[Flashcoders] [SOLVED:] Multiple colors for text inside DataGrid-CellRenderer?
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Dear Glen,
Glen Pike schrieb:
I adapted the example on the following page to show you a quick test:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_UsingComponentsAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9c65b32-7f4a.html
I changed the drawLayout function to highlight the word renderer in
red. You need to import TextFormat and TextField classes too.
override protected function drawLayout():void {
textField.width = this.width;
var text:String = textField.text;
var tf:TextFormat = textField.getTextFormat();
var redIdx:int = text.indexOf(renderer);
if (-1 != redIdx) {
tf.color = 0xff;
}
TextField(textField).setTextFormat(tf, redIdx, (redIdx + 8));
super.drawLayout();
}
Try that...
Well, I'm flabbergasted. It works great and this really is the first
time I have the feeling to get some kind of real control on that whole
list component.
Thanks a 1000 times and best regards,
Roman.
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[Flashcoders] [Solved] Aaargh - how to put an image into a fl.controls.List?!
Dear Kenneth, dear list, Kenneth Kawamoto schrieb: It should work if you create a MovieClip in the Library and place your PNG inside, then use the MovieClip Class name as icon. In fact this now works! The button within the MovieClip shows up on my List. I thank you a thousand times - couldn't have come up with this simple solution. Now I have another problem: The button should be aligned to the right of each List row. But there doesn't seem to be any way to accomplish this... I'll probably have to switch to DataGrid... Best regards, Roman. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Aaargh - how to put an image into a fl.controls.List?!
Hello folks,
since hours now I'm trying to put an image into my List...
I have built some small AS3-app that reads some data frorm an external
source and populates the DataProvider for my List. One of the fields of
each entry is called iconSource and contains the link name of a small
PNG graphics included in the FLAs library (I used export to Flash of
course) - like so:
dp.addItem( { iconSource:btn_download, label:someText,
src:decodeURIComponent(aArray[0]) } );
I tell the list that iconSource is the iconField to use:
playList.iconField = iconSource;
I also do not replace the iconFunction. Within my external AS class file
(where the List and it's DataProvider are created/initialized) I also
declared the link name of the PNG graphics like public var
btn_download:BitmapData.
But everything that happens is that - like before I have tried to add
some graphics to the list - the label-part of my list data is
displayed, but not the PNG graphics.
Has anyone before desparately tried to achieve this and maybe could tell
me what I might be missing?!
Any comment welcome,
best regards,
Roman.
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[Flashcoders] Strange phenomenon: FLV / Flash 7 not showing
Hello flashcoders, a strange phenomenon happens here on a client's computer: I've built a TV-set in Flash, playing 6 different FLV videos (Flash version 7). This all seems to work fine -- in our office. On the client's computer (several computers have been tested there) the videos just don't show. The Flash player version is correct (all computers are windows pcs). I thought it might be some kind of firewall filtering, which isn't the case. FLV videos as shown on e.g. http://www.spiegel.de are playing fine on all the client's computers. I've built an exe and shipped this along with the FLVs to the client, so she can play the whole TV-thing from her own disk drive -- also then the videos just don't play. So here my question: Does anybody know of a reason why some FLVs might not be played using Flash player 7,0,19,0? Any idea welcome, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Strange phenomenon: FLV / Flash 7 not showing
Hans Wichman schrieb: Hi, dumm question probably, but I'l ask it anyway: have you ruled out wrong paths ed? Does meta info show up, status info etc, or nothing at all? Well, wrong paths are ruled out -- the version the client is viewing is exactly the same as the version I'm using on my office computer. The Flash player is installed correctly -- all Flash 7 content on the web is playing fine. The phenomenon on the client's computer is just that video.start() doesn't do _anything_, and I'm quite clueless now. I've instructed the client to install a new Flash player version and will see how that competes, but I don't really believe it will change anything... -- anyway I will keep you informed and still welcome any idea. Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Searching for screensaver-maker
Hi folks, I'm currently looking for a tool for creating Win- (and possibly OS/X-) Screensavers out of Flash movies. The important thing here is: The tool should be able to create a subdirectory-structure with many files, since this time the Flash movie I shall make must read many XML-files contained in several subdirectories. This is a must; there's no option this time for including all the external files into the SWF. Does anybody out there know of such a tool? I'm just starting to try out some tools available on the net, but as there are zillions of different such tools, an answer here in the list might reach me before I have found such a tool myself. Any comment welcome, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] MD5, escape and ASP.NET-urlEncode
