[Flashcoders] TextField with image...
Hi cool list, I'm encountering a problem with TextFields... I want to embed an image into a TextField, and position other content underneath the TextField. The Image is loaded after a short while, and thus the height of the TextField increases. But no event is fired when the img is loaded. How can I position something underneath the TextField after the img is placed inside the TextField? I've tried first loading it so it is in cache, but no success... is there a way to insert the loaded Bitmap directly into the TextField? It can contain external images or linkage identifiers from the library. But can't get my head around getting a loaded Bitmap in... Anyone? Thanks! Sander Schuurman sentoplene.com @sentoplene ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Dancing characters...
Hi list... I'm trying to make some kind of Dock... http://www.sentoplene.com/dock But sometimes when I stop with the mouse, some characters keep on moving slightly... How can I get rid of that? I'm simply doing on Event .ENTER_FRAME: scaleIcons and then positionIcons. I'v tried to trigger the 2 functions only on MouseMove, but the responsiveness isn't accurate when you suddenly stop your mouse... So anyone any idea with this? thnx! Sander Schuurman sentoplene.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Variable naming conventions...
Hi, just wondering what you guys have for variable naming conventions... I use: ALL_CAPITALSfor constants _underscore for private vars this.thisPublicVar for public vars $dollarSignedParam for method params normalCamelCase for local method vars Inside methods I can recognize all variable types... What do you use? Sander Schuurman sentoplene.com twitter: @sentoplene ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Sound Library/Libraries...
Hi list, I was just wondering... What do you guys use for Sound Fx? Searching the internet for royalty free fx? Making your own? Bought a fancy spancy Sound Fx Library? Do you guys know of some cool Sound Libs out there? Professional and well searchable? Sorry for being curious :) Sander Schuurman sentoplene.com @sentoplene ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] pixelbender - blurfilter
When i make a blurfilter in PixelBender, will it be faster then the build-in flash blur? Probably not right? Cause PixelBender only increases actionscript code when you have multiple cpu-cores, and the flash blur is native (C?) -code Am I answering my own questions? Or can Pixel Bender produce a faster Blur? Sander sentoplene.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Dynamicly created text-pages...
Hi cool list, Got myself a little optimazation challenge. I'm getting HTML text from an XML file. The big text needs to be split into different pages, depending on the size of the text. What's the best way to approach this? I'm no counting words, en add words to a dynamic TextField (with css-style) en check with every word if it is still within the boundaries of the page. If it exceeds the height, then we will make another page and continue with adding the words. For really large texts this won't be the fastest way I guess. Any thoughts on this subject? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamicly created text-pages...
My first attempt was doing it with the scrollrect property. (wich ended
up unfortunatly in seeing pixel-lines (of lines of text) sometime when
using it to show different pages)
The problem isn't figuring out 'if' I need new pages (or how much), but
it is where the last word/character/whatever of the big text is, to
continue on a new page.
Joel Stransky wrote:
You can use the scrollV and maxScrollV properties to determine if you have
text outside of the field.
if(myTextField.scrollV != myTextField.maxScrollV){
//scrollbars or pagination needed
}
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Sander Schuurman b...@chello.nl wrote:
Hi cool list,
Got myself a little optimazation challenge.
I'm getting HTML text from an XML file. The big text needs to be split into
different pages, depending on the size of the text.
What's the best way to approach this?
I'm no counting words, en add words to a dynamic TextField (with css-style)
en check with every word if it is still within the boundaries of the page.
If it exceeds the height, then we will make another page and continue with
adding the words. For really large texts this won't be the fastest way I
guess.
Any thoughts on this subject?
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[Flashcoders] Advanced Rollover Physics/Math...
Hi cool list... I'm trying to create a subtle/smooth rollover animation of elements that react (scale) to the mouse position, and are aware of each other, so they move out of the way for each other instead of overlapping. I came across this subject a couple of times on the internet, but I can't find it with google anymore. The following image explains the simple subject: http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7434/testuu7.gif The following image explains more what I want design-wise: http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5407/test2ec9.gif Somebody who can point me in the right direction? Can I do this with a physics-engine? Without gravity, but with the awareness of the other elements? How would you do it? Thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Advanced Rollover Physics/Math...
