) for 'exposing Flash Application vulnerabilities'. It might make an easy starting point for further investigation. http://www.communities.hp.com/securitysoftware/blogs/spilabs/archive/200

RE: [Flashcoders] changing url without reloading page/swf in as2.0

2010-04-07 Thread Chris Foster
http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/ http://www.padizine.com/blog/swfaddress-tutorial-for-actionscript-2-0/ C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Amol Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2010 3:33 PM To:

[Flashcoders] Transition from AS2 to AS3... with minimum pain

2010-03-31 Thread Chris Foster
FWIW, I made the transition to AS3 about a year ago (eLearning lags a little behind the rest of the commercial world). Here's what made my journey easy... 1) Use the GAIA framework as a starting point for all my projects. 2) Watched Colin Moock's 'Lost Actionscript Weekend' DVDs 3) Purchased

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Pop up window locally

2010-03-03 Thread Chris Foster
Don't call the 'window.open' method from Flash, write a function in the HTML page and call that function from Flash. Here's an example of the function on the HTML page: loadPopup = function(pageName, width, height) { var newPopupWindow; var left =

[Flashcoders] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...

2009-11-17 Thread Chris Foster
'. 'advanced' changes the textfield to 'antialias-for-reading', which I don't want. Anyone know how to change this to 'antialias for animation'? Thanks, C: Chris Foster Multimedia Team Leader cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au chris.fos...@kbr.com Phone: +612 6233 8900 - Fax: +612 6233 8947 - Mobile

RE: [Flashcoders] JSFL dynamic textfield antialiasing question...

2009-11-17 Thread Chris Foster
, and if it's a text field then select it - that dropdown will affect all selected textfields. not exactly what you're looking for though, maybe someone else has a better solution. jared On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi, I'm using

RE: [Flashcoders] Placing sprites on the circumference of a circle

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Foster
hi Wyert, If this is the kind of thing you might do more than once then I strongly recommend checking out the 'hype' AS3 framework from Joshua Davis and Branden Hall. http://hype.joshuadavis.com There's a very approachable set of intro videos here: http://www.vimeo.com/channels/hype C:

RE: [Flashcoders] How to test URLVariables members

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Alex, You could use a 'try/catch' block... e.g. try { if (vars.myname != undefined){ // do something } } catch (e:Error) { trace(ERROR: your error info here); } -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2 SharedObject with Red5

2009-10-14 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Andrew, This page might be helpful to you... http://www.zehnet.de/2008/04/11/red5-remote-sharedobject-experience-tips / Specifically: --- A Client can connect to a SO using the following Actionscript lines: // at first you need

RE: [Flashcoders] AS2 SharedObject with Red5

2009-10-14 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Andrew, Under Flash Communication Server (OK, it was a long time ago!) I'd do this using a Remote Shared Object. That would provide persistent stored information that could be accessed by multiple clients. Is that what you want to do? C: -Original Message- From:

RE: [Flashcoders] monitor outgoing http requests

2009-10-08 Thread Chris Foster
I like using 'Charles' - an HTTP sniffer from http://xk72.com/ C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Sinning Sent: Friday, 9 October 2009 8:28 AM To: Flash Coders Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 IDE reverting Use Device Fonts back to Anti-alias for animation

2009-10-08 Thread Chris Foster
Oops - forgot to include the thread I mentioned... http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=139754 C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of matt stuehler Sent: Friday, 9 October

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 IDE reverting Use Device Fonts back to Anti-alias for animation

2009-10-08 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Matt, I haven't experienced your problem, but (if it persists) then I'd recommend making use of JSFL to eliminate the time wasted by manually re-setting the textfields. This thread shows a couple of relevant examples, and I've attached a couple of short JSFL script I wrote to do a similar

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Foster
Hi T, No solution here, but this might relate to your current problem: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of TS Sent:

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Cache in IE FF

2009-09-24 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Don, The conventional way to avoid loading cached content into Flash is to call a unique URL for the content every time. One way to do this is to append a random number or UTC timecode (in milliseconds) to your URL, for example (AS3): var l:Loader = new Loader(); var req:URLRequest = new

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Cache in IE FF

2009-09-24 Thread Chris Foster
Sorry - formatting got screwed up there... one more try... AS3 example of 'anticache' technique. - var l:Loader = new Loader(); var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(your url here); var vars:URLVariables = new URLVariables(); req.method =

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash speech-to-text

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Juju, You can't currently do speech-to-text in Actionscript. It's not that people are choosing not to answer you, there just aren't any useful solutions to your question. C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash speech-to-text

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Foster
I really want to know: can Ribbit + Flash provide speech to text capability. Thanks, juju On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Chris Foster cfos...@catalystinteractive.com.au wrote: Hi Juju, You can't currently do speech-to-text in Actionscript. It's not that people are choosing not to answer

RE: [Flashcoders] FLV export - size(w, h) vs data rate

2009-08-25 Thread Chris Foster
Depending on how important your 'older machine' users are then you might also consider not using the On2 codec. It does a great job, but is very CPU intensive and often grinds on older/slower machines. The trade-off is quality - Sorenson encoded video will play back much faster on the older

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto problem in flash

2009-08-24 Thread Chris Foster
Hi Anna, Try getURL(mailto://n...@name.com;); C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of ana mock Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:50 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

RE: [Flashcoders] mailto problem in flash

2009-08-24 Thread Chris Foster
Hi again, My mistake... try this: getURL(mailto:n...@name.com;); C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of ana mock Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:50 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash security issue

2009-08-23 Thread Chris Foster
You could also use a standalone webserver - I've used 'Server2Go CD-ROM Webserver' before, it's quite customisable, and also gets me past all those annoying security issues. I like it as a solution because I don't need to do an extra version (as an .exe) of my projects, and I don't need to force

RE: [Flashcoders] Security Sandbox Violation: Tried to accessincompatible context

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Foster
No suggestion, just some additional feedback from my debug window... -- using receiverConnName:RN2MP NOT ROUTE using receiverConnName:MP2RN Error: Request for resource at http://www.mappingmainstreet.org/mmsquery.php?route=recent by requestor from

RE: [Flashcoders] as3 -re-dimensioning spirte but not its children

2009-07-30 Thread Chris Foster
Or you could create a new 'duplicate' sprite (instead of scaling the original) and re-parent the children to the new sprite using: newParent.addChild(objectToReparent); C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Multilingual video with Flash

2007-09-14 Thread Chris Foster
For a guaranteed solution I'd recommend using separate videos, each with their own soundtrack. It'll completely remove any sync issues that would surface with separated audio tracks. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norman