RE: [Flashcoders] The Amazing infinite call stack
You're looking for infinite recursion. Generally speaking, your application might be better served with a for() loop to iterate through the command queue within a single function call. There are times when recursive functions (i.e., functions that call themselves) are more elegant, though. -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mark Hawley Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:40 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] The Amazing infinite call stack I'm sure this has a ridiculously easy answer that I just never learned from my generally informal programming training, but I can;t figure out what the problem is called, so I can't just google an answer. Here's the (simplified) situation: 1. (Game::main()) we call Game::main(); no surprises here. 2. (_engine = new Engine()) Main sets up an 'engine' class and gets it started up. 3. (_engine.getNextCommand()) Engine's job is basically to look at a queue of Commands, ordered by the time they're supposed to execute, get the next one, and execute it. 4. (_engine.onTurnComplete()) Engine waits until it gets notified that the current turn is finished. 5. (engine.getNextCommand()) Engine looks for the next commandetc. Now, the problem is that _engine.getNextCommand() never returns, so I end up with a huge call stack with getNextCommand()s piled high, which eventually makes Flash crap out. In the ancient version of this game, the three basic stats were on different frames, so that the implied loop here was broken up, and worked fine. My brain can't see that right way to do this via main(), though. Any help, insight, or google search terms? -Mark Hawley ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] The Amazing infinite call stack, part 2
Since Flash is event-driven, how about setting it up in such a way that whatever part of your script adds the command to the queue dispatches an event to a listener that then executes that command? That way you avoid recursion, and you also avoid a for() loop that's outside the internal Flash event loop. Unfortunately, my ActionScript is not proficient enough to know which classes/methods you need to use to interact with Flash's native event queue, but I'm sure someone else on the list could chime in with the right info. HTH, -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mark Hawley Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 1:54 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] The Amazing infinite call stack, part 2 A for loop wouldn't give we any way to pause for input, or to wait and let the UI animate to reflect the last command's doings, though. I need a way to avoid recursion, not use it. Ideally: 1. advance to next command. 2. execute command. 3. Wait for command to finish. 4. repeat 1-3 in some way that lets step 1 pop off the call stack while waiting for step 3. There has to be an example floating around somewhere. -Mark -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash security advisories from U.S. Navy/Marines?
The vulnerabilities were reported on Bugtraq (http://search.securityfocus.com/swsearch?query=macromediasbm=%2Fsubmit=Se arch%21metaname=alldocsort=swishlastmodified) a couple weeks ago. The vulnerabilities involve an attacker creating a malicious .swf file and tricking a user into downloading it, similar to a web site tricking a user into downloading a virus. If you're creating a Flash application/animation for a customer, though, it's obviously not malicious, and thus the application itself is not susceptible to the attack. The problem will be political, though, convincing your DoD customer your application isn't vulnerable. Of course, the reason to ban Flash player is less about interfacing with your benign application, and more about worrying that a user will inadvertently connect to another site that *does* have a malicious .swf file. The bug is in the Flash player, and can lead to compromise of the client's system. -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:51 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash security advisories from U.S. Navy/Marines? Anyone know anything about this? See the report below. This would effectively bring our Flash work with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corp to a screeching halt. The NMCI gold disk is the standard install of software for all computers in the Navy and Marines. Flash 7 was previously approved - now it looks like they could begin removing it from machines. It would be a long while before they approve Flash 8. And we were just about to propose a Flex option for them too. :-( Anyone know anything about this security issue? From: * Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:28 PM To: Subject: FW: Flash security advisories FYI... The NMCI just blocked access to ALL swf files from their web servers (.mil domains) yesterday. We'll have to see how this plays out. ** -Original Message- From: * Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:50 PM Read below. Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Flash. I received notice from Camp Pendleton that NMCI has once again blocked Flash mobile code from .mil networks. I confirmed with MCNOSC and asked for the info below. If we haven't already received any calls from anyone on .mil expressing issue viewing Flash activity on our site, we will soon. Apparently Macromedia recommends going to Flash Player version 8. We will meet tomorrow morning at 0930 in the CR to discuss the problem and alternative solutions. The policy will need to be reinstated by MCEN DAA to open the door again for Flash. Thanks, -Original Message- From: *** Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 1:46 PM To: * Subject: Flash security advisories http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-07.html IAVA extract: Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO) Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert 2005-A-0040 TOPIC: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash REFERENCE: Macromedia http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-07.html Security Focus http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15332/info http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15322/info http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9646 2 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9728 CVE NUMBER(s): CAN-2005-2628 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2628 Macromedia Flash ActionDefineFunction Memory Access Vulnerability STIG FINDING: 1CAT I THREAT ASSESSMENT: High TIMELINE SUMMARY Release Date Acknowledgement Suspense Compliance Suspense 10 November 05 12 November 05 25 November 05 REVISION HISTORY Number Date Details 1 15 Nov -05 Posted STIG FINDING ftp://www.cert.mil/pub/bulletins/dodcert2005/2005-a-0040.htm#1#1 Category. 2 21 Nov 05 Added systems to Vulnerable Systems ftp://www.cert.mil/pub/bulletins/dodcert2005/2005-a-0040.htm#Vul Sys#Vul Sys area Added link to Reference ftp://www.cert.mil/pub/bulletins/dodcert2005/2005-a-0040.htm#SUSE Advisory#SUSE Advisory area 3 29 Nov 05 Added patch link to DoD Patch Repository ftp://www.cert.mil/pub/bulletins/dodcert2005/2005-a-0040.htm#3dodpatch# 3dodpatch EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/IMPACT There are two vulnerabilities that have been identified affecting Macromedia Flash plug-ins. Macromedia Flash is a widely distributed application and is used to create simple motion graphics, video and animation for interactive websites. A plug-in adds a specific feature or service to a larger system, such as Macromedia Flash. The first vulnerability affects the Macromedia Flash Action Define Function Memory Access plug-in. This plug-in is vulnerable to an input validation error, which is
RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea - Impossible requests?
For the first problem, how about adding a number of blank lines to the end of the news story so the total number of lines is a multiple of the TextArea's visible page size to allow a full scroll? -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miles Thompson Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:56 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] TextArea - Impossible requests? Dear All, I'm working on a daily news site - headlines display on left, and when one clicks on a given headline the story loads on the right. I'm using the UI TextArea component to display the story. All is well, but as usual, customer has tossed a couple of curves. 1. When there is only a fragment of the story left to display, say 15 additional lines for example, and the reader scrolls down, the TextArea scrolls only 15 lines. What the customer wants is a full scroll so that the next line appears at the top of the story, with white space below. 2. At customer's request NextPage and PrevPage buttons were added to the movie to scroll the TextArea; they've been programmed to turn on and off, etc. in response to .scroll, .maxscroll and .vPosition information provided by the TextArea. Now the customer does not want the ScrollBar to show at all, but to use these buttons only. Relating to 1. - Can one force a full scroll, say 28 lines, when there are only 15 lines remaining? I've tried resetting .maxscool, forcing .vPosition to an unrealistic values, incrementing .scroll in a loop. Nope, Have not been able to do it. Has anyone, or do I revert to the MX control? Relating to 2. Is there a property to set somewhere which will permanently hide the scroll bar? I've not been able to find one, but possibly someone knows a hidden or undocumented property. (Cripes, this is a ridiculous question! Let's roll everything back to Flash 3!) Sorry to be asking these questions. When we moved to MX 2004 thought I had the solution to my text problems by the tail. Now it's turning and biting. Regards - Miles Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] onMouseMove false
I think you'll have to use an interval, but you don't have to constantly
check the mouse. Pseudo-code below:
this.onMouseMove = function(){
// When the mouse is moved, clear any pending not moved timeout
// interval so the callback *isn't* called (Note
// clearMouseNotMoveTimeout isn't a real API function)...
clearMouseNotMoveTimeout();
// Do processing for mouse movement...
moving=true;
// Reset the not moved timeout interval callback (note this would be
// a call to something like setInterval(); setMouseNotMoveTimeout
// isn't a real API function)...
setMouseNotMoveTimeout(notMoveTimeoutCallback);
}
function notMoveTimeoutCallback(){
// Handle code for mouse not moving in specified timeframe...
}
Hope this helps...