Do you know kinda where to start... I'm trying to figure out how I would program the awareness of the elements. There must be some kind of idle position, and every element needs to know where the mouse cursor is and to know in wich direction to move, and know how big it needs to be according to the mouseposition, and how much space there is inside his 'zone', etc. etc. pfoe -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Steve Mathews Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:50 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advanced Rollover Physics/Math... You could probably pull this off with a physics engine. You could probably do it without also as a entire engine could be overkill. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:03 AM, Sander Schuurman sander.schuur...@oswaldandruby.com wrote: Hi cool list... I'm trying to create a subtle/smooth rollover animation of elements that react (scale) to the mouse position, and are aware of each other, so they move out of the way for each other instead of overlapping. I came across this subject a couple of times on the internet, but I can't find it with google anymore. The following image explains the simple subject: http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7434/testuu7.gif The following image explains more what I want design-wise: http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5407/test2ec9.gif Somebody who can point me in the right direction? Can I do this with a physics-engine? Without gravity, but with the awareness of the other elements? How would you do it? Thanks! ___ 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] Garbage Collection difficulty
Thnx! ran a few tests on a server; and indeed my code is doing great, and the
GC occurs when some more memory is needed... thnx again...
I think the concept of this GC is key in AS3 development
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Nate Beck
Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:34
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Ah yes... I knew I read it somewhere... It's in that Grant Skinner article.
*Deferred GC and Indeterminacy*
A *very* important thing to understand about the Garbage Collector in FP9 is
that it's operations are deferred. Your objects will not be removed
immediately when all active references are deleted, instead they will be
removed at some indeterminate time in the future (from a developer
standpoint). The GC uses a set of heuristics that look at RAM allocation and
the size of the memory stack (among other things) to determine when to run.
As a developer, you must accept that fact that you will have no way of
knowing when (or even if) your inactive objects will get deallocated. You
must also be aware that inactive objects will continue to execute
indefinitely (until the GC deallocates it), so code will keep running (ex.
enterFrames), sounds will keep playing, loads will keep happening, events
will keep firing, etc.
It's very important to remember that you have no control over when your
objects will be deallocated, so you must make them as inert as possible when
you are finished with them. Strategies to manage this will be the focus for
a future article.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Nate Beck n...@tldstudio.com wrote:
It was my understanding that Garbage Collection doesn't always occur right
away. When you have orphaned objects sitting on the heap, they are *
eligible* for garbage collection. That doesn't mean they will be removed
from memory right away. Especially if you're testing for JUST that to
happen. Usually GC occurs when more memory is needed.
Someone else could probably speak to this topic much more intelligently
than me.. but that was my understanding of how GC in general works.
Cheers
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Sander Schuurman
sander.schuur...@oswaldandruby.com wrote:
Thnx for the links... tried some, but still with no success... I now have
the following:
public class Image extends MovieClip
{
private var _thumbLoader:Loader;
private var _largeLoader:Loader;
private var _thumb:Bitmap;
private var _large:Bitmap;
public function loadThumb() :void
{
_thumbLoader = new Loader();
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
thumbLoaded, false, 0, true);
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured, false, 0, true);
_thumbLoader.load(new URLRequest(_tu));
}
private function thumbLoaded( e :Event ) :void
{
_thumb = Bitmap(e.currentTarget.content);
_thumb.smoothing = true;
addChild(_thumb);
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
thumbLoaded);
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured);
_thumbLoader = null;
dispatchEvent(new Event(Image.IMG_LOADED));
}
public function loadLarge() :void
{
_largeLoader = new Loader();
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
largeLoaded, false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured, false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.load(new URLRequest(_lu));
}
private function largeLoaded( e :Event ) :void
{
_large = e.currentTarget.content;
_large.smoothing = true;
addChild(_large);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
largeLoaded);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured);
//_largeLoader.content.dispose();
_largeLoader = null;
dispatchEvent(new Event(Image.IMG_LOADED));
}
public function disposeLarge() :void
{
if (_large)
{
removeChild(_large);
_large.bitmapData.dispose();
_large = null;
}
}
public function dispose() :void
{
disposeLarge();
removeChild(_thumb);
_thumb.bitmapData.dispose();
_thumb = null
}
}
Anyone some tips? The large bitmap stays in memory...
