[Flashcoders] AS3: Static functions and events ...

2008-05-22 Thread Stephen Ford
Is there anyway for a static function within a class to fire off an event? 
assuming the static function exists within a class that has no constructor (ie: 
is never instantiated).

As I understand it, for another object to  be listening for the event, said 
object must have a local refence to the class doing the dispatching?

Anyway around this.

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[Flashcoders] AS3 : Flash IDE Base Class question ...

2008-05-18 Thread Stephen Ford
Example: I've drawn a 50x50 red square in the Flash IDE, and converted it to a 
new "MovieClip", giving it a name of "Box". I've then selected "Export for 
Actionscript", at which point said clip is given the default "Base Class" of: 
flash.display.MovieClip

So I then create a Class file, Box.as. Within this Class definition, I use the 
following: public class Box extends Sprite

So my question: Is the compiler now using Sprite as the Base Class for my Box 
class (as per the Class definition) or is it still using MovieClip (as per the 
IDE)?

So the short version: What is the correlation between a clip's Base Class 
within the IDE and the Class which it extends (if any) within it's Class 
definition (if defined/created).

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[Flashcoders] Giving all objects new methods ...

2008-05-16 Thread Stephen Ford
AS3 Question:

Is there a way to give all classes in every package a couple of new methods?

I want to create a couple of new custom trace methods and have them available 
for every class within the type heirachy.

Currently, I've extended the Sprite type to include these trace methods and 
most of my classes then extend this new Sprite type (which I've called 
SpriteX). Therefore the new functions are accessed as such:

tracer("trace my string biatch", 0);

However, I've also extended the Event class with a new Event type, but can only 
access these new trace methods via a direct reference to the public static 
functions within the new Sprite type. i.e:

SpriteX.tracer("trace my string biatch", 0);

I want all types to be able to call the method directly as an internal function.

So I could possibly hack the native flash Object type, is this the best way to 
do this?

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[Flashcoders] German subtext ...

2007-05-17 Thread Stephen Ford
Did anyone else receive a german email after posting to flashcoders today?
 
Here is my question again anyway:
 
Is it me or doesn't the transform gradient tool in Flash 9 work 
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[Flashcoders] Transform Gradient tool in Flash 9 ...

2007-05-17 Thread Stephen Ford
Is it me or doesn't the transform gradient tool in Flash 9 not work 
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[Flashcoders] Re: wedging in a preloader -- lazy developer alert!

2007-05-13 Thread Stephen Ford
As I see it you have two options:
 
(1) Create a wrapper SWF or
(2) Export all classes after the first frame and create an AS1 preloader in the 
first frame of the main timeline.
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash and the Xbox 360 ...

2007-04-29 Thread Stephen Ford
Just got my hands on an Xbox 360.Can anyone tell if there is any type of 
development sites resources for the 360.Does it have even have the Flash 
Player, can you view flash files via the Xbox 360 
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[Flashcoders] Microsoft Silverlight ...

2007-04-16 Thread Stephen Ford
What do you make of Microsoft's 
Silverlight:http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/default_01.aspxTheir site 
sucks for starters, but anyone have any thoughts on what impact this will have 
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[Flashcoders] WebServices in Flash IDE ...

2007-04-10 Thread Stephen Ford
Yes thanks all - the question has been answered. Both gave some great insight. 
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[Flashcoders] Re: xml socket server ...

2007-04-09 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Muzak,I found that link, it doesn't say how to implement or create the 
socket server from that java code though (I'm a server novice - it's probably 
quite simple).But I found this one: 
http://multiuser.web-cd.net/en/default.aspxI got it working enough to 
understand how xmlSocket works. But I'm onto remoting now - it seems AMFPHP is 
the full blown way to go for data apps in Flash.Thanks 
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[Flashcoders] xml socket server ...

2007-04-08 Thread Stephen Ford
Does anyone know how I can set up a local xml socket server on my pc to test 
with the xmlSocket object in 
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[Flashcoders] Re: WebServices in Flash IDE ...

2007-04-08 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Muzak. I found the problem. Changed a setting in IE7 and now it works 
(prompted when viewing in the browser).I'll look into 
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[Flashcoders] Re: xmlSocket ...

2007-04-08 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Mark. I'll take a look at the moock 
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[Flashcoders] xmlSocket ...

2007-04-08 Thread Stephen Ford
I am playing around with xmlSocket.Does anyone have a host and port I can 
connect to just for test purposes?.I use WAMP server locally, is it possible to 
configure WAMP as a host for xmlSocket.Any pointers also 
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[Flashcoders] WebServices in Flash IDE ...

2007-04-07 Thread Stephen Ford
I can't define web services in the flash IDE.For any URL (and I've tried 5 
different ones) I get the following message:"WSDL download failed for the 
following URLs:"Anyone know a fix for this or why this might be happening?.One 
possibly fix I stumbled upon was to delete everything in the 'Local Settings > 
Temp' folder, but this didn't work for me.Does anyone user the Web Services 
panel in Flash IDE - is it worth learning about ?, or do you keep everything in 
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Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader ...

2007-04-04 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Muzak,How to best initialize EventDispatcher outside the constructor via 
a static property ?How would you do 
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[Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader ...

