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Re: [Flashcoders] Tile Bitmap
You can also do this in early flash versions (non code) by breaking apart an image, then use the eyedropper over the bitmap and you can then fill any vector shape with the bitmap fill. On 12/2/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn, good find, had no clue that was there. ...well, there goes 2 weeks worth of code I thought was cool... - Original Message - From: David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Tile Bitmap What about MovieClip.beginBitmapFill() ? Fills a drawing area with a bitmap image. The bitmap can be repeated or tiled to fill the area. -David R On 12/1/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah man, it's mainly done via BitmapData.copyPixels. That function is so fast. Go look in the ActionScript help in Flash 8, and look at BitmapData.copyPixels; there is some example code at the bottom. Basically, you copy pixels from an area, defined by a rectangle, to a certain point. You can repeat copypixels over and over, say a forloop, to continually copy pixels, and continually paint to a bitmap... think if you constantly redraw using the paint tool in Fireworks/Photoshop. - Original Message - From: John Giotta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Tile Bitmap I saw a Flash 8 example that will allow you to draw a small bitmap and then tile it. Was this done with BitmapData.clone? I'd like some pointers if anyone could help out. ___ 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] proximity grid of scaling images
I recall seeing a flash piece in the past that was a grid of images. It had some interaction where your mouse is over a select image it would scale it up to say 150%, nearest neighbor images are then scaled to 120%, next neighbors are 80%, etc. Does anyone have an example of this type of thing - just a visual example, but code/class would be great too. Thanks, Mick ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Style sheet does not load - puzzled.
If you have your SWF's in different directories than your HTML pages you may
need to check/add the BASE attrib in your object/embed.
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_04157
Trace your CSS and check it's actually being loaded.
On 11/18/05, Miles Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Following examples from livedocs, help and a couple of tutorials, I've
tried to load a style sheet into my movie.
Nothing radical, the style sheet is named styles.css and is located in
the same directory as the .swf.
A new TextField.StyleSheet() object has been created. (Actually, all of
the
code I just cut and pasted from MM's livedocs, changing a couple of
variable names. So I have the .load and .onLoad methods, yet never success
- always the Styles failed to load message.
Do I have to place styles.css on the web server alongside the scripts
which
feed data to the movie and fetch it from there?
Suggestions and guidance, as always, will be welcome, code fragment is
below.
Thanks for looking at this - Miles Thompson
Here's the code, much of it will look familiar ...
var myCSS:TextField.StyleSheet = new TextField.StyleSheet();
var cssURL:String = styles.css;
myCSS.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
trace(Styles loaded:);
var styles_array:Array = myCSS.getStyleNames();
trace(styles_array.join(newline));
txtNews.styleSheet = myCSS;
txtHead.styleSheet = myCSS;
} else {
trace(Styles failed to load.);
}
};
myCSS.load(cssURL);
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Re: [Flashcoders] Apple using Flash for their newretailstore reservation system
and did it really NEED to be done in flash? I guess why not but also, why ;) On 11/18/05, Wade Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It lacks the apple touch. It looks like the programmers got their hands on Illustrator and Photoshop and forgot to invite the designers. Still good to see apple using flash rather than quicktime! wade On Nov 17, 2005, at 9:22 PM, eric dolecki wrote: No offense to who put it together, but it doesn't feel... like its really done? I mean it may work, but it lacks polish. On 11/17/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first thought too. - Original Message - From: Hindman, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:50 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Apple using Flash for their newretailstore reservation system Silly app ... doesn't resize. --Jake -Original Message- From: Andy Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:47 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Apple using Flash for their new retailstore reservation system mmm flex Check it out! http://genius.apple.com/customer/?store=R050 Any news behind the developers? -Carlos- ___ 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 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript Portfolio Guidelines ???
As with any portfolio, the most important thing is to highlight the type of work you think the jobs/employers you're looking at want to see. Presentation is secondary to the content... let your work speak for itself and the presentation act as the easiest way to soak in all that talent :) If you're working on an .as portfolio I would just make sure it's diverse. Make it 2 tier - you're more than likely going to have 2 types of interviews with people - technical and non technical, so make sure you have a path for people to view both aspects. On 11/17/05, Rich Rodecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i dont know if there any standards when it comes to a portfolio...i think you're jsut generally focusing on the work you think is best and that you would want to show other people (namely potential clients/employers). If youre going mroe for actionscript then focus on some of the apps and other cool stuff you've made instead of focusing on design work. I don't know if you'd want to post any of your source code, but if you did you could even make some downloadable samples. On 11/16/05, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone give me some pointers on what is the reccomended way to put ogether a portfolio with more of a bent for actionscript than design? I'm not sure if there are standard guidelines that I might have overlooked or what. Mani ___ 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] Illustrator Flash
so you get more accurate results importing the SWF that it exports into Flash. I've done some testing and you also get much smaller file sizes exporting from illustrator as an SWF than importing an .AI into flash. On 11/17/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know, but I've always had decent luck with v6. Illustrator nowadays, however, can export SWF, so you get more accurate results importing the SWF that it exports into Flash. - Original Message - From: Lehr, Theodore M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:11 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Illustrator Flash How can I find out what the max. version of Illustrator a file can be to be successfully imported into Flash MX? ___ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[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] Expandable banners