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:
flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:18
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Hi,
I think if you use it locally, you still have to dispose of it:
http://www.bartclaessens.com/tag/memory-management/
http://labs.bigspaceship.com/2007/02/28/flash
RE: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Thnx for the links... tried some, but still with no success... I now have the
following:
public class Image extends MovieClip
{
private var _thumbLoader:Loader;
private var _largeLoader:Loader;
private var _thumb:Bitmap;
private var _large:Bitmap;
public function loadThumb() :void
{
_thumbLoader = new Loader();
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
thumbLoaded, false, 0, true);
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured, false, 0, true);
_thumbLoader.load(new URLRequest(_tu));
}
private function thumbLoaded( e :Event ) :void
{
_thumb = Bitmap(e.currentTarget.content);
_thumb.smoothing = true;
addChild(_thumb);
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
thumbLoaded);
_thumbLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured);
_thumbLoader = null;
dispatchEvent(new Event(Image.IMG_LOADED));
}
public function loadLarge() :void
{
_largeLoader = new Loader();
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
largeLoaded, false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured, false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.load(new URLRequest(_lu));
}
private function largeLoaded( e :Event ) :void
{
_large = e.currentTarget.content;
_large.smoothing = true;
addChild(_large);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
largeLoaded);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured);
//_largeLoader.content.dispose();
_largeLoader = null;
dispatchEvent(new Event(Image.IMG_LOADED));
}
public function disposeLarge() :void
{
if (_large)
{
removeChild(_large);
_large.bitmapData.dispose();
_large = null;
}
}
public function dispose() :void
{
disposeLarge();
removeChild(_thumb);
_thumb.bitmapData.dispose();
_thumb = null
}
}
Anyone some tips? The large bitmap stays in memory...
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:18
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Hi,
I think if you use it locally, you still have to dispose of it:
http://www.bartclaessens.com/tag/memory-management/
http://labs.bigspaceship.com/2007/02/28/flash-performance-tips-part-ii/
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2006/06/as3_resource_ma.html
Search for dispose in some of these - also, one of the comments in
Grant's article mentions testing in the IDE vs testing in the browser
gives different results for loaded images.
HTH
Glen
Sander Schuurman wrote:
That's a local variable right? Doesn't it happen automatic?
I must concentrate on the _large Sprite, isn't it?
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 12:20
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Hi,
Do you have to destroy the Bitmap you create in the largeLoaded
function???
Glen
Sander Schuurman wrote:
Hi cool list,
I'm struggling with my Image class. It's supposed to load and unload
different sized images dynamicly; but I can't seem to get it to work
properly. The loading works fine, but the unloading not for the full 100%.
It visually unloads the image, but it remains in the memory. I have tried
several different things; I'm a bit stuck now.
Here is a stripped class:
public class Image extends MovieClip
{
...
private var _largeLoader:Loader;
private var _large:Sprite;
...
public function Image( thumbUrl :String,
normalUrl :String,
largeUrl :String )
{
_tu = thumbUrl;
_nu = normalUrl;
_lu = largeUrl;
}
...
public function loadLarge() :void
{
_largeLoader = new Loader();
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, largeLoaded,
false, 0, true
[Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Hi cool list,
I'm struggling with my Image class. It's supposed to load and unload different
sized images dynamicly; but I can't seem to get it to work properly. The
loading works fine, but the unloading not for the full 100%. It visually
unloads the image, but it remains in the memory. I have tried several different
things; I'm a bit stuck now.