2007-04-03 Thread Stephen Ford
Can anyone see why the callback events on the oLoadListener object in the 
following class aren't firing:import mx.data.binding.ObjectDumper;import 
mx.events.EventDispatcher;import mx.utils.Delegate;class TowerVideoPlayer 
extends MovieClip {//
//  
  PROPERTIES//
 // 
String values of class name and class versionpublic var sClassName:String;  
  public var sVersion:String;// Class variables for EventDispatcher
private var dispatchEvent:Functionpublic var addEventListener:Function;
public var removeEventListener:Function;// Sound object for the video   
 private var sndVideo:Sound;// Value of the video's sound object
private var bSound:Boolean;// Data for loading of SWFsprivate var 
xmlVideo:XML;// Holder clip for the loaded SWFprivate var 
mcHolder:MovieClip;// MovieClipLoader for the SWFprivate var 
mclLoader:MovieClipLoader;// Load listener for SWFsprivate var 
oLoadListener:Object;//
//  
  CONSTRUCTOR//

 public function TowerVideoPlayer(){setup();}//
//  
  FUNCTIONS//

 private function setup():Void{trace("TowerVideoPlayer.setup()");   
 sClassName = "TowerVideoPlayer";sVersion = "0.0.1";
bSound = true;oLoadListener = new Object();mcHolder = 
createEmptyMovieClip("mcHolder", this.getNextHighestDepth());mclLoader 
= new MovieClipLoader();// Initialise event dispatcher
EventDispatcher.initialize(this);
oLoadListener.onLoadComplete = function(mcTarget:MovieClip, 
httpStatus:Number):Void{trace(">> 
loadListener.onLoadComplete()");}
oLoadListener.onLoadInit = function(mcTarget:MovieClip):Void{   
 trace(">> loadListener.onLoadInit()");}
mclLoader.addListener(oLoadListener);
mclLoader.loadClip("http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_main.png";, mcHolder);   
 trace(ObjectDumper.toString(this));}
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[Flashcoders] Video delivery process ...

2007-04-03 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi,How do I preload video when the target player is 7?.The delivery technique 
I'm using is progressive download.Should I be using a proxy SWF to load an 
external FLV (because the Video class in Flash doesn't have anyway of polling 
the size of an external FLV, or how much of that FLV is loaded - unless I'm 
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[Flashcoders] Flash and video optimisation ....

2007-04-03 Thread Stephen Ford
Is there any point using a third-party application to optimize video for 
Flash.Or is it best just to use the video import feature of the Flash IDE.The 
delivery technique I'm using is external progressive download.Do I need (do you 
recommend) any apps other than Flash itself to prepare/optimise 
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[Flashcoders] Accessing all properties in an object ...

2007-03-28 Thread Stephen Ford
Anyone have a small script they use when they want to trace out both the name 
and values of all properties in an object. I'm sure I've done this before, but 
can't recall at the moment (I'm half asleep this morning). Something building 
on:var oObject:Object = {};for (var props in oObject) { trace(oObject[props]); 
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[Flashcoders] RE: setting a timer in flash 8

2007-03-25 Thread Stephen Ford
var nInt:Number = setInterval(this, "myFunction", 2);
 
function myFunction():Void
{
 clearInterval(nInt);
 etc .
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[Flashcoders] Re: Object.registerClass ...

2007-03-18 Thread Stephen Ford
Excellent, thanks all. Makes perfect sense now.It's the dynamic version of 
symbol linkage in the IDE (main advantage, for my style of build, is to assign 
more than one symbol to a class).___
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[Flashcoders] Object.registerClass ...

2007-03-17 Thread Stephen Ford
Is Object.registerClass no longer relevant when using AS2 and OOP structure.I 
understand AS2 class structure, inheritance, etc but am trying to understand 
how it was done in AS1 and if I need to know any of the techniques used before 
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[Flashcoders] What is deprecated from AS2 in AS3 ...

2007-03-17 Thread Stephen Ford
Anyone have a list of what is deprecated from AS2 when migrating to AS3 (or 
even whats deprecated from AS1 to AS2).I'm currently skimming every single 
class available in Flash AS2 and want to know what I can skip (i.e: what is no 
longer relevant).There must be a list of something like this online 
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[Flashcoders] BROKEN ...

2007-02-22 Thread Stephen Ford
Flashcoders is BROKEN? ...___
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[Flashcoders] Re: What do you think are the best Flash projects and RIA's

2007-02-14 Thread Stephen Ford
Go to www.thefwa.com and look around. You'll find 
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[Flashcoders] What are your thoughts on creating a hook back vs Delegate ?

2007-02-04 Thread Stephen Ford
Which do you prefer:oThis:Object = this;mcClear.onRelease = function():Void{
oThis.clearForm();}ormcClear.onRelease = Delegate.create(this, clearForm);Also, 
anyone please let me know if my code formatting doesn't work (i.e: shouldn't be 
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[Flashcoders] Preloaders and Classes/Audio ...

2007-01-31 Thread Stephen Ford
As I understand it, the best way (or one of) to have a preloader start at 0% 
when using classes is to uncheck 'export in first frame' for all clips 
associated with a class in your movie, and set the export classes frame (in 
publish settings) to a frame other than frame 1. Then dump all clips that use a 
class onto a frame somewhere that the timeline never reaches. Finally, create 
an AS1 preloader (i.e: a preloader that isn't a class). And your set.So my 
question is - whats the best way to do the same (i.e: preloader starting at 0%) 
when using Audio ?. Is it just a case of unchecking 'export in first frame' on 
all audio in your library, then create an audio clip with a bunch of keyframes, 
each audio file from your library assigned to a keyframe 
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[Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 24, Issue 66

2007-01-29 Thread Stephen Ford
 Yes I'm already using setInterval to poll for a hitTest, but if the mouse has 
left the stage, flash doesn't seem to return a false for the hitTest 
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[Flashcoders] Test if mouse is outside flash movie (within browser) ...