-Chris
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Subject: [Flashcoders] onMouseMove false
Is there an efficient way to trigger an onMouseNOTMove without having to run
an interval or do an onEnterFrame to constantly check the mouse?
I want to set a varialble when mouse is moving and reset it when mouse is
still.
ie. something like if it were possible:
this.onMouseMove = function(){
moving=true;
}
this.onMouseStop = function(){
moving=false;
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] Logic Help
var scaling_factor:Number = Math.min(357 / image_mc.width, 394 / image_mc.height); loader_mc._xscale = scaling_factor; loader_mc._yscale = scaling_factor; -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lehr, Theodore M. Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:58 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Logic Help I have a mc that is 357x394 that I am loading various images into... these images are of various sizes but all are larger than the mc they are being loaded into... I need to scale them down proportionally so the whole image can be seen... how should I go about this so an image that is 840x680 would be scaled down so it looks right (to scale) and an image that is 680x840 would too ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3
Why should a public constructor prevent the creation of a Singleton? All you need is a static getInstance() method and a private attribute to hold the created instance. Sure, the public constructor means someone else could instantiate the class on their own without using getInstance(), but if you're writing the code, you'll do it the proper way anyhow, no? -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 You can't yet as for the reason you stated. Bitch on the forums pretty please; you, many many others, and I all want this changed. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?catid=587e ntercat=y - Original Message - From: Michael Klishin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders ML flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 Hi guys, Have anyone got ideas how to implement Singleton pattern in AS3 best? Constructor in AS3 can only be public or internal, which is not private anyway. .. -- Michael Antares Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3
Agreed on all points, but when the deadline is approaching and the code needs to be done... Ironically to your points, I'm relatively new to Flash (~2 months), and have come to this language from C, C++, and Java. It's been *far* more difficult to learn than I expected, in many cases due to the hacks you mentioned. (Whaddya' mean 'this' doesn't refer to the class instance when you're in a callback function _that's_a_method_of_the_class_!?!) That said, I'm a pragmatist when it comes to finishing a project. :-] -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:51 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 That's fine for use Flashers who are used to using such methods to get what we want. However, other languages are more strict, and from the perception of new programmers coming into ActionScript 3, not meeting their expectations is a failure of the language... to point. Bottom line, they see our methods as hacks, and that's a bad thing. The correct way is to use getInstance, yes. But, it should also throw an exception if you try to instantiate it: var a:MyClass = new MyClass(); That should not work, but it does currently because you have no choice. In an effort to make ActionScript more clean, strict, and helpful, this is one of the additions. The language itself should be self-explanatory to use it, and should support common programming patterns such as Singleton. Supporting design patterns in a language, to me is iffy, but there are a enough business use cases in my opinion to support it. - Original Message - From: Chris Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:40 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 Why should a public constructor prevent the creation of a Singleton? All you need is a static getInstance() method and a private attribute to hold the created instance. Sure, the public constructor means someone else could instantiate the class on their own without using getInstance(), but if you're writing the code, you'll do it the proper way anyhow, no? -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 You can't yet as for the reason you stated. Bitch on the forums pretty please; you, many many others, and I all want this changed. http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?catid=587e ntercat=y - Original Message - From: Michael Klishin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders ML flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Singleton in AS3 Hi guys, Have anyone got ideas how to implement Singleton pattern in AS3 best? Constructor in AS3 can only be public or internal, which is not private anyway. .. -- Michael Antares Klishin, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.novemberain.com Non progredi est regredi ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] secure png
I don't know of a way to do that, but what's the point? All the competitor needs is a screen capture utility (or just ctrl-Print Screen in Windows) and the image is theirs... -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxime Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:27 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] secure png I would like to load png into flash 8 without having it in the cache. My client don't want it competitors to have access to their png so I have to find a way to load a png in flash securely. Is there any solutions ? Thanks Maxime ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] secure png
