[Flashcoders] XML File doesn't load on Flash Player9 in IE6, IE7
Hi list, I'm loading a XML file with the URLLoader class into a v9 SWF. On Firefox it all works without problem but on IE 6 and 7 the XML file doesn't get loaded, instead I get HTTPStatus 200. I don't have much experience with all the new AS3 Security stuff yet so I'd like to ask what I would have to do to make this work. I've read about crossdomain.xml files and Security Domains but these all seem not to apply to simple text/xml files. But I could be totally wrong. Would be great to get some hints on this! Thanks, Sascha ___ 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 File doesn't load on Flash Player9 in IE6, IE7
Yes I thought that too. Strange is IE gives me a HTTPStatus Event while Firefox does not. I'm using my own written IO class framework which is quite complex so unfortunately cutting out some code isn't done in a minute. I always thought that everything Flash-internal should run the same on every browser, the only thing that could be make trouble are some security features. Correct me if I'm wrong but otherwise the problem must a security-related thing. I'll try to post some code until tomorrow, it's getting late here. Thanks, Sascha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ngo Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 21:49 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] XML File doesn't load on Flash Player9 in IE6, IE7 An HTTP code of 200 usually means success. Do you have any sample code you can show? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sascha Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:04 AM To: flashcoders Subject: [Flashcoders] XML File doesn't load on Flash Player9 in IE6, IE7 Hi list, I'm loading a XML file with the URLLoader class into a v9 SWF. On Firefox it all works without problem but on IE 6 and 7 the XML file doesn't get loaded, instead I get HTTPStatus 200. I don't have much experience with all the new AS3 Security stuff yet so I'd like to ask what I would have to do to make this work. I've read about crossdomain.xml files and Security Domains but these all seem not to apply to simple text/xml files. But I could be totally wrong. Would be great to get some hints on this! Thanks, Sascha ___ 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@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@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] Preloader in Flash CS3 with AS3?
Hi folks, How do you implement a preloader with AS3 in Flash CS3? I don't mean a preloader that loads additional files but a preloader that preloads the SWF that the preloader is part of. I'm a bit puzzled about this right now as you cannot easily access bytesLoaded/bytesTotal anymore without the Loader class. As far as I can see it we still have to deal with the export-into-frame-1 problem so all exported assets have to go into frame 2 or beyond and the preloader situation would be still similar like in AS2/AS1. Any ideas? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hiddenresource.corewatch.net/ ___ 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] Developing Components with AS3 and CS3
Hi list, Now that we have AS 3.0 and Flash CS3 we can finally start to make some decent Flash components, don't we? Or so I thought but it's not exactly the same like making components with AS2 and resources on how to develop them with CS3 and AS3 are sparse or should I say non-existent so far?! So I was wondering if somebody knows of any tutes that shed some light on this. With AS3 we cannot use identifiers anymore when linking a symbol in the library, we can only provide a class name. Also on the Component Definition dialog are some settings that are left in the dark when looking into the docs, for one there's another Class input field and stuff to obviously create skinable components but a simple beginner guidance would be very appreciated! Sascha -- http://hiddenresource.corewatch.net/ ___ 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] Static LocalConnection name not working?
Hi, Does somebody know why LocalConnection.connect() throws an error 'One of the parameters is invalid' when using a static variable for the connection name? static var lcName:String = _myConnection; . lc.connect(lcName); A bug or even a security restriction?? -- http://hiddenresource.corewatch.net/ ___ 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] AS3 embedded assets and preloading?