2007-01-29 Thread Stephen Ford
I have a bunch of tooltips in my flash movie.One of the hit areas of a movie 
clip that triggers a tooltip sits flush with the edge of the flash movie.When 
testing in the browser, if I mouse over this clip and continue outside the 
flash movie onto the HTML page, I can no longer poll the position of the mouse 
and then fade the tooltip if the mouse is no longer over the movie clip.Anyone 
advise on how I can resolve this 
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[Flashcoders] ASBroadcaster deprecated in AS3 ?

2007-01-20 Thread Stephen Ford
Is it true that ASBroadcaster is deprecated in AS3 ?I ask because I have been 
meaning to study a little more on EventBroadcaster and ASBroadcaster, but there 
is no point looking into ASBroadcaster if its deprecated in 
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[Flashcoders] RE: Re: XML and line breaks (Karina Steffens)

2007-01-16 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Karina, that was the other issue, setting htmlText to true instead of 
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[Flashcoders] Re: XML and line breaks

2007-01-15 Thread Stephen Ford
Yes the solution was to use nodeValue instead of accessing just the node 
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[Flashcoders] Re: XML and line breaks

2007-01-11 Thread Stephen Ford
Still having issues with creating line breaks in my text field. Here is the new 
XML: \n\n \n\nIn my flash 
code, I set the text field as txtField.htmlText = true; and assign the text 
with txtField.htmlText = xmlNode; but it's still not appearing correctly - the 
tags are appearing in the text fields (both the  and the ).Any 
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[Flashcoders] Datatypes that are complex/composite ...

2007-01-10 Thread Stephen Ford
Do you refer to the following datatypes (arrays, objects, movieclips, etc) as 
complex or composite.I'm finding references that use both terms.Not a biggie, 
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[Flashcoders] XML and line breaks ...

2007-01-10 Thread Stephen Ford
I am populating a text field in my flash movie with the content of an external 
XML file.What is the best way to force a line break in my text field ?For 
example, if the following was the XML node:Text text text text. /n 
Text text textUnfortunately, the '/n' line break doesn't work, so do 
I need a function in my flash class that looks for any index of '/n' and then 
inserts a line break ?. Is there anyway to do this perhaps using an escape 
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[Flashcoders] Microsoft Expression ...

2006-12-16 Thread Stephen Ford
Anyone tried any of the Expression apps yet, specifically Blend and Web ?Any 
thoughts ? I guess the Expression suite will be competing with the Apollo 
platform once it's released.Yes / 
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[Flashcoders] Why does this work in Flash 6 Actionscript 2 but not Flash 7 Actionscript 2 ...

2006-12-11 Thread Stephen Ford
Why does the following work when published as Flash 6 Actionscript 2, but not 
Flash 7 actionscript 2 (or Flash 8 Actionscript 2).var nInt:Number;var 
oMain:Object = {};var nCounter:Number;var sClipName:String;var 
nClipDepth:Number;function spawnClip():Void{var mcTemp:MovieClip = 
this.attachMovie("mcCircle", "mcCircle"+nCounter, nCounter, oMain);
mcTemp._x = Math.random()*600;mcTemp._y = Math.random()*400;
nCounter++;}nInt = setInterval(this, "spawnClip", 
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[Flashcoders] Which technique do you use ...

2006-12-11 Thread Stephen Ford
Which of the following two techniques do you use when coding a similar (and 
common) process in actionscript:var mcTemp:MovieClip = 
this.attachMovie("mcCircle", "mcCircle"+nCounter, nCounter, oMain);mcTemp._x = 
Math.random()*600;mcTemp._y = Math.random()*400;nCounter++;or 
this.attachMovie("mcCircle", 
"mcCircle"+nCounter, nCounter, oMain);this["mcCircle"+nCounter]._x = 
Math.random()*600;this["mcCircle"+nCounter]._y = Math.random()*400;
nCounter++;i.e: do you prefer to create a proxy clip when coding something like 
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[Flashcoders] RE: setInterval and IE

2006-11-30 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks  Mick G.___
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[Flashcoders] RE: setInterval and IE

2006-11-30 Thread Stephen Ford
Using setInterval in a flashmovie that is loaded into an eyeblaster content 
management system.
 
The movie is an over the page advertisement and apparently causes issues with 
IE (if using setInterval) because eyeblaster puts the ad onto the web page with 
a transparent window mode.
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[Flashcoders] setInterval and IE ...

2006-11-30 Thread Stephen Ford
Has anyone ever experienced any problems with using setIntervals in IE, both 
with window mode of transparent and without any window mode (normal) ?
 
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[Flashcoders] How variables when using setInterval ...

2006-11-29 Thread Stephen Ford
Hello,
 
Lets say you have 10 different setIntervals running within your class. Do you 
also declare 10 different variables for these intervals ? like so:
 
private var nInt:Number;
private var nInt2:Number;
private var nInt3:Number;
etc
etc
 
Or can you just declare one variable and use it multiple times (I'm guessing 
not because then when you clear the interval, all of them would stop).
 
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[Flashcoders] Text Field Manipulation/Effect ...

2006-11-13 Thread Stephen Ford
Hello,
 
I'm working on a small interactive with a text manipulation/effect.
 
There is a clip on stage that the user drags from right to left, and as they 
drag, a text field appears on screen (by scaling from a width of 0 to 100% - 
effectively stretching out to full width) following the dragging clip.
 
Here is a link http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=swf&file=728x90.swf
 
So what I now need to do is have all the letters at full scale and piled on top 
of each other to begin with, then just drag them out into a full sentence (not 
just having the whole sentence as one clip that scales according to the 
position of the drag clip - as it currently does).
 
Anyone seen any source that does a similar thing to this.
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash Print Function and Callbacks ?

2006-11-01 Thread Stephen Ford
Does anyone know if Flash's built in Print command has anyway of providing a 
callback once a print job has been executed ??
 