Hello folks, just wanted to tell you something and ask for something. Something to tell: ActionScript function escape escapes . and , ASP.NET function urlEncode does not escape . and escapes as +. So Strings escaped in ActionSript will NOT resemble strings urlEncoded in ASP.NET! I came across this while trying to make highscore- and user-management for a small flash game where the swf movie has to communicate with ASP.NET. ASP.NET does NOT offer ActionScripts escape-function, and ActionScript does NOT offer ASP.NETs urlEncode-function. Keep this in mind whereever your swf has too deal with ASP.NET! - Or else tell me the truth, please! Furthermore I am looking for a MD5-implementation for ActionScript, that will work properly on special characters. You can give it a try yourself, when entering a ß oder ä into any of those HTML-/web-based MD5-generators. Depending on which one you use, you will get two different result hashes. Needless to say that the usual MD5-implementation used with actionscript (there oonly seems to be one version out there) results in a different md5-hash than that used with ASP.NET. Again, please tell me, when you know I'm wrong here. Best regards, Roman Blöth. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Font jumping cross platform
Hello there, Adrian Penn schrieb: I've also experienced this problem or something very similar. I was given a handful of .fla files for a project a while back. All of these files were authored on a Mac. When we opened them on a PC - many of the text fields looked substantially different. The vertical positioning was off a bit as described here but worse still, the leading between characters was different. It looked fine when opening the same file in Flash on a Mac. The leading appeared much tighter on the PC than on the Mac. If we fixed the leading on the PC then it was too spaced-out on the Mac. If memory serves, we only saw this problem with one of the fonts used in the project. I think it was Rotis. I do not recall its format. I'm curious to go have a look again based on this thread however. Not being able to resolve the issue on the PC - we were left with having to do the final compile on a Mac. Same same... Here we face this phenomenon every day - unfortunately normally designers work on Mac whileas programmers work on PCs. I assume it has to do with the fonts you use - I believe ATM fonts on a PC (using ATM - though I thought since w2k you wouldn't need ATM any more to use ATM fonts) work much better than TTF. And probably (expensive) high quality fonts also work better than one of those thousands free TTF fonts out there... Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Crash in player 7, fine in player 8
Hello folks, once again flash strikes my mind: I've made a small test movie to test my ClipLoader-class, which stores and handles loading queues using a MovieClipLoader. To make a stress test I queue 5 larger swf files for loading on button press (made another button for testing a stop-function). When trying it out using flash player 8 everithing works just fine, when I try the same using player 7 (as browser plugin, that is), then the whole thing crashes. When using my ClipLoader-class in an actual project, everithing works fine when only one file is added to the queue, but even the Flash IDE crashes completely when adding several files for loading. We've been through all of the code and debugging output for two days with two programmers now, but we can not find any clue on about what the problem is. Anyone out there ever has made experience like this? MovieClipLoader.loadClip crashing flash ide/flash plugin under certain conditions?! Any comment welcome, regards, roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Crash in player 7, fine in player 8
Martin Weiser schrieb: i got similar problem, not possible to access MovieClip.getBytes...() methods, and also affecting progress value of movieClipLoader onProgress event . Maybe show more of your script O.k., seems like I have hit a spot. ;) One addition to the phenomenons we're observing along with lodClip-issues: At the start of our swf movie we issue manually a MovieclipLoader.loadClip(one_image.jpg) (don't know the target etc. now) ONCE, and when observing the browser traffic - e.g. using the Firefox-Addon LiveHTTPHeaders we see the loading of the jpg TWICE! The same is happening with SOME of the swf files that are loaded with my ClipLoader-class. As for the queueing-issue (Ian said queueing could slow things down): I am queueing the downloads, so programmatically only one download is in progress at a time. The debugging output out methods produce also shows that always at most ONE SINGLE download is in progress, nevertheless the great modem simulator tool Charles (maybe some ppl. here know it - it is much better than LiveHTTPHeaders for observing what's going on between browser and the rest of theworld) shows - for some swf's - that actually two simultaneous downloads are going on - two simultaneous downloads of the same file! Nevertheless we know that there is only one single instance of my ClipLoader-class with only one single instance of a MovieClipLoader running, and this MovieClipLoader only gets it's next loadClip-call after onLoadInit has been called, that is, after the loading has fully finished. Debugging output shows that this seems to work, though LiveHTTPHeaders and Charles tell another story. Please note that this double loading is not an issue of my ClipLoader-class, since it also happens when manually issuing a MovieClipLoader.loadClip(one_image.jpg), thus not using my class. The bottom line so far is that there seems to be an issue with MovieClipLoader and Flash player 7 and 8 - in player 8 it seems to work better in some way... I'll be keeping you informed on this, roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Crash in player 7, fine in player 8