Here is a stripped class:
public class Image extends MovieClip
{
...
private var _largeLoader:Loader;
private var _large:Sprite;
...
public function Image( thumbUrl :String,
normalUrl :String,
largeUrl :String )
{
_tu = thumbUrl;
_nu = normalUrl;
_lu = largeUrl;
}
...
public function loadLarge() :void
{
_largeLoader = new Loader();
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, largeLoaded,
false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured, false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.load(new URLRequest(_lu));
}
private function largeLoaded( e :Event ) :void
{
var b:Bitmap = Bitmap(largeLoader.content);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, largeLoaded);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured);
_largeLoader = null;
_large = new Sprite();
_large.addChild(b);
addChild(_large);
dispatchEvent(new Event(Image.IMG_LOADED));
}
...
public function clear( full :Boolean = false ) :void
{
// clear normal img and large img
... ?
// tried things like:
//_normal.removeChildAt(0);
//_normal = null;
//removeChild(_normal);
//_large.removeChildAt(0);
//_large = null;
//removeChild(_large);
//delete(_normal.removeChildAt(0));
//delete(_large.removeChildAt(0));
// removes the images visually, but they won't get GC'ed
if (full)
{
// clear thumb and itself
}
}
}
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RE: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
That's a local variable right? Doesn't it happen automatic?
I must concentrate on the _large Sprite, isn't it?
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 12:20
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Garbage Collection difficulty
Hi,
Do you have to destroy the Bitmap you create in the largeLoaded
function???
Glen
Sander Schuurman wrote:
Hi cool list,
I'm struggling with my Image class. It's supposed to load and unload
different sized images dynamicly; but I can't seem to get it to work
properly. The loading works fine, but the unloading not for the full 100%. It
visually unloads the image, but it remains in the memory. I have tried
several different things; I'm a bit stuck now.
Here is a stripped class:
public class Image extends MovieClip
{
...
private var _largeLoader:Loader;
private var _large:Sprite;
...
public function Image( thumbUrl :String,
normalUrl :String,
largeUrl :String )
{
_tu = thumbUrl;
_nu = normalUrl;
_lu = largeUrl;
}
...
public function loadLarge() :void
{
_largeLoader = new Loader();
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, largeLoaded,
false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured, false, 0, true);
_largeLoader.load(new URLRequest(_lu));
}
private function largeLoaded( e :Event ) :void
{
var b:Bitmap = Bitmap(largeLoader.content);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
largeLoaded);
_largeLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
errorOccured);
_largeLoader = null;
_large = new Sprite();
_large.addChild(b);
addChild(_large);
dispatchEvent(new Event(Image.IMG_LOADED));
}
...
public function clear( full :Boolean = false ) :void
{
// clear normal img and large img
... ?
// tried things like:
//_normal.removeChildAt(0);
//_normal = null;
//removeChild(_normal);
//_large.removeChildAt(0);
//_large = null;
//removeChild(_large);
//delete(_normal.removeChildAt(0));
//delete(_large.removeChildAt(0));
// removes the images visually, but they won't get
GC'ed
if (full)
{
// clear thumb and itself
}
}
}
Thanks in advance!
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[Flashcoders] AS3 Shoutcast Stream Player...
Hi cool list, I made a shoutcast streaming mp3-player and I'm having some little problems with it. When the stream is playing, the memory slowly builds up (really slowly), and sometimes jumps up with 6 MB or something. I've read that you can't overcome this, unless you close the stream and re-open it. Fair enoug; but what is a suitable memory amount to re-open the stream? Is it when bigger than 50MB, 100MB, or 250MB, or...? And sometimes the player has weird things, like playing the music really slow, or not playing a stream at all from a server. I've read that streaming mp3 from shoutcast always stays a little buggy? Other people believe/read this? And shoutcast doesn't need crossdomain.xml things right? Anyone know why it's not playing from the server? (player and stream are on different servers) thanks! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Class syntax question...