Can somebody enlighten me? How do you use AS3 embedded assets with a preloader (without the Flash IDE)? In AS2/Flash8 and below we could put a preloader on frame1 of the main timeline and put all the heavy assets from the library on frame2 or beyond. In AS3 I wrote a custom Preloader class that extends MovieClip so if it's done loading it can proceed to frame2 but how do I get the embedded assets into frame2? I guess it doesn't work like that in AS3 anymore?! But in Flex the preloader works and it seems it does it without using frames (the Preloader class extends Sprite). Are there any tricks to get this done in an AS3 project and without using Flash IDE? Thanks in advance, Sascha ___ 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] AS3 writing ByteArray hexadecimal data to a file(using Zinc)
Yep you were right with the single digit hex chars! Thanks a lot Paul! Here's the thread on the Zinc Forum where I posted some code in case you're interested... http://www.mdmforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19351st=0gopid=86635#en try86635 As it turned out this way is a lot faster that using pipe delimiters! Cheers, Sascha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Evans Sent: Sunday, 07 January, 2007 00:44 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 writing ByteArray hexadecimal data to a file(using Zinc) On 5 Jan 2007, at 03:32, Sascha wrote: Obviously something is wrong with the way how I convert to hex data Additionally, I suspect your code is returning values less than 16 as a single digit of hex, whereas a byte should be represented by two hex digits - i.e. prefix a zero! Paul -- [ http://www.creative-cognition.co.uk/ ] [ http://creacog.wordpress.com/ ] ___ 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@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] AS3 writing ByteArray hexadecimal data to a file(using Zinc)
Yes I've already posted it on the Zinc forum but so far without any solution. I will prefix any non dual digit and see if it works! Thanks Paul! Sascha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Evans Sent: Sunday, 07 January, 2007 00:44 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 writing ByteArray hexadecimal data to a file(using Zinc) On 5 Jan 2007, at 03:32, Sascha wrote: Obviously something is wrong with the way how I convert to hex data Additionally, I suspect your code is returning values less than 16 as a single digit of hex, whereas a byte should be represented by two hex digits - i.e. prefix a zero! Paul -- [ http://www.creative-cognition.co.uk/ ] [ http://creacog.wordpress.com/ ] ___ 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@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] AS3 writing ByteArray hexadecimal data to a file (using Zinc)
Hi,
I'm trying to encode binary data to hexadecimal values and then writing them
to a file using mdm.FileSystem.saveFileHEX(). I could also use the pipe
delimiter method but while it works correctly, it is very slow on larger
files.
So here is my problem: The binary data gets encoded to a hexadecimal values
string from a ByteArray like this:
var data:String = ;
var byte:int;
while (true)
{
try
{
byte = byteArray.readUnsignedByte();
data += byte.toString(16).toUpperCase();
}
catch (e:EOFError)
{
break;
}
}
But the file ends up always having a few bytes less then the original and
some bytes order is messed up. For example a 25,159 bytes file is only
24,209 bytes large after this and if doing a trace of the original byteArray
and the string data / 2, the values aren't equal .
trace(byteArray.length); // 25159
trace(data.length / 2); // 24208.5
Obviously something is wrong with the way how I convert to hex data but I
don't know what. Can somebody with more byteArray experience give me hint
how to get this working?
Cheers,
Sascha
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RE: [Flashcoders] Which Data Structure is good for this?
Thanks Michael! You're right, E4X is sweet but in this case there are too many things that hang onto it later so I want to create a custom data holder that is more lightweight and fits the needs exactly. Using an object with own API for every hierarchy would also be overkill. Thanks a lot for the efforts though! I might also try utilizing the Proxy class as there properties later that are not known from the beginning. Cheers, Sascha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T. Michael Keesey Sent: Tuesday, 12 December, 2006 14:00 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Which Data Structure is good for this? On 12/11/06, Sascha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in recommendations about what kind of data structure is best used in the following situation. I'm loading in a XML file with a typical recursive structure, then the data from it should be parsed into a data storage object and this data should be accessible globally through the application. The XML file has a structure like this: [snipped] The e4x functions make dealing with XML objects s nice that I don't see any particular reason to convert it to something else. But, if you insist, how about a data model package with classes like so: Model public function get xml():XML; public function set xml(value:XML):void ResourceList extends Model public function getDisplay(type:uint):Display; public function get data():Data; override public function set xml(value:XML):void Display extends Model public function get propertyCount():uint; public function get backgroundCount():uint; public function get objectCount():uint; public function getProperty(index:uint):Property; public function getBackground(index:uint):Background; public function getObject(index:uint):DisplayObject; override public function set xml(value:XML):void ... so on and so forth -- T. Michael Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry Carney: http://parryandcarney.com ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/ ___ 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@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] Which Data Structure is good for this?
I would be interested in recommendations about what kind of data structure is best used in the following situation. I'm loading in a XML file with a typical recursive structure, then the data from it should be parsed into a data storage object and this data should be accessible globally through the application. The XML file has a structure like this: resourceList display type=1 displayProperties property name=foo value=doo/ property name=fee value=faa/ /displayProperties displayObjects object id=1 file=foo/etc/file.xml/ object id=2 file=foo/etc/file2.xml/ object id=3 file=foo/etc/file3.xml/ /displayObjects backgrounds backgrounds id=125 file=foo/etc/bg.png/ / backgrounds /display data dataTypes property name=foo value=doo/ property name=fee value=faa/ /dataTypes /data etc somethingElse property name=foo value=doo/ / somethingElse /etc ... The XML is being extended by the time but it retains the shown hierarchical structure. I want to be able to keep a similar structure in memory but I don't want to keep it as an XML object. I was thinking about using a custom object and populate it with HashMaps but then the hierarchy would be too flat. I would appreciate it if somebody could give me some suggestions what kind of data structure is a good choice for this as I don't have much experience with trees, lists and other more complex structures. Thanks a lot, Sascha ___ 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] Which Data Structure is good for this?