I need to set a clips visibility to false while the printing takes place, then 
set it back to visible once the print executes ??
 
Is this possible ??
 
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[Flashcoders] Compiling with AS2.0 classes/packages online ...

2006-10-31 Thread Stephen Ford
Is it possible to use actionscript classes that exist only online ?
 
i.e: instead of: 
 
import com.website.utils.*;
 
something like:
 
import http://www.website.com/packages/com.website.utils*;
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Combobox ...

2006-10-30 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED], but I should have added that I am entering the labels 
and data in the Parameters panel inside the Flash IDE.
 
If anyone knows a way around this it would be great, but I might have to 
populate the Comboboxes dynamically with code.
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash Combobox ...

2006-10-29 Thread Stephen Ford
I am trying to use "01" as a label for one of the items in my combobox, however 
flash won't display "01" - it cuts off the zero and just displays "1".
 
Anyone know a way around this.
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Classes and Preloading ...

2006-10-15 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Alain,
 
I have used that technique before, but surely there must be another way without 
using multiple SWFs ?
 
I am trying to keep everything together in one FLA file.
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash Classes and Preloading ...

2006-10-15 Thread Stephen Ford
I'm using AS2 classes in my flash movie.
 
I have created a class called Preloader.
 
How can I load this class without loading all other classes.
 
The problem is that when testing my movie, nothing appears onscreen until about 
30% of the total movie has loaded (because by default flash loads all classes 
before anything else).
 
You can select what frame of a movie to load your classes on, but what if you 
want to load all classes (except one class - in this case the Preloaded class) 
later than the first frame ??? so that your preloader is working straight away 
???
 
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[Flashcoders] Global sound control ...

2006-10-10 Thread Stephen Ford
I have an interactive demo that consists of one main SWF file that loads in 
other SWF files depending on what the user clicks on in the main SWFs 
navigation.
 
Within this main SWF and within all the seperate SWFs are numerous movies each 
with their own timeline doing it's own thing.
 
In numerous place on timelines throughout this set of SWFs, sound effects have 
been hardcoded onto their respective timeline (i.e: not loaded dynamically 
using the sound object).
 
So is there any way to turn off sound globally regardless of where it's located 
on whatever timeline within whatever SWF. So I can just create an on/off button 
for the main SWF that will control sound globally ???
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash Player Active X and Plugin ...

2006-10-04 Thread Stephen Ford
Can someone explain (or point to a URL) the difference between Flash Player 
Installer Active X and Flash Player Installer Plugin ???
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash webcam sites ...

2006-10-02 Thread Stephen Ford
I have recently purchased a webcam for my pc.
 
Does anyone know of any sites (flash or other) that currently incorpotate 
webcams into their site.
 
Community sites / online chat / etc, I want to see how webcams are currently 
being used on the net.
 
I saw one site a while back that used flash with webcams, but can't recall the 
URL.
 
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[Flashcoders] Google Adsense in Flash ...

2006-09-26 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi,
 
Has anyone successfully incorporated Google Adsense ads into their flash site ??
 
Is this currently possible ??
 
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[Flashcoders] Tabbing and Components (again) ...

2006-08-24 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi,
 
I have a flash application that has a couple of combo box components and a 
couple of text fields.
 
Trying to tab between my text fields doesn't work, even though they are all tab 
enabled and have tab indexes.
 
The reason for this, I have recently found out, is due to the combo box 
component - it breaks the tabbing.
 
The workaround for this is to include the following line (after the first frame 
in my movie):
 
_level0.focusManager.enabled = false;
 
This works, HOWEVER, as soon as you choose something from the combo box, the 
tabbing is broken again ???
 
Any anyone assist with what is going on here and if there is a fix.
 
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[Flashcoders] Passing values to a backend

2006-08-23 Thread Stephen Ford
I have a created a little form in flash. I need to get the values into a 
backend. What I have is a variable called sQuery, like so:
 
sQuery = 
questionnaire.asp?firstname=James%20J.&lastname=Delaney&jobtitle=Web%20Dev&[EMAIL
 PROTECTED]&company=The%20Factory&phone=34563456&customer=true&q1=7&q2=39
 
Now originally, I was simply using the following getURL:
 
getURL(sQuery)
 
Which would send them to the .asp page (which did it's backend thing) and they 
would be shown a thankyou page. BUT now, I need to send the values to the 
backend, but show the user a thankyou page in the flash app. Therefore I don't 
think I can use getURL. Can anyone advise on what I should be using now, do I 
need to use a LoadVars object or such ??? I need to 'fork' off the values to 
the database but stay on the page with the flash movie.
 
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[Flashcoders] Tab, tab, tab ...

2006-08-21 Thread Stephen Ford
I have a number of movieclips in my flash application. Within these movieclips 
is one textfield. The movieclips all have an AS2.0 class definition.
 
The problem I am having is tabbing between the textfields within these 
movieclips and I don't know what the problem is.
 
If I copy a few of the movieclips and paste them into a blank flash movie, save 
it in the same place as my application (so it can access all the class files), 
then tabbing between the fields works fine ???
 
So does anyone have any idea why I can't tab between these text fields in my 
main application.
 
Also, if I strip absolutely everything out of my application, and leave just 
the two or three textfield clips (that I copied over to the blank flash movie), 
they still dont' work.
 
Can anyone please advise on this - I'm pulling my hair out. It's been hours and 
I'm getting nowhere.
 
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[Flashcoders] Classes, Components and a Greyed out box ...

2006-08-21 Thread Stephen Ford
I have a preloader class for my app that doesn't appear until more than half 
way through the loading of my entire application.
 