O.k., we've some sort of cure for strange loadClip-behaviors: Between onLoadInit and the next call to loadClip we set a delay of about 500ms (using a setInterval which then invoces the next loadClip) and now we have no crashes any more. That is: When (pre-) loading several external files in queue put a delay of about 500ms between onLoadInit and loadClip to prevent flash from crashing. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Warning / onLoadComplete vs. onLoadInit
Hello again, some final words about this thread: One part of our problems we had with the MovieClipLoader has been our handling of events. So after having tested our thing some billion times and burning several brain cells I want to issue a warning: Beware of onLoadComplete! If possible, put your code into a onLoadInit-handler instead of a onLoadComplete-handler. For example if you handle a loading queue and invoke the loadClip for the next swf file in the queue, then you could end up in a mess if you loadClip in a onLoadComplete-handler, since nevertheless at least sometimes the onLoadInit will still happen. The problem is hard to tell here, since it must be a special situation where problems occur. But to prevent you from hunting hard to find bugs please always prefer onLoadInit over onLoadComplete! This is the more important as the name of the onLoadComplete-handler makes you easily forget that _after_ the complete loading there still is a init about to happen - so the naming is sort of unlucky... Best regards and thanks for your replies, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] referencing my main movieclip in a movie clip that is above(i think)
Jose Maria Barros schrieb: Hello Roman. I tried this in my swf B: this._parent.animBotoes_mc.gotoAndStop(link); but...it doesnt work... so is animBotoes_mc the parent? Then you can't write it like above, since animBotoes_mc does not contain animBotoes_mc, I assume... Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] once again: How to interrupt MovieClipLoader.loadClip()
Roman Blöth schrieb: [..] In any case the MovieClipLoader finishes the loading progress currently running before handling the empty or the new download, no matter when I try to interrupt the download. Man, there must be some way to interrupt a running loadClip-progress!? Finally I found the information needed where I didn't expect it: On Adobe's website! The really working way for interrupting a running MovieClipLoader.load(theFile.swf, mcName)-progress is by invoking MovieClipLoader.unloadClip(mcName) AND not to test it locally within your file system, but remotely via some http-server. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] While and Var
Laurent CUCHET schrieb:
1) I create dynamic textfield with while option
I try to create dynamic border and content without success
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var dtd;
var spa;
var spa1;
var dt = 0;
while (dt=99) {
dtd = var+dt;
spa = dt*5;
spa1 = (dt*15)+45;
_root.createTextField(dtd, dt, 0, spa1, 100, 15);
Call
dtd = _root.createTextField(dtd, dt, 0, spa1, 100, 15);
before calling
dtd.text=spa1;
dtd.border=true;
dtd.selectable=false;
dt++;
}
Since else dtd IS NOT your textfield, but simply a string.
Best regards,
Roman.
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS Files question
Patrick Jean schrieb: Greetings. I'm pretty new to the external AS files concept and I have a quick question. I made a first external class, let's call it Class A I also created a second external class. Let's call it Class B If I want to properly reference Class B from within the Class A AS file , what is the best way to do it ? Do I just have to import class B before class A within my FLA ? That sounds not very efficient. So I assume there's a way to make classe B accessible by class A from within the AS file. I'm not quite sure whether I got your issue right, but I can tell you that - as long as the classes and FLAs reside in the _same_ directory, they automatically know each other. But since you might place your AS files in a separate directory - or even in a separate directory structure (when using packages) - you have to tell Flash (and SEPY, MTASC etc.) the path where your directory structure begins... Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] AS Files question
Patrick Jean schrieb:
[..]
So in my 2nd Class , I put :
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import SequencerOBJ;
class ComOBJ extends LoadVars {
private var myTest:SequencerOBJ=new SequencerOBJ(It works);
public function ComOBJ() {
}
}
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Finally, in my FLA , I have :
import ComOBJ;
_global.myComOBJ = new ComOBJ();
And when I compile I get an error saying :
**Error** C:\!PROJECTS\Resweb\ComOBJ.as:
Line 6: A class's instance variables may only be initialized to compile-time
constant expressions.
private var myTest:SequencerOBJ=new SequencerOBJ(It works);
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Did I screw up on the syntax or something ?