Thanks Steven! Forgot to mention that I'm using AS3. I will try to write
your method in AS3 and see if it fits my needs.
Cheers,
Sascha
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function XML2AS(n, r) {
var a, d, k;
if (r[k=n.nodeName] == null) r = ((a=r[k]=[{}]))[d=0];
else r = (a=r[k])[d=r[k].push({})-1];
if (n.hasChildNodes()) {
if ((k=n.firstChild.nodeType) == 1) {
r.attributes = n.attributes;
for (var i in k=n.childNodes) XML2AS(k[i], r);
} else if (k == 3) {
a[d] = new String(n.firstChild.nodeValue);
a[d].attributes = n.attributes;
}
}else r.attributes = n.attributes;
}
Usage example:
var xmlObj:Object = {};
XML2AS(xml.firstChild, xmlObj);
var dType:String = xmlObj.resourceList[0].display[0].attributes.type;
var pArray:Array =
xmlObj.resourceList[0].display[0].displayProperties[0].property;
var i:Number = pArray.length;
while (i--) {
trace(pArray[i].attributes.name + , + pArray[i].attributes.value);
}
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sascha
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:54 PM
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Which Data Structure is good for this?
I would be interested in recommendations about what kind of
data structure is best used in the following situation.
I'm loading in a XML file with a typical recursive structure,
then the data from it should be parsed into a data storage
object and this data should be accessible globally through
the application. The XML file has a structure like this:
resourceList
display type=1
displayProperties
property name=foo value=doo/
property name=fee value=faa/
/displayProperties
displayObjects
object id=1 file=foo/etc/file.xml/
object id=2 file=foo/etc/file2.xml/
object id=3 file=foo/etc/file3.xml/
/displayObjects
backgrounds
backgrounds id=125 file=foo/etc/bg.png/
/ backgrounds
/display
data
dataTypes
property name=foo value=doo/
property name=fee value=faa/
/dataTypes
/data
etc
somethingElse
property name=foo value=doo/
/ somethingElse
/etc
... The XML is being extended by the time but it retains the
shown hierarchical structure. I want to be able to keep a
similar structure in memory but I don't want to keep it as an
XML object. I was thinking about using a custom object and
populate it with HashMaps but then the hierarchy would be too flat.
I would appreciate it if somebody could give me some
suggestions what kind of data structure is a good choice for
this as I don't have much experience with trees, lists and
other more complex structures.
Thanks a lot,
Sascha
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[Flashcoders] Running a Timer in more than one instance of the same DisplayObject?
Hi List, I have an advanced AS3 problem with that I'm stuck ... I'm extending the Bitmap Class to create a custom bitmap object that uses a Timer to trigger a function that scrolls the bitmap's BitmapData. This works fine as long as there is only one instance of the custom bitmap on the screen but as soon as there are two only one of them keeps playing the timed scroll. If I add many more they even all disappear. I guess that it is timer related trouble like as if all are using the same timer (though every instance creates its own timer). Does somebody have any clue how to get this working? Thanks a lot, Sascha ___ 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] Running a Timer in more than one instance of thesame DisplayObject?
Thanks Michael but the timer is instantiated and started at runtime, not in
the constructor. I've tried it and both approaches don't work.
However I have located the source of the problem now (I believe):
I'm adding several of the Custom Bitmap Objects at runtime and as it is not
decided from start how many object are there, they are added in a for loop
like this (Tile is my custom Bitmap)...
for (var i:uint = 1; i = tileAmount; i++)
{
var tile:Tile = new Tile(i);
addChild(Bitmap(tile));
}
When I run it, only the last added tile exists, all others are removed from
the screen. So this is a DisplayList problem. My question would be now: How
do I add dynamic DisplayObject instances and don't have them removed if the
next comes in? This is probably totally trivial but I kind of have a
blackout about this now.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T. Michael Keesey
Sent: Friday, 08 December, 2006 04:00
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Running a Timer in more than one instance of
thesame
DisplayObject?
Are you initializing the timer at compile-time or in the constructor?
That is, are you doing this:
protected var _timer:Timer = new Timer();
... or this?:
public function MyBitmapClass() {
super();
_timer = new Timer();
//...
}
//...
protected var _timer:Timer;
I've had some trouble with the former approach. It seems to set all
instances' _timer fields to the same object. The latter approach
ensures that each field is indeed different.