This is because I have a flash v2 combo box further along in my application.
 
I should know this, but how do I get my preloader (which is a class of it's 
own) up and running (it's about 2kb) so that it can actually show the loading 
of the entire application.
 
If I go Edit > Preferences > (Category) Actionscript > Actionscript 2.0 
settings, the 'Export frame for classes' box is greyed out and not editable 
(don't know if that would help anyway).
 
Can anyone assist please.
 
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[Flashcoders] AS2 and watch ...

2006-07-05 Thread Stephen Ford
How often do you use 'watch' in your applications?.
 
It seems pretty powerful to me, and I've only just discovered it.
 
Any thoughts on this.
 
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[Flashcoders] Security Sandbox issue ...

2006-07-02 Thread Stephen Ford
Hello,
 
I received this error while remotely debugging a swf:
 
(15917) Connections: true | true*** Security Sandbox Violation ***Connection to 
http://my.abcnews.go.com/rsspublic/fp_rss20.xml halted - not permitted from 
http://localhost/test.swf
 
I have added the file in question (http://localhost/test.swf) to the trusted 
locations list in the Global Security Settings of my Flash player, but still 
get the violation message.
 
Can anyone advise on this.
 
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[Flashcoders] AS2 and Singleton woes ...

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Ford
Sorry if you've read the same message from me three times.
 
I keep getting a reply from flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com saying my email 
has
been bounced, but checking the archives shows that all three messages got 
through.
 
Can anyone read this (or my last 3, very similar posts) post?
 
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[Flashcoders] AS2 and Singleton woes ...

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi,
 
My singleton is throwing +256 levels of error.
Below I will show the code from my .as file and from the .fla file:
 
- DateShaper.as -class Sampler{private static var dsInstance:Sampler;  
// The master instance of this class public function Sampler(){getInstance();} 
 
public function getInstance():Sampler{trace("dsInstance: "+dsInstance);  
if(dsInstance == null) 
{dsInstance = new Sampler();
}  return dsInstance;
} 
}
- myFile.fla -
var mySampler:Sampler = new Sampler();
 
If you can see what I am doing wrong, please let me know.
 
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[Flashcoders] AS2 and Singleton causing dreaded loop error ...

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi,
 
My singleton is throwing +256 levels of error.
Below I will show the code from my .as file and from the .fla file:
 
 < DateShaper.as > 
/class Sampler{// :: Private Properties ::private 
static var dsInstance:Sampler;  // The master instance of this class // :: 
Constructor ::public function Sampler(){getInstance();} 
// :: Public Methods ::public function getInstance():Sampler{trace("dsInstance: 
"+dsInstance);  // Implementing Singleton Patternif(dsInstance == null) // if 
an instance of the Sampler does not exist{dsInstance = new Sampler(); // create 
an instance of Sampler and store in class var}  return dsInstance;  // 
return class var reference} 
}  /
 
// < myFile.fla > ///
 
var mySampler:Sampler = new Sampler();
 
//  ///
 
Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong.
 
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[Flashcoders] Singleton issues with AS2 class ...

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi,
 
My singleton is throwing +256 levels of error.
Below I will show the code from my class and code from the .fla:
 
 < DateShaper.as > 
/class Sampler{// :: Private Properties ::private 
static var dsInstance:Sampler;  // The master instance of this class // :: 
Constructor ::public function Sampler(){   getInstance();}
 
// :: Public Methods ::public function getInstance():Sampler{   
trace("dsInstance: "+dsInstance);  // Implementing Singleton Pattern   
if(dsInstance == null) // if an instance of the Sampler does not exist   {  
dsInstance = new Sampler(); // create an instance of Sampler and store in class 
var   } return dsInstance;  // return class var reference}
}
  /
 
// < myFile.fla > ///
 
var mySampler:Sampler = new Sampler();
 
//  ///
 
Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong ?
 
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[Flashcoders] Abstract Classes and Interfaces ...

2006-06-20 Thread Stephen Ford
Are Abstract Classes and Interfaces the same thing ?
 
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[Flashcoders] Sort within an object ....

2006-06-19 Thread Stephen Ford
I thought all objects were associative arrays ?
 
Is this incorrect ?
 
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[Flashcoders] The Delegate class ...

2006-06-14 Thread Stephen Ford
Hello All,
 
Can anyone confirm that the Delegate class is only helpful when using 
components ?
 
Or should it also be used for events outside the component framework ?
 
No doubt it depends on what your trying to achieve, but just generally 
speaking, what do you think.
 
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[Flashcoders] UML to AS2.0 classes ...

2006-06-11 Thread Stephen Ford
Hello all,
 
I have searched the flashcoders archive for around 20 mins and couldn't find 
exactly what I need,
so here is my question.
 
Can anyone recommend, or does anyone know of, a tool for creating UML diagrams 
that will
export a set of AS2.0 classes from said UML diagram.
 
>From what I have found by googling, it would appear that the options are as 
>follows:
 
(1) gmodeler.com
(2) ArgoUML (or such UML tool) and osflash.org/xmi2as
(3) Enterprise Arhcitect (or such UML tool) and osflash.org/xmi2actionscript
 
Can anyone add to this or recommend one of the mentioned options ?
 
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[Flashcoders] UML Modelling for AS2.0 applications ...

2006-06-07 Thread Stephen Ford
Can anyone recommend a good application or website for UML modelling of an 
AS2.0 application.
 
I have taken a look at gmodeler and downloaded an application called Enterprise 
Architect, but can anyone recommend anything else I should look at.
 
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[Flashcoders] What does this code mean and What are Inspectables ...