Yeah, you should - besides your issue - NEVER rely on values passed
during variable declaration! These values sometimes are not stored
inside the variables...
To make your code work (I hope) you'd better write your class as follows:
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import SequencerOBJ;
class ComOBJ extends LoadVars {
private var myTest:SequencerOBJ=null;
public function ComOBJ() {
myTest = new SequencerOBJ(It works);
}
}
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This should do the job.
Best regards,
Roman.
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Re: [Flashcoders] referencing my main movieclip in a movie clip that is above(i think)
Jose Maria Barros schrieb: Hi...i know that is a newbie question, but..here it goes: I have a swf A. When i press a button in it, i load an external swf B into swf A. When i click a button in swf A , i wanted to swf B reach a variable that is in an movieclip that is in swf A. I tried this in the end of the main timeline of swf B: _level0.movieclip_in_A.myvar; So, _level0 is supposed to be the main swf A and movieclip_in_A is the movie clip inside the main swf, that have nested a variable called myvar. Im wrong? Anyway this is bad style: If _root/_level0 changes, then your code will cease working as expected. You can evade this situation by simply referencing the other way round: In the timeline of clipB write: this._parent.myvar Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] once again: How to interrupt MovieClipLoader.loadClip()
Hello folks, I know this matter rises nearly as often as the sun, and I've read but not kept all these postings here and thought I got it, but now I'm giving it a try and it doesn't seem to work. I have a mother-mc which should preload several external swf files while the user isn't doing something special. But when the user klicks somewhere special, the possibly running download should interrupt (think of about 50% MODEM users in germany and larger files to preload) and instead immediately start loading another external swf. Most postings on this matter recommend simply calling MovieClipLoader.loadClip(); I have tried this, and even tried MovieClipLoader.loadClip(MoreImportant.swf, targetMc); but to no use: In any case the MovieClipLoader finishes the loading progress currently running before handling the empty or the new download, no matter when I try to interrupt the download. Man, there must be some way to interrupt a running loadClip-progress!? Any working method highly appreciated! Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Design patterns
Anggie Bratadinata schrieb: Stephane, that's a good article. [..] Take a look at this interesting interview of Erich Gamma about Design Patters (How to use): http://blog.itpub.net/post/1087/48817 And - if not already mentioned here - think about buying the book Head First - Design Patterns by O'Reilly - definitely THE book for learning and fully understanding Design Patterns; there's nothing like this one out there (except maybe the other Head First-books). Get a free sample chapter (PDF) at ora.com. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] XML load hang...
David Cohn schrieb: Hey all, It seems that sometimes when I issue a load on an XML object, the onLoad function doesn't get called until something or other happens in Flash e.g. moving the mouse! Anyone see this behavior? And/or know why? This must be some side effect you're observing. Here it does everithing it should without something other happening... Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] XML-Object: How to detect server-timeout?!
Hello folks, a question comes into my mind while working with XML-Objects: How do you detect when the server is not reachable? Here in my working-environment when I simply detach the testing server from the ethernet, my sendAndLoad() starts and then nothing happens any more - the receiving XML-handler waits to see whether the world will some day come to an end... ...and I don't want my users have to do the same thing. Do you have found any way to find out whether the server has gone other than by defining your own interval - say 30 secs - after which the code itself decides it's of no use to wait any longer? Any comment welcome, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 36 39 1 - 43 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] clearing variables from memory after use...