Hi cool list,
I want to make a Class that contains MotionBlur methods that I can call like
this: MotionBlur.coordBlur(mc, 1.5);
I have other classes wich I don't initiate and just call static methods from.
The MotionBlur class looks like this:
public class MotionBlur
{
public function MotionBlur()
{
// empty, never initiated
}
public static function coordBlur( mc :MovieClip, blurFactor
:Number = 1.5 ) :void
{
// calculate blur and apply blur setting to mc
}
public static function clearBlur(mc :MovieClip ) :void
{
// clear blur setting on mc
}
}
Ideally I want to use this through TweenMax like this:
TweenMax.from(mc, .4, {
alpha: 0, x: 1500, delay: 2, ease: Back.easeOut,
onUpdate: MotionBlur.coordBlur,
onUpdateParams: [mc, 1.5],
onComplete:
MotionBlur.clearBlur, onCompleteParams: [mc], overwrite: false
} );
But I get the following error: (even if I just call the method outside tweenmax
like this MotionBlur.coordBlur(chick, 2);)
1120: Access of undefined property MotionBlur.
I'm not quit sure what is going wrong here... does anyone see something strange
that I'm totally missing?
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[Flashcoders] Type of reference to parent?
Hi cool list.
In the following piece of code, I cannot make the type of the parent reference
to DisplayObject. If I set the reference-type to *, all works fine. But there
must be a more sophisticated way that produces cleaner code.
Anyone?
Code:
public class Test extends Sprite
{
public var o:DisplayObject;
public var r:DisplayObject; // produces error see below
// public var r:*; // works like a charm
public function Test( obj :DisplayObject )
{
r = obj.parent;
o = obj;
r.addChild(this); // this line produces the error
}
}
Error:
1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with
static type flash.display:DisplayObject.
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[Flashcoders] Drawing BitmapData - thinner lines?
Hi cool list, I am trying out some dynamic drawing to bitmapData. It works well, only my drawn lines are a bit chunky and thick. ( see http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/118/exampleyu5.jpg ) How can I make the lines a bit thinner and more 'organic'? I know it's possible... I checked out some other drawing examples on: http://www.lessrain.com/projects/luis/algorithm/liverender/ http://blog.andre-michelle.com/2008/fur-like-renderings/#comments I'm copying a drawn line from the library by the way, and then draw it to a bitmapdata (bitmap smoothing = true) thnx in advance! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Defenition of a Motion Designer...
Just to check other people's definition of a Motion Designer. What do you think a motion designer should be doing? Thnx in advance... ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] FW: External flv security issue...
Does anyone have some knowledge to share? Concerning this issue? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sander Schuurman Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2008 11:04 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] External flv security issue... hi cool list, I'm trying to load external swf into my flashapp. crossdomain.xml is in the correct place... the root of the server wich hosts the flv's... checkPolicyFile is giving positive results... inside the the swf is a flash video... don't know if this is external or internal... I keep getting this error: SecurityError: Error #2121: Security sandbox violation: Loader.content: http://sitem/adtest.swf cannot access http://www.bladiebla.tv/flashcommercials/banner_320x240.swf?pid=test. This may be worked around by calling Security.allowDomain. Inside the policylog all policy stuff is accepted. AllowDomain doesn't do the trick also... On the papervision mailing list I came accross a 'new' security thingie from Flashplayer 9.0.115 I believe... and someone said something about a (policy)flag that needs to be in the video? I read it really quick so I'm not sure what I read ;) But google isn't telling much on the subject... Does anyone know something about this issue? ___ 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] External flv security issue...
hi cool list, I'm trying to load external swf into my flashapp. crossdomain.xml is in the correct place... the root of the server wich hosts the flv's... checkPolicyFile is giving positive results... inside the the swf is a flash video... don't know if this is external or internal... I keep getting this error: SecurityError: Error #2121: Security sandbox violation: Loader.content: http://sitem/adtest.swf cannot access http://www.bladiebla.tv/flashcommercials/banner_320x240.swf?pid=test. This may be worked around by calling Security.allowDomain. Inside the policylog all policy stuff is accepted. AllowDomain doesn't do the trick also... On the papervision mailing list I came accross a 'new' security thingie from Flashplayer 9.0.115 I believe... and someone said something about a (policy)flag that needs to be in the video? I read it really quick so I'm not sure what I read ;) But google isn't telling much on the subject... Does anyone know something about this issue? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] removeChild madness
I know there's a lot written about the Garbage Collection, and removing assets
in AS3...