2006-06-04 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks all,
 
Much appreciated. I now understand Inspectables and how they relate to 
classes/components/the flash IDE property panel.
However, I shouldn't have compressed two questions into one.
 
So the first part of my question remains. What does code appearing inside 
brackets mean, for example:
 
[Event("click")]
 
Does this have anything to do with the property panel inside the flash IDE ? or 
is this something else.
 
Please advise if you can.
 
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[Flashcoders] What does this code mean and What are Inspectables ...

2006-06-03 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi all,
 
FIRSTLY (1)
I have found, in numerous AS2.0 code examples, code that looks like the 
following ...
 
[Event("click")]
 
... i.e: code inside square brackets but nothing to do with arrays.
 
Can someone advise what this is ?. I have also seen it like:
 
[Inspectable(type=Boolean,name="Vertical",defaultValue=true)]
 
SECONDLY (2)
What are Inspectables in relation to AS2.0 classes ???
 
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[Flashcoders] AS 2.0 and Casting to datatypes

2006-05-31 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Ian and Mike - much appreciated help on the concept of casting.
Casting makes sense now.
 
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[Flashcoders] AS 2.0 and Casting to datatypes ...

2006-05-30 Thread Stephen Ford
Myello,
 
Can anyone explain what Casting is.
 
For example, in Moock's Essential AS 2.0, chapter 18 MVC clock example, page 
407:
 
// Cast the generic infoObj to the ClockUpdate datatype.var info:ClockUpdate = 
ClockUpdate(infoObj);
 
The infoObj at this point is already a ClockUpdate datatype, so why is it being 
Cast ? and what is Casting in general.
 
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[Flashcoders] Casting a string to a number ...

2006-05-08 Thread Stephen Ford
A couple of times I have tried to cast a string to a number like so (this is 
just an example):
 
var string:String = "9";trace(string);var number:Number = 
Number(string);trace(number);trace(typeof(number));
 
It seems to work, but is this the correct way to cast.
 
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[Flashcoders] A different kind of FOR loop ???

2006-04-28 Thread Stephen Ford
Please advise,
 
What is this piece of code doing:
 
for (posArray = [], i = 0; i < this.length; posArray[i] = i++) {}
 
I though it might have been another way of coding:
 
for (i=0; i= 
0; last--)  {  selected = this[last];rand = random(posArray.length - 1);
lastPos = posArray.getPos(last);if (lastPos == null) {   
result[posArray[rand]] = selected;   posArray.splice(rand, 1);  } else {   
posArray.splice(lastPos, 1);   result[posArray[rand]] = selected;   
posArray.splice(rand, 1);   posArray.push(last);  } }
  return result;}
 
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] New wrinkle in IE activation issue...

2006-04-19 Thread Stephen Ford
Well said Lee.
 
Microsoft has taken their own initiative to include Active X, Object, Embed 
activation in their latest IE patch.
 
Has nothing to do with a court ruling.
 
Can only be an attempt to make life more difficult for 
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[Flashcoders] Re: Sorting objects within an Array

2006-04-15 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks all.
 
I found this function online and it works perfectly:
 
-
Array.prototype.sortOn = function(p){Array.$sortprop = p;var sortfunc = 
function (a, b){var p = Array.$sortprop;return b[p] < a[p]; 
   }this.sort(sortfunc);delete Array.$sortprop;}
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[Flashcoders] Sorting objects within an Array ...

2006-04-14 Thread Stephen Ford
Hello All. Here is what I have and what I'm trying to do:
 
I have an array that contains 3 objects (which are all movie clips), like so:
 
var myArray:Array = ["mcClip1", "mcClip2", "mcClip3"];
 
I want to sort this array according to the _xscale of these clips.
 
Does anyone know how I can do this.
 
This is my line of thought, which I know is wrong, but might give more insight:
 
myArray._xscale.sort(Array.DESCENDING);
 
Please advise if you can.
 
Thanks,
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Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread Stephen Ford
I agree 100% on this issue.
 
I have lost count as to how many times the missing font issue has come up in 
projects.
 
It always stalls a project, sometimes for days (especially when one group of 
developers are in a different time zone on the other side of the world). 
 
Adobe/Macromedia need to include this capability in the next Flash IDE.
 
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[Flashcoders] RE: Active X and Microsoft IE

2006-04-09 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks to Steven Sacks and Paul BH. After reading your thoughts (about 
javascript being enabled by default and stats of 3 out of 75000 users have it 
switched off) I am now going to go forward and use the FlashObject solution 
from here on in for everything I build.
 
Anyone who thinks I am missing something and should consider other solutions, 
please let me know.
 
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[Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...

2006-04-09 Thread Stephen Ford
Can anyone answer this:
 
What happens if a user doesn't have javascript enabled in their browser for the 
recommended Macromedia solution (see link: 
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html) to this 
whole Active X debacle ?
 
???
 
Please answer this if you can. It has me stressed.
 
Thanks,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash in HTML and the Object Embed tags ...

2006-04-04 Thread Stephen Ford
It's a flash movie that replaces the "broken icon", not an image.
 
There's nothing else on the HTML page other than one flash movie.
 
Thanks if anyone can help.
 
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[Flashcoders] Flash in HTML and the Object Embed tags ...

2006-04-03 Thread Stephen Ford
Can anyone tell my why the following icon/image appears momentarilyin the top 
left of my browser screen when visiting my website: (click link to see 
image)http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/CarlosBrems/image.gif Is this 
something to do with the OBJECT tag or EMBED tag that Ihave accidentally broken 
within my HTML page?? It only appears for a second before the page loads 
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[Flashcoders] Flash and the OBJECT tag or EMBED tag in HTML ...