On 12/7/06, Sascha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi List,
I have an advanced AS3 problem with that I'm stuck ...
I'm extending the Bitmap Class to create a custom bitmap object that
uses a
Timer to trigger a function that scrolls the bitmap's BitmapData.
This works fine as long as there is only one instance of the custom
bitmap
on the screen but as soon as there are two only one of them keeps
playing
the timed scroll. If I add many more they even all disappear.
I guess that it is timer related trouble like as if all are using the
same
timer (though every instance creates its own timer).
Does somebody have any clue how to get this working?
Thanks a lot,
Sascha
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[Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?
Hi,
Why is it when I use Math.random to generate 10 random integers I get the
same pattern of numbers almost every time. Starting the SWF movie ten times
and I have 6-8 times the same pattern of numbers. What's going on there?
Almost looks as if the compiler sets pre-compiled numbers.
Using this ...
var str:String = ;
for (var i:int = 0; i 10; i++)
{
str += Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + ,
;
}
trace(str);
... and running the SWF movie ten times, I get this ...
88, 87, 35, 69, 73, 11, 93, 40, 39, 19,
43, 69, 70, 96, 39, 97, 8, 74, 29, 65,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
88, 87, 35, 69, 73, 11, 93, 40, 39, 19,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
88, 87, 35, 69, 73, 11, 93, 40, 39, 19,
This is the first time I experience this. Is there any solution to fix
this?
Thanks,
Sascha
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RE: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?
Thanks Ron and Danny!
I knew that the random numbers are not truly random and that the seed cannot
be changed but the random number patterns I get now are pretty hefty, I
think this wasn't like that in AS2 times.
I will try to fumble with the date object to get a better seed.
Sascha
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wheeler
Sent: Monday, 27 November, 2006 23:45
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Whats the deal with AS3 Math.random?
Math.random generates psuedo-random numbers. If you want to have
something that looks more random, try calling Math.random a random
number of times before using the numbers.
Use a true random number to determine the number of times to call it in
the initial run.
Suggestion: the modulus 100 of the number of milli-seconds since
midnight (or some arbitrary date/time).
This should give you at least 100 different pseudo-ransom strings.
increase the modulus to get more.
I believe that you can get hardware devices that will give you truly
random numbers, if that is really required.
As John von Neumann said in 1961 Anyone who considers arithmetical
methods of producing random digits is of course, in a state of sin.
We are all forced to chose between lesser and greater sins by our need
for economical solutions.
Ron
Sascha wrote:
Hi,
Why is it when I use Math.random to generate 10 random integers I get
the
same pattern of numbers almost every time. Starting the SWF movie ten
times
and I have 6-8 times the same pattern of numbers. What's going on there?
Almost looks as if the compiler sets pre-compiled numbers.
Using this ...
var str:String = ;
for (var i:int = 0; i 10; i++)
{
str += Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + ,
;
}
trace(str);
... and running the SWF movie ten times, I get this ...
88, 87, 35, 69, 73, 11, 93, 40, 39, 19,
43, 69, 70, 96, 39, 97, 8, 74, 29, 65,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
88, 87, 35, 69, 73, 11, 93, 40, 39, 19,
50, 32, 82, 45, 39, 74, 96, 5, 7, 9,
88, 87, 35, 69, 73, 11, 93, 40, 39, 19,
This is the first time I experience this. Is there any solution to fix
this?
Thanks,
Sascha
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RE: [Flashcoders] Logging Flash-Internal User Access?
Thanks a lot Steven, I will try your method! Thanks to all the others who responded, I haven't thought about such easy approaches. I will see if this method is ok with my client. Sascha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: Thursday, 12 October, 2006 02:48 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Logging Flash-Internal User Access? It's actually pretty straightforward and easy. Here's a quick way to track page impressions with no back-end code whatsoever. Create empty (0 bytes) .txt (or .html) files and put them in a folder on the server. Have Flash loadVars the txt files and append a noCache argument with the date in milliseconds so it doesn't cache. So, your file URL would look something like this: tUrl = tracking/page1.txt?noCache= + new Date().getTime(); Just loadVars a file every time they load in a different page. They'll be able to check their weblogs to see traffic. If they want something more like session data and such, then you'll have to write a back-end to support it. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 ___ 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@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] Logging Flash-Internal User Access?