ooh we're back on topic :) Thanks for your replies, im going to investigate more about it, just another doubt, an expandable banner has to be in a layer? Yes, because the unexpanded banner space is a fixed size to fit within the page content, the only way to allow the expanded banner to have the new size is to lay it on a layer on top of the existing. This also means you need 2 seperate SWFs for the expanded/unexpanded - there are way to make the two communicate (your banner publisher will have documents and special FScommands for this). I don't know of any books that deal with the technical side of expandable banners (as all publishers handle it differently and are always changing their methods). The only way to get good is really experience and trial and error. - Mick On 11/12/05, JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree to disagree. - Original Message - From: Pete Hotchkiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:19 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners I think this tread ahs gone WAY OT now - lets just agree to disagree on this one. It's realy not all that important :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: 10 November 2005 00:36 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners I don't need to accept them at all; it's called FlashBlock. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners I agree - but we dont live in a perfect world and not all websites can be google. And if they were it would be a pretty grey/vnial/boring world. I do understand you might feel that flash based ads are intrusive - but you need to accpet them as just an important part of the online landscape as google keywords. Wether you coose to belive me or not they do work. on 10/11/05 12:05 AM, Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com wrote: Jakob Nielsen said it best; Google's done well because they made ads that aren't annoying. Google ads can remain on a webpage and allow me to read without giving me a seizure, nor to do they appear over the top of my webpage that I'm reading with no discernable close button. Google has not become the billion dollar company they are because of ads; they became that because of good search capabilities, ads that are relevant not distracting, and allowing others to share in the revenue they generate. - Original Message - From: Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable banners something to consider is that google works off adds. If it weren't for thier adds you would have to pay for it. Same with Yahoo. I could keep going but I won't. I agree with pete here. I don't like adds being everywhere, but I do see the purpose and so I accept it. Its easy enough to ignor. Sometimes you'll get lucky and find something interesting. But if you don't, just ignor it. Flash banners, java script banners, basic jpeg/gif banners really arn't that much different. The flash ones are just more fun to play with. ;) Personaly I'd hate it if they got rid of banner advertising. They would probably go back to pop ups everywhere wich is even more anoying. Oh, and some of us arn't rich and can't afford to pay for every site we go to. Daniel ryanm wrote: But when the quality of programming on TVnose dives, You mean it gets worse than America's Next Top Model and The Biggest Loser? 8-O Right now I pay $12.99 a month for high quality programming without commercials, it's called HBO. it costs you $60 to go to the movies, At $9 a ticket we're not far from that now. a daily news papaer is $10 a day, Like I'd pay to read that crap... and finaly you have to pay $99 per month just to use your favour websites (that used to be free) The good ones don't need ads. If you content is worth consuming, people will pay to consume it. ryanm ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Double line returns when reading vars.txt file
Try either saving your text file in unix format (or dos format - you can do this in word). Or replacing carriage returns in flash with line breaks. yourText = blah blah; temp = yourText.split(%r); finalText = temp.join(\r); I'm not 100% sure that %r is the right code for a carriage return, may have to look that up. On 11/12/05, Marc Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help getting a text field to do single line-spacing under an odd circumstance. I'm using LoadVars to read a txt file that my non-programmer client will maintain on his site. To make it more readable for him, I have it formatted like this: --- myContacts= John Doe 15 Elm St. Newville, MD 12345 Bill Henry 23 Apple Terrace Oldtown, ID 54321 Jo Hill 14 Walnut Metropolis, MN 32415 etc. -- This gets displayed in a text field. Problem is, Flash is double-spacing every carriage return. I could reduce the line spacing in the text field, but I also have some text that's displayed from a constant and that text then gets sqeezed much too tight. I don't want to ask the client to put all the text on one line, with br tags. Is there any other way to make the above line breaks come out single rather than double? TIA, Marc ___ 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] strange behavior of img in textfield
try: different image alignments (or no image alignment) img src='file.jpg' align='left' or img src='file.jpg' or put some brbr after your image or img src='file.jpg' Pput your text after the image inside paragraph breaks/P On 11/12/05, MetaArt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I load dynamically some text into a textfield, from a .txt file. The file has inside the HTML code to load some jpg images too. The size of textfield is 576 px horizontal, and 403 vertical. The first strange behavior, is that if the image is large 570 px, the textfield show it truncated on right side, and dont load the following text; after some trying, I solve this setting the size of image at 540 px. Well, now the image is showed fully, and the following text is loaded... but - and this is the very strange behavior - the text is hidden behind the image for the rows that is equivalent to height of image itself! The only way to see all the text, is to set the image size at a significant minor width than the textfield width (i.e., 360 px); if so, the text flow around the image. The problem is that I need some large image. How can I move around this bug? Enrico Tomaselli + web designer + [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metatad.it ___ 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 and ASP/MSSQL
Have you thought about not using flash? You could create an imagemap (even though they're old hat) with about 15 pre-defined regions over an image (I'm guess that's as accurate as you need it). Clicking a region could run a javascript function that tells the form what region it is an submits it. On 10/30/05, Martin Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The person who gave me the brief said something along the lines of Sure Flash can talk straight to a database! All you need to do is set the connection string or something! I hitherto hadn't realised this was possible - I've always thought you used loadVariables to call an (in my experience) ASP or PHP page that talked to the database. Can anyone clear this one up for me please? Im pretty sure that unless someone has done some magic ive not heard of, you will need to use some kind of middle layer to talk to the database. thanks, Martin ___ 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] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?
I'd be curious to see how many people actually have central - my general thoughts are that the only real people that use it are flash developers :) I don't know of anyone that uses it other than some developers that installed it once and had a look. On 10/28/05, Chris Velevitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my mind, the big advantage of Central is the occasionally connected computing aspect, that is the ability to synchronisation data the next time you are able to reliably connect to a network. If you read the Flash Platform Overview paper, it indicates that Flex 2 will provider better support for this data synchronisation and occasionally connected computing. What is still unclear that this stage is whether the Central Shell (the part that allows you to install the application on your system and keep it the application up-to-date) will provide branding customisation and the ability to package your own applications for the enterprise market. I'm certainly keen on that aspect of Central. Chris -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group www.flashdev.org.au http://www.flashdev.org.au ___ 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