I'm trying to get my hands around it, but I'm still strugling ;)
A simple example:
I'm adding a MovieClip from the library, and I'm removing it as well, like a
toggle.
The MovieClip contains the System.totalMemory property.
If I keep toggling the MC on and of... the memory keeps going up...
I'm destroying the MC and removing it from the displayList...
But it's not cleared from the memory. What Am I missing?
ToggleCode:
private function toggleDebug() :void
{
var dw:debugWindow_lib = getChildByName('debugWindow') as
debugWindow_lib;
if (dw == null )
{
var debugWindow:MovieClip = new debugWindow_lib();
debugWindow.name = debugWindow;
addChild(debugWindow);
}
else
{
dw.destroy();
removeChild(dw);
}
}
Class
public class debugWindow_lib extends MovieClip
{
public function debugWindow_lib()
{
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame,
false, 0, true);
}
private function onEnterFrame( e :Event ) :void
{
var tM:Number = System.totalMemory / 1024;
totalMemory.text = tM.toString();
}
public function destroy()
{
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
}
}
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[Flashcoders] Removing loaded swf...
Hi cool list!
I'm trying do build a generic structure of pages (swf's) loaded in a main swf,
and unloading as well ofcourse.
Now I'm trying to unload a loaded swf, with the famous Garbage Collection. But
I'm not sure I'm doing it the right way. Hope you could point me in the right
direction.
My code:
private function loadPage( qUrl :String ) :void
{
var mLoader:Loader= new Loader();
var mRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest( qUrl );
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE,
pageComplete );
mLoader.load( mRequest );
}
private function pageComplete( e :Event ) :void
{
currentPage = e.currentTarget.content;
currentPage.addEventListener( Page.PAGE_INIT, initPage );
currentPage.addEventListener( Page.GOTO_PAGE, gotoPage );
addChild(currentPage);
}
private function gotoPage( e :Event ) :void
{
var nextPage = currentPage.gotoPage;
currentPage.removeEventListener( Page.PAGE_INIT, initPage );
currentPage.removeEventListener( Page.GOTO_PAGE, gotoPage );
var loader:Loader = Loader( e.target );
loader.unload();
loadPage( nextPage );
}
I'm not sure about the gotoPage method, if I can make a Loader object of the
currentPage and unload it. Is it totally ready for the GC to be deleted?
Thnx in advance.