Hi, My Client asked for a feature with that they can check how many users accessed which sections in their Flash Movie so they can see how popular the sections are. Their Flash is divided into 5 sub pages, all inside the same SWF. I'm sure this is possible by utilizing PHP or similar server-side language, I just haven't done such a thing yet and I'm on a tight deadline with this job. Could somebody lead me to any source on the web that does this task? A PHP-Flash Example would be best! Thanks a lot, Sascha ___ 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] Flash 9 AS3 Class Export Frame?
Hi, how do I go about exporting classes to a different frame than frame 1 in Flash 9 Public Alpha? As exporting them to frame 1 is bad for the preloader I prefer to export all assets and classes to frame 2. In former Flash versions you could set the export frame in the publish settings but it's gone in v9. Thanks for any advice! Sascha ___ 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] AS3 Preloader
Hi list, can somebody give me an example of how to create a Preloader for the main timeline with AS3 (for use in the Flash IDE)? I've been trying to get a working Preloader but I'm puzzled about it since the whole thing has changed from AS2 to AS3. Thanks for any hints! Sascha ___ 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] AS3 - From BitmapAsset to BitmapData?
Thanks Charles! However I didn't wanted to put a MovieClip into a BitmapData, I wanted to do the opposite. But I think I have just found out how to do that ... by putting the BitmapData into a new Bitmap object ... img = new Bitmap(imageBitmapData); mc.addChild(img); Thanks for the help! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Parcell Sent: Monday, 31. July, 2006 15:37 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - From BitmapAsset to BitmapData? You don't attach BitmapData, you draw it. Look at the draw function in the BitmapData class. Charles P. On 7/30/06, Sascha Balkau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot Jim! That was the link I was looking for! Maybe you can give me a hint on another BitmapData problem: How do I attach a BitmapData to a MovieClip in AS3? attachBitmap is no more and if I use addChild I get a Coercion failed again. Sascha When embedding the images like this I use a normal Bitmap class not a BitmapAsset. Then you can access the bitmapData property of the bitmap class. [Embed(source=image.png)] private var imageClass:Class; private var image:Bitmap = new imageClass(); private var bitmapData:BitmapData = image.bitmapData; hth Jim ___ 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@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@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] AS3 - From BitmapAsset to BitmapData?
Hi, Can somebody tell me how I get an embedded image (BitmapAsset) to a useable BitmapData? I'm a bit confused about this. I want to embed an image and then use it as a BitmapData object. I got ... [Embed(source=image.png)] private var imageClass:Class; private var image:BitmapAsset; ... image = BitmapAsset(new imageClass()); ... but how do I get the BitmapAsset to BitmapData to use the bitmap API on it? If I try a simple casting I get a Coercion failed. I would appreciate any help about it! Haven't really delved into this yet! Thanks, Sascha ___ 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] AS3 - From BitmapAsset to BitmapData?
Thanks a lot Jim! That was the link I was looking for! Maybe you can give me a hint on another BitmapData problem: How do I attach a BitmapData to a MovieClip in AS3? attachBitmap is no more and if I use addChild I get a Coercion failed again. Sascha When embedding the images like this I use a normal Bitmap class not a BitmapAsset. Then you can access the bitmapData property of the bitmap class. [Embed(source=image.png)] private var imageClass:Class; private var image:Bitmap = new imageClass(); private var bitmapData:BitmapData = image.bitmapData; hth Jim ___ 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] private constructors in AS3.0?
Hi, This might be old stuff but I missed it completely ... I was wondering if somebody can tell me the rationale about that constructors in AS3.0 must be public and what happens to Singletons in AS3.0? Thanks, Sascha ___ 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] AS3 - why no properties in interfaces?