j.c.wichman schrieb: Hi Roman, You describe my_var =null as being useless, but this should be enough for the garbage collector to come along and reclaim an object? With respect to the static issue, what do you mean with 'static instances' ? Could u provide an example of such an object with isn't reclaimed? Sorry, not at hand. I remember my first use of static values (NOT instances, of course - excuse me if I said so, that's dumb of course) with a gaming app, where I made a sokoban-style game within the whole thing. This sokoban game was an instance of my sokoban-class, using _some_ static values. After the sokoban was over, the game mc has been removed (removeMovieClip) and loaded anew when the player wanted to play another round. The times after the first run gave me the headaches, until I stopped using _any_ static value in my class. Another weird example out of my actual project: my_loader is an instance of my preloading-manager-class, the array created_clips stores references to the successfully loaded mcs: At some place - i.e. when stopping the game represented by the mc that has been loaded by my my_loader - the game should be removed from memory (for performance reasons): my_loader.created_clips[names.game_1].undloadMovie(); my_loader.created_clips[names.game_1].removeMovieClip(); _root.host.debug(GameHost.gameStop( + movie_name + ): my_loader.created_clips[+names.game_1+] == +my_loader.created_clips[names.game_1]); _root.host.debug(GameHost.gameStop( + movie_name + ): typeof(my_loader.created_clips[+names.game_1+]) == +typeof(my_loader.created_clips[names.game_1])); The debug-call (simply directs text to a floating text field for debugging) yields the following: GameHost.gameStop(IcefallClimbing): my_loader.created_clips[IcefallClimbing] == _level0.gamecontainer.IcefallClimbing GameHost.gameStop(IcefallClimbing): typeof(my_loader.created_clips[IcefallClimbing]) == movieclip So you really should digest this: The loaded mc is first unloaded, then removed, and still it sits there in memory as a moveclip! I'm seeing ghosts When I - after unloding and removing - delete my_loader.created_clips[names.game_1]; then of course my debug states it is null, but I'm not really sure, whether it really is null, or whether there simply isn't any variable left that could point to my unloaded and then removed movieclip still residing in memory... Unfortunately I'm not really wondering whether it's a bug or a feature - it's special, it's Flash. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] clearing variables from memory after use...
David Rorex schrieb: my_var = null; and delete my_var; should do exactly the same thing...delete doesn't actually delete the object, only the reference to the object. it doesn't get removed from memory until later (when the GC feels like it) Well, we observe different behaviour here: After unloading and removing a dynamically loaded mc, the variables used within that mc are all set to null - the debugger still shows they are there, and they are not null. Then we changed the code to _delete_ all variables onUnload, and now the variables get cleared. I must add that the corresponding variables used by the mc reside at _global, but this shouldn't make any difference, should it? Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] clearing variables from memory after use...
dls schrieb: Might be counting angels on a pin head here, but: if I set alot ( think hundreds) of _global variables such as: _global.state1 = Wisconsin; I assume they slow the performance of my player. Is there a way to clear them after use? (or more specifically, the ones I don't need -- I could figure out how to specify that in the code) Oh my, this really is a matter in Flash... Since we have often experienced variable's values not being cleared after use, we do the following: my_var = null; // This first step probably is useless, but ALWAYS use DELETE! delete my_var; If the value contained within the variable is a movieclip, then make sure that this mc has an onUnload-handler that does the above with all variables and to avoid instances from floating in memory after having deleted, unloaded and removed them, if possible don't use static values! I have made the experience that static instances stay in memory after there is no reference to them left, since I set them all to null and then deleted them. Then, when I re-create an instance of such static stuff, it isn't created anew, but Flash uses the old piece that rests in memory. Maybe it's just that I don't really, really understand the concept of static, but I know it can lead to unpredictable and hard-to-track errors. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] nested MC not firing event