I see. Thanks for clarifying. I'm not sure how to disable the caching, unfortunately. If there were a way to create an image in Flash using a raw binary data string, you could read the png file and process it that way, thereby probably bypassing any built-in file-based caching. I'm still relatively new to Flash, though, so that might not be possible. Best of luck on it, though! -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxime Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 6:05 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] secure png The goal of the client is to customize an image with a lot of 3d rendered png alpha layers. They don't care if the competitors do a screen capture, they don't want their competitors to know how they treat the image(alpha) for the layering of images. Chris Wilson a écrit : I don't know of a way to do that, but what's the point? All the competitor needs is a screen capture utility (or just ctrl-Print Screen in Windows) and the image is theirs... -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxime Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:27 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] secure png I would like to load png into flash 8 without having it in the cache. My client don't want it competitors to have access to their png so I have to find a way to load a png in flash securely. Is there any solutions ? Thanks Maxime ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] secure png
Good to know that's possible. How would you take the binary string and have flash treat it as a graphic? -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Latcho Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 6:59 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] secure png raw data: that IS possible ! Only compression get's lost, but you could write your own serverside and clientside compression and decompression algorithm. Good luck. Chris Wilson wrote: I see. Thanks for clarifying. I'm not sure how to disable the caching, unfortunately. If there were a way to create an image in Flash using a raw binary data string, you could read the png file and process it that way, thereby probably bypassing any built-in file-based caching. I'm still relatively new to Flash, though, so that might not be possible. Best of luck on it, though! -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxime Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 6:05 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] secure png The goal of the client is to customize an image with a lot of 3d rendered png alpha layers. They don't care if the competitors do a screen capture, they don't want their competitors to know how they treat the image(alpha) for the layering of images. Chris Wilson a écrit : I don't know of a way to do that, but what's the point? All the competitor needs is a screen capture utility (or just ctrl-Print Screen in Windows) and the image is theirs... -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxime Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:27 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] secure png I would like to load png into flash 8 without having it in the cache. My client don't want it competitors to have access to their png so I have to find a way to load a png in flash securely. Is there any solutions ? Thanks Maxime ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] V2 Components - Themes/Styles/Skins -Window/ComboBox/Button
Without having to change the skin entirely, you can change the halo color to a light grey with the following: _global.style.setStyle(themeColor, 0xee); -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Warren Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 2:36 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] V2 Components - Themes/Styles/Skins -Window/ComboBox/Button *[A WHILE AGO ON FLASHCODERS...]* On 8/3/05, Iestyn Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi all, i've skinned the FMX2004 scrollpane component by altering the ScrollBarAssets MC, and now i've been told that i need to have 2 completely different skins for the scrollpane - and that they need to be shown at the same time. Is this possible? If so... err.. how? :) * [SOUND OF CRICKETS CHIRPING] ie: nobody replied. * --- I need to do the same thing with a Window component, and have perhaps an easier question about the ComboBox. I've been studying and working with Themes, Styles and Skinning for the V2 Components on a project with a deadline that has come and gone - we're behind! The project was developed using the V2 components early on, with the skinning of the components and final design implementation saved for last. I was recently brought into the project to do this work, and have found working with the v2 components to be, well... difficult to accomodate. I have since dug my heels in, and am doing the best I can under the circumstances. We've been successful at skinning the RadioButton and CheckBox, and have had limited success with the ComboBox. Button and Window have been the most difficult. If you look at the built-in Macromedia Help, there's lots of detailed information on the subjects. Here are my questions, and thanks in advance for any help provided! 