I've been writing interfaces several times now where I had wished ActionScript would support not only methods but also properties for them. So I'm wondering what's the reason that Adobe still hasn't added interface support for properties. After all Java has them and even haXe supports them too. I know there is some workaround by using inheritance but that is rather sub-optimal in my opinion. Does somebody know an answer for this and maybe has a good solution? Thanks a lot, Sascha ___ 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] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Weldon, thanks for trying to help! Yes the images are all definately available when the blend happens. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the images are loaded dynamically from external files into movieclips. Either way I will see if I can locate the source of the problem! Sascha - Original Message - From: Weldon MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps? I experimented and with the images as mc's, attached from library, and your function on frame one, not as a class, the function works as you wanted it too. Are you sure the images are really where you expect them to be? ie. is the image loaded when the call is made? Maybe something about your class setup? On 3/19/06, Sascha Balkau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Weldon, here's the method I've wrote to handle the blending. It's very simple and I cannot detect any bug in there ... The blending works but strangely the fromImage is not shown, instead the toImage fades in from the white background of my Flash movie. As I mentioned before there are other image mc's in the holder movieclip but they are on depths 0 to 20 and are invisible so I doubt they have any influence on this. Sascha Weldon Mac Donald ___ 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] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Hi list, I got a number of movieclips created with createEmptyMovieClip, into every MC I load a JPG image dynamically and then it's set it invisible. Then I change the depth of two of these mc's, say one to depth 2000, the other to 2001, make them visible and then I try to blend over these two images with an alpha transparency by setting the _alpha of the upper image to 0 and increase it up to 100 in an onEnterFrame. However it doesn't work, the upper image always fades in from 100% white and not the underlying image. Did I missed something? Is that not possible with _alpha in Flash? Thanks for any hints! Sascha ___ 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] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Hi Michael, there are several mc's in one container mc but all are set to invisible except for two at a time. And I want to fade between these two but I haven't managed to do so. The top most mc always fades in from the white background as if the bottom mc would be invisible. But it isn't. Flash 8 is no choice as my client wants it in Flash 7. Thanks, Sascha - Original Message - From: Michael Bedar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps? There is a limit to how many alpha'd movieclips you can have overlapping before Flash runs into display errors. If a movieclip is supposed to be completely invisible, set _visible=false instead of _alpha=0, so that Flash does not need to display it. If for some reason you really need to display many images overlapped with 0 alpha, look into drawing them into the same bitmap in Flash 8. On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Sascha Balkau wrote: Hi list, I got a number of movieclips created with createEmptyMovieClip, into every MC I load a JPG image dynamically and then it's set it invisible. Then I change the depth of two of these mc's, say one to depth 2000, the other to 2001, make them visible and then I try to blend over these two images with an alpha transparency by setting the _alpha of the upper image to 0 and increase it up to 100 in an onEnterFrame. However it doesn't work, the upper image always fades in from 100% white and not the underlying image. Did I missed something? Is that not possible with _alpha in Flash? Thanks for any hints! Sascha ___ 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@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@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] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
Weldon, here's the method I've wrote to handle the blending. It's very
simple and I cannot detect any bug in there ...
public static function alphaBlend(fromImage:MovieClip,
toImage:MovieClip):Void
{
fromImage.swapDepths(100);
fromImage._alpha = 100;
fromImage._visible = true;
toImage.swapDepths(101);
toImage._alpha = 0;
toImage._visible = true;
toImage.onEnterFrame = function():Void
{
if (toImage._alpha 100)
{
toImage._alpha += 5;
}
else
{
toImage._alpha = 100;
delete toImage.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}
The blending works but strangely the fromImage is not shown, instead the
toImage fades in from the white background of my Flash movie. As I mentioned
before there are other image mc's in the holder movieclip but they are on
depths 0 to 20 and are invisible so I doubt they have any influence on this.
Sascha
- Original Message -
From: Weldon MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha-blending two MC's with bitmaps?
I've done what you seem to be discribing and it works. You probably
have a small bug in your code. Without seeing the code it's hard to
say what it is, but you could look for a depth duplication problem.
Have you made certain the lower one is loading at all or has been made
visible...etc... Your idea will work, you just need to do some
debugging
On 3/18/06, Sascha Balkau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Michael,
there are several mc's in one container mc but all are set to invisible
except for two at a time. And I want to fade between these two but I
haven't
managed to do so. The top most mc always fades in from the white
background
as if the bottom mc would be invisible. But it isn't. Flash 8 is no choice
as my client wants it in Flash 7.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Loading several images with one progressbar?
Hi Adrian, thanks for the idea but this approach will not work in my case because the images are loaded sequencially. If one image is finished loading, my class starts loading the next and so on, one after one. And the amount of images varies (the image filenames are fetched from a XML file). I'm now defining a segmentWidth by dividing the full progressbar width by the amount of images that are going to be loaded. That gives me the 100% for one image on the whol bar. I just haven't figured out yet how to make it work so that the bar doesn't start from 0 at every image. Any other idea? Sascha - Original Message - From: Adrian Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 3:24 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Loading several images with one progressbar? Say you have 3 images loading, use something like this: var bytesLoaded:Number = 0; var bytesTotal:Number = 0; bytesLoaded += image1.getBytesLoaded(); bytesTotal += image1.getBytesTotal(); bytesLoaded += image2.getBytesLoaded(); bytesTotal += image2.getBytesTotal(); bytesLoaded += image3.getBytesLoaded(); bytesTotal += image3.getBytesTotal(); var percentageLoaded:Number = (bytesLoaded/bytesTotal) * 100; There may be ways to optimise this code depending on your circumstances (e.g. just calculate bytesTotal once and reuse it) but this shows the basic idea. Adrian P. On 3/11/06, Sascha Balkau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, this is probably an old hat but I can't get it right. I want to display the load progress of several images with one progress bar. How do I calculate the percentage of the bar? Thanks alot, Sascha ___ 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@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@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] Loading several images with one progressbar?