Martin Wood schrieb: So you have something like this : MC_A --¬(uses mouse handlers) MC_B(also uses mouse handlers) Where A is B's parent but A has some handlers defined and none of the handlers in B will work. The way around it is to introduce a common parent to A and B which has no mouse handling, its just a container. So A is no longer the parent of B CONTAINER --¬ MC_A (contains some mouse handlers) MC_B (contains other mouse handlers) then both A and B's handlers will work. Yes, that unfortunately is the only way to go - Director btw does this much better: With Lingo you can pass every event, so it reaches all objects that want to receive them... But one more comment on the method above: Assume you have a onMouseEnter/onMouseLeave method on a background mc within your container mc, and then place button mcs above this background mc which want to receive on release events, then when the mouse pointer hovers over such a button mc, the background mc will receive a onMouseLeave-event, even though in fact the pointer still is within the background area... Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] nested MC not firing event
Kent Humphrey schrieb: On 26 Jan 2006, at 11:01, Roman Blöth wrote: Yes, that unfortunately is the only way to go - Director btw does this much better: With Lingo you can pass every event, so it reaches all objects that want to receive them... I'm a Lingo refugee, feel my pain... ;) - aren't most of Flashcoders' participants poor Lingo refugees?! Assume you have a onMouseEnter/onMouseLeave method on a background mc within your container mc, and then place button mcs above this background mc which want to receive on release events, then when the mouse pointer hovers over such a button mc, the background mc will receive a onMouseLeave-event, even though in fact the pointer still is within the background area... But one more comment on the method above: Which is what I just discovered with my test. So what is the solution? Surely thing kind of thing is overcome every time someone codes a simple dropdown kinda thing? g - well, in my case I switched to a onEnterFrame-method checking the _mousex and _mousey relative to the mc itself (i.e. the background-mc) and only when the mouse is outside the mc's coordinates I let Flash do what else would be in a onMouseLeave-method. Not the smartest way, maybe, but it works as intended. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] MX 2004 and keyboard shortcuts
Hey there, has someone ever managed to change the keyboard shortcuts for Flash's AS-editor's copy paste from ctrl-c / ctrl-v to ctrl-ins / shift ins? The menu item Edit - Keyboard Shortcuts lets me change these settings explicitly, if I switch to my own settings (cannot change these for the Macromedia default - set), but it won't work as expected: ctrl-c/-v still remains functional, though I disabled this, but ctrl-/shift-ins doesn't work at all. Restart of Flash doesn't make any difference... What is it that Flash and Director won't let Windows-users use these left-handed(*) copy paste shortcuts? Any hint welcome, Roman. (*) - at least for me as a left handed man the ins-versions work much faster -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] MX 2004 and keyboard shortcuts
Steven Sacks schrieb: Because they're system level not application level. Well, I always thought shift-/ctrl-ins IS system level under windows. At least it works in any of my programs except macromedia So it more seems like this not-functioning is due to the application, not the system?! regards, roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] class conflicts
PR Durand schrieb: Hi List Nobody answered me yesterday but I need to konw what happens please... When I generate my movie, I sometimes get a class name conflict error... but there are 3 problems in this error: - if I wait 2 or 3 minutes wihtout using flash before compiling, I don't have this error anymore and my project works perfectly... so it doesn't seem to come from my coding So I assume you store your class files (*.as) on another machine, and the time settings differ some minutes, so Flash has to wait until the time difference has passed. To prevent this problem, it's best to snychronize the time on both machines using some public ntp server. The other workaround is to install the ASO Commands available via the Macromedia (Adobe?) Flash-Website, and then before you compile your movie you simply invoce Commands - Clear ASO cache and then compile. We had the same phenomenon here. Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Movie Clip Loaded or not
Sumeet Kumar schrieb:
Hi All
I m using loadMovie Command to load a image in an empty Movieclip. but
how to check whether the image is loaded or not.
i.e
mc.loadMovie (image.jpg)
id = setInterval(fnCheckUploading,1)
fnCheckUploading =function () {
if (mc._width2){
clearInterval (id)
}
}
Now in my case the width of the image can be even 1 pixel.
So any one please guide me how to put a check.
Well, this one is quite simple: Make a movie clip which will hold the
image, add several frames to it, so that the _totalframes 1, and then
load the image, using the same name for the mc it already has, e.g.
create an mc with, say, 5 frames, then do a
imageholder_mc.loadMovie(your_image.jpg);
To the 5-frames-mc you can then add the folloging AS:
onClipEvent(load)
{
if (this._totalframes == 1)
{
...
}
}
since as soon the image has been loaded the mc will have 1 frame only.