2006-04-01 Thread Stephen Ford
Can anyone tell my why the following icon/image appears momentarily
in the top left of my browser screen when visiting my website:
 
(click link to see image)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/CarlosBrems/image.gif
 
Is this something to do with the OBJECT tag or EMBED tag that I
have accidentally broken within my HTML page??
 
It only appears for a second before the page loads normally.
 
Thanks,
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[Flashcoders] Flash and various date formats ...

2006-03-30 Thread Stephen Ford
I have a little flash app. that pulls in various dates that are formatted in 
numerous ways.
 
Before I look at creating a class that will return me a standard way to display 
the date, has anyone done anything like this before or know where I can 
download something similar to use or build on ?.
 
To clarify, the following list shows the date formats (there's a few) I am 
dealing with:
 
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:25:40 GMT
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:00:00 PST
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:00:00 EST
Mar 24, 2006
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:00:03 +
2006-03-30T03:33:00+00:00
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:24:46 -0500
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:19:40 EDT
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:32:00 +1000
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800
 
Actually, now that I think of it, maybe I should compare these dates and the 
exact time on the users PC so that I can display the time difference between 
the two, like how digg shows how long ago a story was submitted (e.g: 15 hours, 
43 minutes ago).
 
Anyone advise, maybe I'm being lazy and should just dive in.
 
Thanks,
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[Flashcoders] RE: Classes and setInterval ... (Stephen Ford)

2006-03-26 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks Stacey,
 
Yes it seems you need to pass in the parameter of 'this' before the function 
name and time, although I couldn't find reference to this in any of the manuals 
I looked in. Maybe they all just speak of AS1 and not class use of setInterval.
 
_nInt = setInterval(this, "myFunction", 100)  --- works in the class
nInt = setInterval(myFunction, 100) --- is how the manual describes the use of 
setInterval
 
Also, note the use of inverted commas around the function name in the first 
example above, they aren't required in a straight up .fla (non-class) like the 
second example above.
 
Thanks again,
Stephen.
 
 
 
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[Flashcoders] Classes and setInterval ...

2006-03-25 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi All - I am new to AS2 and OOP at large, but getting there (sort-of).
 
Can anyone please advise as to why, in the following code, the trace statement 
in the function tweenColors in returning 'undefined' ?
 
Why can't the tweenColors function (which is called with setInterval from 
another function) see the _oTransform object ?
 
Also, feel free to comment if you can see anything I am doing wrong generally 
speaking from an AS2 point of view
(as I said, I'm new to this and my head is still swimming).
 
--
class MenuPainter extends MovieClip {  // Variables
 private var _mcTarget:MovieClip; private var _cColor:Color; 
private var _oTransform:Object = {}; private var _nReds:Number = 255; 
private var _nGreens:Number = 153; private var _nBlues:Number = 0; 
private var _nInterval:Number;  // Constructor public function 
MenuPainter(mcTarget:MovieClip) {  _mcTarget = mcTarget;  
initColor(); }  // Initialise first color of menu private function 
initColor():Void {  _cColor = new Color(_mcTarget);  
_oTransform.rb = _nReds;  _oTransform.gb = _nGreens;  
_oTransform.bb = _nBlues;_cColor.setTransform(_oTransform); }   
   // Color menu function called from buttons within menu movie itself 
public function colorMenu(nReds:Number, nGreens:Number, nBlues:Number):Void {   
   trace("MenuPainter.colorMenu public function called, with arguments: 
"+nReds+" : "+nGreens+" : "+nBlues);  _nReds = nReds;  _nGreens 
= nGreens;  _nBlues = nBlues;_nInterval = 
setInterval(tweenColors, 50); }  public function tweenColors():Void {   
   trace(_oTransform); }}
------
Thanks,
Stephen Ford.
 
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[Flashcoders] Why is my setInterval only firing once ...

2006-03-21 Thread Stephen Ford
I have a setInterval call that is only firing once.
 
Here is the part of my class where it's occuring:
 
---
public function repositionClip():Void{ nWidth = Math.round(Stage.width);
 nHeight = Math.round(Stage.height);
 nMidX = nStageWidth/2;
 nMidY = nStageHeight/2;
 
 mcMain._x = nMidX; mcMain._y = nMidY;
 
 nInterval = setInterval(tweenClip, 50);
}
 
public static function tweenClip():Void{ trace("function called: 
tweenClip()");}
---
 
Can anyone advise as to what is happening here ?
 
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[Flashcoders] SEO for Flash .....

2006-03-15 Thread Stephen Ford
Does anyone have any good links or advice for optimising Flash for search 
engines.
 
Please let me know if anyone can advise on this or if some research has been 
done in this area.
 
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[Flashcoders] Error only when viewing in browser ...

2006-03-01 Thread Stephen Ford
Hi All,

 
I have a flash application that is causing an error only when it’s viewed 
within the browser.
 
I can replicate the error whenever I like, as it always occurs the same way.
 
If I could replicate the error within the Flash IDE, I could use the debugger 
to find what is causing the problem (which is the typical 'A script in this 
movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player to run slowly, etc, etc, etc').
 
I know this is often caused by an infinite loop, but I have many places this 
could be happening.
 
Can anyone advise as to how I can track down what is causing this error in my 
application.
 
How can I debug in the browser, or trace out what line of code is causing the 
error ? (there are about 2000 lines of code in this little app).
 
Any advice GREATLY appreciated.
 
Thanks,
Stephen.
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[Flashcoders] Naming conventions for AS2.0 ...

2006-02-01 Thread Stephen Ford
 
Does anyone have an opinion, or a preferred method, in regards to
naming conventions for AS2.0 objects ?
 