1) Window I need to create several instances of the Window component - some with TitleBackgrounds (standard MenuBars with a Title and a Close Button), and some without. If you read the Help section [Components Language Reference/Window Component/Customizing The Window Component] you'll see what you can do with Styles and Skins. The TitleBackground is a skin element only, so if you customize the skin to delete the TitleBackground... it affects ALL instances of the Window component. I would have liked to see a Window Style setting TitleBackgroundVisible:Boolean which could be set to TRUE or FALSE. Or better yet, a Style setting that would accomodate [Default, Disabled, CustomLinkageID]. I started creating a custom MyWindow component that simply opens a container with a close button (the simplest form of window), but I ran into other problems. To create the window I'm struggling with, a custom built DialogBox class is called first, which creates an instance of a Window that depends on (Macromedia's built-in) PopUpManager class to manage overlapping Windows and their Modality. Without using the actual Window component, these features are unavailable without doing lots of extra research, development and testing. MY QUESTION IS: Is there any way to create more than one standard Window component that PopUpManager will recognize? It seems we are locked in when we use the Window component to ONE SKIN per document. I would love to use a standard Window component for application wide usage, but have additional custom Window implementations with custom graphics that reference elements in more than a single Window assets folder inside a single THEME. 2) ComboBox I edited the skin graphics for ComboBox inside the ComboBox assets folder. We're currently basing our THEME on the standard HALO THEME. Currently the highlight of the ComboBox when you pull it down is green. I looked into the ThemeColor Style setting for Halo's ComboBox and was surprised to see three possible values - [HaloGreen, HaloBlue, HaloOrange]. I dug into the components FLA file to try to figure out why there might be a limited three settings in a Style, and couldn't figure it out. Maybe you'll laugh when I say I would have appreciated a HaloGrey option... but I'm not laughing. Can someone please tell me how to achieve GREY??? - CONCLUSION - I would have preferred to write my own classes or custom components for this type of job, but I came into the project after those critical decisions were made. I like some of what I see from the whole Theme/Style/Skin implementation, but overall it seems kludgy and weird to me. I didn't even talk about the most basic Button component yet, which I overrided immediately and created a custom component for. There is nothing more difficult than skinning a Button that you need to use everywhere, but looks different than the default Buttons that come with the program. Can anyone shed some light on my predicament? -steve warren ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] V2 Components - Themes/Styles/Skins-Window/ComboBox/Button
I don't know, unfortunately. I've struggled with skinning components too, and have yet to do so successfully. I stumbled into the code I sent before completely by accident. :-] -Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Warren Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 8:36 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] V2 Components - Themes/Styles/Skins-Window/ComboBox/Button Nice one - that works! Why does the Macromedia documentation suggest there are only three options for this haloGreen, haloBlue, and haloOrange? Thanks Chris. -steve On 11/4/05, Chris Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without having to change the skin entirely, you can change the halo color to a light grey with the following: _global.style.setStyle(themeColor, 0xee); -Chris ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Addressing dynamically named movie clip
If I understand the locations of your dynamic clips correctly, then
_root[sSelected]._mc.hresizer.setSize...
should work. Basically, access the dynamic clip by treating _root as an
associative array. If the clips aren't created in _root, then substitute
the parent movie clip's name for _root above.
-Chris
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Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:13 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Addressing dynamically named movie clip
I am working on an application where I want to apply transformations
to dynamically named movie clips. I have a function which adds a
shape to the stage based on a linkage name in the library:
function addShape(sLinkage:String):Void {
var nIndex:Number = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
var mcShape:MovieClip = this.attachMovie (sLinkage, mcShape +
nTopDepth, nTopDepth);
nTopDepth = nIndex;
mcShape._x = 450;
mcShape._y = 300;
}
from a button on the root level of the stage I call the function:
squareButton.onRelease = function() {
addShape(rectangle);
};
I then want to be able to apply transformations to the new movie clip
using the bitstream component slider that is within a movie clip at
_root.squareBar:
///squarebar
squareBar.hs.changeHandler = function(){
_root.rectangle_mc.hresizer.setSize(squareBar.hs.value,
squareBar.vs.value);
}
squareBar.vs.changeHandler = function(){
_root.rectangle_mc.hresizer.setSize(squareBar.hs.value,
squareBar.vs.value);
}
I originally had a static movie clip called rectangle that was on
the root level but have since replaced with the dynamically named
movie clips.
I have a variable defined on frame 1 of the root level called:
var sSelected:String;
Within the rectangle movie clip that gets added to the stage, upon
pressing the movie the sSelected variable is set to the instance name
of the rectangle selected:
on (press) {
sSelected = this._name;
trace(sSelected);
}
The sSelected variable is showing up fine by my problem is how do I
address sSelected or the dynamic instance name of the movie placed on
stage to apply the transformations from the squareBar.hs.changeHander
function?
i.e. squareBar.hs.changeHandler = function () {
[dynamically named movie clip here]._mc.hresizer.setSize...
}
Thanks in advance for the help.
Sincerely,
Bo Parker
--
Bo Parker, AIGA
RMC
215 S Jennings Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104
817.332.4700 p
817.332.4710 f
www.rmcfw.com
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