Sander
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[Flashcoders] Microphone capture and saving with PHP or ASP
Hi cool list, Is it possible to capture the microphone of a computer and save/send it to a serverside language (PHP/ASP) without Flash Media Server? Convert it to a ByteArray and sending raw data? Quick searches tell me that it isn't possible without Flash Media Server... Anyone has experience with this? thnx! ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Masking Effect
thnx! this.cachAsBitmap = true; did the trick! Without converting to a bitmap, just the lines as the mask. thnx again. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 15:27 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Masking Effect you could convert the lines to fills (under object i believe) or you could use a bitmap (remember to use runtime bitmap caching) On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Sander Schuurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi cool list, I'm working on a masking effect and set it up with a mask MovieClip wich provide animated lines. Other masking effects work great when applied in the same way I am trying with this one. Only the other masking effects use Fills together with the lines. So my logic is saying me that lines don't trigger the mask of a DisplayObject and fills do. Am I correct? Is it possible otherwise to draw the lines to a bitmap object and have that as a mask? Or is a bitmap object always square when used as a mask? Thnx in advance, Sander ___ 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] Masking Effect
Hi cool list, I'm working on a masking effect and set it up with a mask MovieClip wich provide animated lines. Other masking effects work great when applied in the same way I am trying with this one. Only the other masking effects use Fills together with the lines. So my logic is saying me that lines don't trigger the mask of a DisplayObject and fills do. Am I correct? Is it possible otherwise to draw the lines to a bitmap object and have that as a mask? Or is a bitmap object always square when used as a mask? Thnx in advance, Sander ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Animating with big output in for example PNG
Hi, I'm really inspired by guys like Erik Natzke and Jared Tarbell, and I'm trying some of my drawing and animation-skills wich I want to be a png of large resolution in the end. I have the famous png encoding class. (http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/10/png-encoder-in-as3.html) I know of the technique to draw the animation to a bitmap during the animation. The only thing I don't know yet how to accomplish is the fact that Natzke for example outputs 10.000px by 10.000px files. Does anyone have experience in doing things like this? Any tips? Thnx in advance. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] NetStream's working locally, but not on a network-address
Hi list,
I have a Video playing in a custom player, and I encounter a strange problem.
I made lots of video players allready, but now it wont playback the video off
of a network-address.
Variables are passed to the player, and are in the player correctly received.
Tried it first in as3, and then quickly ported it to as2, but both versions
encounter the same problem.
flv and swf and html are in the same folder... first tried it in swfobject,
then normal embedding, but both the same problem... I don't know where to look
now.
Local playback security: play local files only I don't need to put this on
network right? If everything is on the same domain?
Code is minimal/simple like this:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object) {
switch(infoObject.code)
{
case 'NetStream.Play.Stop':
playBtn._visible =
vidT._visible = true;
}
};
homeVid.attachVideo(ns);
vidT.text= (_root.vidTitle != null)? _root.vidTitle: 'no
addVariable content.';
var vidU:String= (_root.vidUrl!= null)? _root.vidUrl:
'test.flv';
playBtn.onRelease = function()
{
playBtn._visible = vidT._visible = false;
ns.play(vidU);
}
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[Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough?
Hi all, What's the latest status on transparent flash banners/layers? Can you click through them to the underlaying HTML? Thought it wasn't possible, but came across an example that worked in IE7. On Firefox it wasn't possible, although I thought sometimes it showed some kind of behaviour that would suggest clickthroughs. So what's the status? And how does the Flash layer needs to be embedded... I thought wmode was a key element... Sorry for me being lost here... Regards, Sander ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough?
This is the example. http://www.bandbreed.nl/client/clubmed/ takes quit a while to load! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut Granda Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2008 16:39 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash banner / layer on top - clickthrough? Could you show us the example you came across? You can always set up your SWF to talk to JS and then to the underlying HTML. On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Sander Schuurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, What's the latest status on transparent flash banners/layers? Can you click through them to the underlaying HTML? Thought it wasn't possible, but came across an example that worked in IE7. On Firefox it wasn't possible, although I thought sometimes it showed some kind of behaviour that would suggest clickthroughs. So what's the status? And how does the Flash layer needs to be embedded... I thought wmode was a key element... Sorry for me being lost here... Regards, Sander ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- ...helmut ___ 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] Fullscreen Flash Video
Hi people, On some sites I do see some really smooth fullscreen video action... What's the best way of doing this. What are the points to look out for... - encodingwise? - Using netstream? - Using bitmap(data) objects? Like for example http://www.blackbeltmonkey.com/ What's the best way performance-wise...? Thnx in advance! Regards, Sander ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] FPS limit of flash player inside browser?
Hi, Just came across some limitations on the fps of a flash movie inside a browser. I've read on the internet some messages about the limit to be at around 60? But my tests got stuck at around 33 fps, it begins at around 57, but drops within a few seconds to around 33... Anyone can shine a light on this subject? Thnx in advance, Sander Schuurman ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