Regards,
Roman.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Crossdomain data exchange
Chris Hill schrieb: I'd say your best bet is to use Charles to debug the interaction to make sure that the domains that you're calling are doing what you expect: Charles: http://www.xk72.com/charles/index.php Tutorial (shameless self-plug) http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=92 Record the session, and you can usually tell where things go pear-shaped. Also, I'm not sure that you can (or should) use * in a crossdomain.xml. And there is no issue with using non-www domains. Thanks for the hints. As so often the user is the cause: The crossdomain.xml was stored in the wrong directory - had been in the wrong directory, and we didn't recognize it... And yes, you can use * in this file - simply opening data access to all SWFs out there... Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with XML
Jose Maria Barros schrieb: Im having some problems loading an XML file into flash. The client inserts in the databse some elements and then an ASP page creates the xml file and flash reads it. [..] Here is the code that i use in flash: //XML ementa_xml = new XML(); _root.myEmenta = new Array(); ementa_xml.load(ementa2.xml); ementa_xml.onLoad = startEmenta; ementa_xml.ignoreWhite = true; _root.main11.ementa_txt = ; Here is a problem: You define the XML.onLoad-action AFTER loading the XML. In any way you must define ementa_xml.onLoad = startEmenta; before you call ementa_xml.load(ementa2.xml); Regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Crossdomain data exchange
Hello flashcoders, this thing is driving me mad... My swf (published for flash player 7 under Flash MX) just can't load data from another domain. In our intranet the computers all have fully qualified domain names. On main.ourweb.net the swf is running (embedded in a HTML page, of course). When calling the action I'm trying to implement, the swf sends data to another.ourweb.net via a loadVars-object, using a XML object as receiver of the data sent back - it is XML, but that's not the point - I'm observing the onLoad AND the onData - the received data is always undefined. The crossdomain.xml allows access from * on the another.ourweb.net server (that computer runs an IIS, main.ourweb.net runs Apache) - I even placed the same crossdomain.xml on main.ourweb.net... When directing the web browser to the address the loadVars is sending it's data to, I get proper XML. When running the swf in my browser, all I get is undefined... Somewhere I've read a notice from a flash user, stating that Flash would not be able to receive data from a domain name not starting with www, though I don't think this really is true, since the examples given by macromedia also use (cross-)domains not starting with www... Anyone observed such a problem before? Any idea on how to approach this phenomenon? I'm fumbling with this for 3 days now, but all I get is undefined... So every hint will be very welcome. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] POST form data and receive XML?
Dear Mike, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Yes you can post values using loadVars and recieve an xml string back in return. I am doing so now using php to output back xml. [..] var newLoad = new LoadVars(); newLoad.sendAndLoad(whatever.php, myXml); Thanks a load! You saved me a lot of try-and-error. Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox flash plugin problem?
Van De Velde Hans schrieb: [..] FYI: Authored in Flash 8 with ActionScript 2, published to Flash 7. and looking at it with flash plugin 8 on Windows XP Pro with Firefox 1.5. Sorry, no help from me, but I can support the statement that there indeed are problems with Flash player 8 and Firefox! We recently had a Movie with simple gotoAndStop()-commands which worked fine when testing within Flash, but which would cease working when used on the web within a HTML page... With Flash player 7 it worked fine though... Best regards, Roman. -- --- gosub communications gmbh | fredersdorfer str. 10 | 10243 berlin t [030] 29 66 88 81 | f [030] 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de --- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars + sendAndLoad + PERL + FireFox = Problem
Philip Isaacs schrieb: I've seen this posted on a number of websites, but not many useful solutions. I built this nifty application in Flash that reads data from an Oracle database via a Perl cgi script and loads this info back into Flash. The only problem is that I use a Mac and everything works fine, but I was ask to test it on Windows and it doesn't work with FireFox. Has anyone ever encountered a problem with LoadVars using FireFox or Mozilla? Dear Philip, we use this (LoadVars/SendAndLoad) quite often in our Flash-apps - and we all use FF, and it works fine. I didn't know there are problems - seems to me more like an encoding problem?! Regards, Roman. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] how to access mcs dinamically
Jorge Rego wrote: Hi list, I have some MCs named mc1, mc2, mc3 ... I'm trying to access them like this: mc[number].someProperty ... but no luck! How can this be done!? just do it like this: [mc_+number].someProperty - when referencing mc's by name you have to put it in square brackets... regards, roman. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] gotoAnd* stopped working today?!?!?!?!?!?
Hello there,
today something very, very strange happened with my flash project.
What Flash should do is no big deal: In the first frame, I have this code:
if (this == _root)
{
trace(starting solo);
_root.collapse_values.sound_atmo.start(0, 999);
initialize();
is_initialized = true;
this.gotoAndPlay(pregame);
}
This - of course - worked the day through. Now Flash seems not to handle
the gotoAndPlay any more:
The traces (one seen here and one inside the initialize-function)
also work, but the whole thing rests on frame 1 forever.
Now for the very weird part:
When I debug the movie, it works! So I can't debug this
misbehaviour, since in debug mode everything works fine! But as soon as
I start the movie - be it within Flash or in Firefox or IE - it stays on
frame 1 forever! When I add a
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
trace(_currentframe = +_currentframe);
}
then I get an endless output of _currentframe = 1...
Someone any ideas on this?!?!
Any comment very welcome!!!
regards,
roman.
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