Hi, this is probably an old hat but I can't get it right. I want to display the load progress of several images with one progress bar. How do I calculate the percentage of the bar? Thanks alot, Sascha ___ 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] Zinc 2.5 making Components slow
Is somebody using mdm Zinc v2.5 with v2 or similar components? I'm working on a standalone application for a client where I need to use Zinc to save data to harddisk and the application uses the Bit Components set because the tabpane is needed. I have a screen that has a tabpane with 6 tabs and on every tab are 12 comboboxes. To build this up takes long already in a normal SWF but it even gets slower in a Zinc published EXE. Plus the tabpanes and comboboxes are getting very sluggish after published with Zinc. Does somebody know why this is happening? I would be interested in making it run faster or like to hear somebodies experience with using SWF Studio/mProjector for a similar situation. Thanks, Sascha -- Flash Game Programming Wiki http://fgpwiki.corewatch.net/ H1DD3N.R350URC3 http://hiddenresource.corewatch.net/ ___ 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] scrollRect
JesterXL,
I'd be interested in see this engine running but the demos on your site seem
not to work anymore with the latest Flash 8.5 alpha player.
If I import the project into Flex Builder and try to run it , it tells me
that some errors exist but it doesn't show me where the errors are.
Would be cool to get a hint on this to compile it with the latest Flex beta
to make it run.
Thanks,
Sascha
I oringally wrote this in Flash 8, and ported to Flash 8.5. There is no
reason it couldn't go back.
http://www.jessewarden.com/archives/2006/01/diesel_battlefi.html
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Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:55 PM
Subject: [FlashCoders] scrollRect
Hi all,
I'm trying to make a very basic prototype to test parallax movement with
Flash 8.
Is movieclip.scrollRect what I should be using? I tried this:
var bg:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie(bg, bg, 2);
var y:Number = 0;
_root.onEnterFrame = function():Void {
bg.scrollRect = {x:0, y:y--, width:635, height:540};
}
The movieclip bg contains only a jpg 635x540.
The movement is pretty jumpy. Should I be using BitmapData instead?
I'm a bit lost! I've been searching for code samples online for the past 2
hours and
I haven't found anything useful.
Does anyone have a useful link for parallax or tile-based games using
Flash
8 features?
Performance is the key issue here, since this is going for a very big and
complex game
and I want to optimize it as much as possible.
Thanks a lot!
Dimitrios
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[Flashcoders] getting the name of an object
hi, this might be obvious but how do I get the name of an object? If I got an object named fooObj how can I get Flash to for example trace out the name of the object, so that it traces fooObj? I know this works with movieclips but how about objects or arrays? Sascha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object
Ok but it there a way to get the name of the variable that is reffering to the object? First I thought eval() could be used for that but it seems not. -Sascha - Original Message - From: Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object hi, this might be obvious but how do I get the name of an object? If I got an object named fooObj how can I get Flash to for example trace out the name of the object, so that it traces fooObj? I know this works with movieclips but how about objects or arrays? Objects or arrays don't have a name. That is: you could have a variable fooObj referring to some object O, and you could set another variable barObj to refer to the same object. The object O is completely independent of the variables referring to it. For that matter, an object held in an array doesn't even have a variable name referring to it. So unless you set up some kind of convention of your own, the request doesn't really make much sense. Danny ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object
Looks useful! Thanks Julius I will try out this code later today!
-Sascha
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From: Julius - XK [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object
Is this what your looking for? It has it's limitations, would be nice if
there was a myObj.toString() == myObj.. Or something
along those lines :)
var myObj:Object = new Object;
var s:String = ;
s = getMyObjectName(myObj);
trace(s);
this[s].anyName = text;
trace(myObj.anyName);
function getMyObjectName(obj):String {
for (i in this) {
if (this[i] == obj) return i;// Should it be ===?
}
}
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[Flashcoders] Converting amp; in a URL?
Hi list, does ActionScript have any facilities to convert special characters like amp; into just ? I have one Flash movie that reads URLs from an RDF file where all URLs are written with amp; inside the adress. My client would like these special chars to be converted to ''. Does Flash has anything to do that automatically (haven't found anything so far) or do I have to write my own convert method? Thanks for help, Sascha -- Flash Game Programming Wiki http://fgpwiki.corewatch.net/ H1DD3N.R350URC3 http://hiddenresource.corewatch.net/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Converting amp; in a URL?