For example, Macromedia recommends:
 
clip_mc (movie clip)
comm_lc (local connection)
names_array (array)
beep_sound (sound)
field_txt (text field)
etc, etc, etc
 
but what if I wanted to use an generic object or a boolean datatype:
 
listener_???:Object = new Object();
answer_???:Boolean = false;
 
These are just two datatypes Macromedia doesn't list in terms of
suffixes (search for 'About using suffixes to trigger code hints' in the
official Flash help documentation built into Flash).
 
So another technique I have seen is prefixing variables, like:
 
mcClip (movie clip)
lcComm (local connection)
aNames (array)
etc, etc, etc
 
Someone must have a foolproof way to do this, there must be
a technique that covers all possibilities for naming variables ???
 
Thanks,
Stephen.
 
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[Flashcoders] RE: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 12, Issue 42

2006-01-15 Thread Stephen Ford
Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I will start looking into 'eventDispatcher' 
and see what I can learn.


Much appreciated.


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[Flashcoders] Components and addEventListener ...

2006-01-14 Thread Stephen Ford

True or false (not a trick question, just a straight answer needed):

The addEventListener method can only ever be called on a component ? e.g:

myButton.addEventListener("click", myFunction);

... and if "click" is one thing you can 'listen' for, what is the complete 
list ?? (this might help me understand it a little better - hope this makes 
sense - OOP newb here).


Thanks,
Stephen.


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[Flashcoders] Error only when live - pulling my hair out !!! (JesterXL)

2006-01-14 Thread Stephen Ford
I have found out what the problem was and corrected the issue. Thanks for 
the assistance, works fine now.


Stephen.



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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:34:46 -0500
From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Error only when live - pulling my hair out
!!!
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" 
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"

If you:
- turn on Remote Debugging in the Flash 8 debugger
- install the debug player for whatever browser you are using
- upload the SWD file

You'll then be able to debug your SWF remotely.  Slow as nuts, but it 
works.


- Original Message -
From: "jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" 
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Error only when live - pulling my hair out !!!


Where is the swf, I will take a look & see if it does the same for me.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ford
Sent: 14 January 2006 01:23
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Error only when live - pulling my hair out !!!

Hello,

I have a flash based app. that works fine when run in the IDE or locally
on
my machine, however, when I upload the app. to my server, it doesn't
work.

The app. just freezes my machine and I get the damned "A script in this
movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 8 to run slowly. If it
continues to
run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the
script"
message.

How can I see where the error in my script lies if it only occurs online
?.
I could use the debugger if it were happening within the IDE but how can
I
debug a remote SWF ? Is this possible, PLEEEASE help if you can I AM
PULLING
MY HAIR OUT over this.

If it were Coldfusion or PHP I would get an exact location of the error
and
could go and fix it, surely I can do this somehow ?

Any advice GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.


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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:31:09 -0600
From: Jed Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash Player on iMac Intel Core Duo
To: Flashcoders Mailing List 
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed

Hey all-
I've searched a bit and haven't seen any postings on this, so thought
I'd pass along at least one initial bug I've found in the Flash
Player on Intel iMac: dynamic non-embedded font text is showing up
blue when it should be black. Scroll down to the "Flash" heading in
this entry for details and some other quick points:

http://www.silentrant.com/blog/?p=157

-Jed



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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:50:02 +0100
From: "Benjamin Dobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Flashcoders] flash.geom.* and drawing API
To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" 
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Hi all,



i`m just thinking about rewriting the drawing api classes to work with the
flash.geom package.

I want something like:



var p=new point(20,30);

moveTo(p);

.



So my question is anything like that out there already? What would bet he
best way to do it (e.g. moveTo2

[Flashcoders] Listener objects vs event handler functions ...

2006-01-14 Thread Stephen Ford

If this is an example of the listener object approach:


myObj = new Object();
myObj.onMouseDown = myFunction;
function myFunction() {
trace("tracing something");
}
Mouse.addListener(myObj);


... and the listener object approach is favored over the event handler 
function approach, what would the above code look like if it were written 
with the event handler function approach.


Where you can use one approach, can you always use the other ? (trying to 
understand the difference and where to use one instead of the other).


Apparently, the main reason the listener object approach is favored is 
because multiple listener objects can receive events from the same 
component/movieclip/etc. Does anyone have an example of this so I can see 
the advantage in action.


Thanks in advance for any assist,
Stephen.


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[Flashcoders] Error only when live - pulling my hair out !!!

2006-01-13 Thread Stephen Ford

Hello,

I have a flash based app. that works fine when run in the IDE or locally on 
my machine, however, when I upload the app. to my server, it doesn't work.


The app. just freezes my machine and I get the damned "A script in this 
movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 8 to run slowly. If it continues to 
run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script" 
message.


How can I see where the error in my script lies if it only occurs online ?. 
I could use the debugger if it were happening within the IDE but how can I 
debug a remote SWF ? Is this possible, PLEEEASE help if you can I AM PULLING 
MY HAIR OUT over this.


If it were Coldfusion or PHP I would get an exact location of the error and 
could go and fix it, surely I can do this somehow ?


Any advice GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.


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[Flashcoders] Bonafide AS2.0 class template ...

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Ford
I am fairly new to AS2.0 and OOP in general and I was wondering if anyone 
has a template file for AS2.0 classes that they wouldn't mind sharing.


I am looking for a blank AS2.0 template that contains dummy content and 
layout that can be used (and should be used) every time I want to start 
creating a new AS2.0 class.


I have seen something like this somewhere but can't see to locate it.

It had everthing in place and even indicated what goes where, when creating 
a new class.


Anyone have something like this that could be used as a template for ANY 
possibility that might come up when creating an AS2.0 class file ?


Thanks for reading,
Stephen.


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