It's used in getURL. Thanks Adrian! Your small function solved it and helped
me a ton!
Sascha
Are you outputting these URLs or using them in getURL()?
That should work in getURL(). But if you're outputting them, one way to
convert them is to use HTML text fields.
Or, if you can't change the text fields, try this:
str = Sometext with an amp; in.;
function convert(str, from, to) {
return str.split(from).join(to);
}
trace(convert(str, amp;, ));
Adrian
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[Flashcoders] Maintaining HTML special char codes in a HTML textfield?
Hi, does somebody know if it's somehow possible to get HTML special characters like amp;, quot;, lt; and gt; to be outputted in a Flash HTML enabled textfield without turning them into their conversions? I've tried various ways like using escape sequences with unicode etc. but the textfield still converts them. There is no way to turn this behavior off for a HTML textfield but I'm wondering if there is some magical method to preprocess the string so that the textfield wouldn't recognize the special char sequences. Otherwise can somebody confirm that there is absolutely no way to do that? In that case a textfield property to turn the conversion off would be a welcome feature in 8.5. Thanks for any hint! Sascha -- Flash Game Programming Wiki http://fgpwiki.corewatch.net/ H1DD3N.R350URC3 http://hiddenresource.corewatch.net/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Maintaining HTML special char codes inaHTMLtextfield?
Thanks alot Robert for pointing into the right direction! Haven't thought
that it's actually so easy. Using just str1.split().join(amp;) would
however also replace the of all other special chars but the way how you
described in the first answer works well. Finally to replace all special
chars and HTML braces while keeping other chars untouched I came up with
this method which seems to work well so far:
private function convertTags(txt:String):String
{
return
(txt.split(amp;).join(amp;amp;)).split(quot;).join(amp;quot;)).split(lt;).join(amp;lt;)).split(gt;).join(amp;gt;)).split().join(lt;)).split().join(gt;);
}
-Sascha
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inaHTMLtextfield?
Yeah, just tried it real quick... This looks like it gives you the
output you want (I think):
function convertAmp(str1){
newStr = str1.split().join(amp;)
return newStr;
}
var strOriginal = This - amp; - represents an ampersand.;
var strConverted = convertAmp(strOriginal);
ta1.text = strConverted;
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
Chyko
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:23 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Maintaining HTML special char codes in
aHTMLtextfield?
If you wanted it to actually output amp; I'm assuming you could
capture the amp; in the string and replace it with amp;amp; - which
would theoretically output amp; - haven't actually tried this though.
Which I guess more generically would boil down to you replacing all your
with amp; - that would take care of it for all the cases (amp;,
quot;, lt; etc).
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sascha
Balkau
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:22 PM
To: flashcoders
Subject: [Flashcoders] Maintaining HTML special char codes in a
HTMLtextfield?
Hi,
does somebody know if it's somehow possible to get HTML special
characters
like amp;, quot;, lt; and gt; to be outputted in a Flash HTML
enabled
textfield without turning them into their conversions?
I've tried various ways like using escape sequences with unicode etc.
but
the textfield still converts them. There is no way to turn this behavior
off
for a HTML textfield but I'm wondering if there is some magical method
to
preprocess the string so that the textfield wouldn't recognize the
special
char sequences.
Otherwise can somebody confirm that there is absolutely no way to do
that?
In that case a textfield property to turn the conversion off would be a
welcome feature in 8.5.
Thanks for any hint!
Sascha
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Hi list, are there any known issues with buttons inside a flash movie doesn't work in the newest Firefox and Netscape versions? I've developed a Flash RSS ticker for a client where I have a dynamic textfield (which uses CSS) and over the textfield mc I have a movieclip which acts as a mask for the textfield mc and as a button. When the user clicks, the URL from the newsfeed opens. It all works flawless in IE/Win and Safari/Mac but the button doesn't work in the latest Firefox 1.5 and Netscape 7 and up. Any ideas why this could be? Thanks, Sascha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 and duplicateMovieClip
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[Flashcoders] AS3 and duplicateMovieClip
Hi list, I'm not very familiar with AS3 yet but is there no duplicateMovieClip anymore? At least I couldn't find anything about it on the AS3 reference (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/langref/index.html). Or does some of these methods completely have been replaced by something else? With Flash 8 AS2 nothing has been changed about duplicateMovieClip, so it's still not possible to duplicate a clip from one container into another. I was hoping it will be possible with AS3. Anyone knows more about it? Thanks, Sascha ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
