Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to HTML

2014-06-19 Thread James Merrill
I would really consider saying no to that request, and suggesting a rebuild that uses modern web standards. There are a lot of web optimizations that I would almost guarantee an export wouldn't consider... You'd definitely want to be lazy loading a lot of those assets so the preloading is

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to HTML

2014-06-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
It doesn't sound that tough a choice to me. Adobe will support Flash for years, for sure--it still supports Director, with regular Shlockwave updates. Whether there will be a market for us coders is another question. I have a job, with a real salary (I had to put the retirement thing on hold when

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to HTML

2014-06-19 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
The toughest choice for them is cost. This game was expensive and took about a year to build and then don’t want to shell out the same amount for a complete rebuild. So I’m at least doing the research. Thanks, John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to HTML

2014-06-19 Thread Paul A.
It's wishful thinking that there is a magic button anywhere that is going to convert any flash app of any real complexity into a fully functional HTML app. I think Adobe are making strides in this area, but it's nowhere near what you need. If it was, Adobe would be blasting it from the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash to HTML

2014-06-19 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Howdy, I know that and I’m sure most developers do too, but I promised the client I would do my best to look into it, before I give him the inevitable bad news. The assets are the problem as much as the extensive coding. This is a real-time simulation of living on your own for a year (52 weeks

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-19 Thread Henrik Andersson
John R. Sweeney Jr. skriver: Hi all, I need to center a Flash projector on both MAC and PC. Not center the stage, but literally, when you double click the app or exe, it opens in the center of the monitor. Which monitor? Believe it or not, but there are people who have more than one.

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-19 Thread Hans Wichman
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2094043 ? On 4/19/2014 5:42 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: John R. Sweeney Jr. skriver: Hi all, I need to center a Flash projector on both MAC and PC. Not center the stage, but literally, when you double click the app or exe, it opens in the center of the

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-19 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Thanks. Yes I know that, because all four of my systems have two monitors… :) I'm centering on the main (or primary) monitor. John John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Apr 19, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Henrik Andersson

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-19 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Thank you for the suggestion. I still hoping for a projector solution, so I don't have to change several external calls through fscommands, already implemented. If I have to change I will. Have a good day, John John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-18 Thread lmarshall
I used to use Zinc to wrap swfs for both mac and pc. http://www.multidmedia.com Sent from my iPhone On 17 Apr 2014, at 23:03, John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net wrote: Yeah, I know AIR can do it, but the client wants this to run off of a CD. They don't want the users to have to

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-18 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, you can build standalone air projectors as well, instead of the .air you will build an exe that can run of cd. Depends on the target you are using. best Hans On 4/18/2014 8:04 AM, lmarshall wrote: I used to use Zinc to wrap swfs for both mac and pc. http://www.multidmedia.com Sent

Re: [Flashcoders] Projector positioning (centering)

2014-04-17 Thread Eric E Dolecki
Use AIR and u can do that Eric On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:21 PM, John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net wrote: Hi all, I need to center a Flash projector on both MAC and PC. Not center the stage, but literally, when you double click the app or exe, it opens in the center of the

Re: [Flashcoders] fscommand launching of externals

2014-04-10 Thread erik mattheis
Just making sure you know you can do this with the AIR NativeProcess class, seems like you need it to be a SWF? If so could you lauch a single BAT file that would in turn launch all the EXEs? On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:37 AM, John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net wrote: Howdy all, My

Re: [Flashcoders] fscommand launching of externals

2014-04-10 Thread tom rhodes
make some batch files that launch the files you want from the same dir. or make a little command line prog that takes the name of the file you want to launch as a command line argument... On 10 April 2014 17:37, John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net wrote: Howdy all, My client wants to

Re: [Flashcoders] fscommand launching of externals

2014-04-10 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Thanks for the suggestion. Forgot about batch files. :) Ran a test and it works just fine. Much appreciate and have a great weekend, John John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Apr 10, 2014, at 10:56 AM, tom

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable Flash Banners

2014-03-17 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Thanks everyone who commented. I got them done and they are working well. Client loves them. Now we will see if the code I wrote will work for the hosting company. Thanks again for the advice! Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Paul A.

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable Flash Banners

2014-03-16 Thread Paul A.
If you don't have control of the html page where the ad is being hosted, there will be a flash API supplied with whatever ad system is being used to support such ads, so a generic approach won't be suitable in such cases. Essentially you make a Flash design for the larger size, but mask it to

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable Flash Banners

2014-03-15 Thread Eric Dolecki
http://www.flashperfection.com/tutorials/Resize-flash-dynamically-with-javascript-and-actionscript-12792.html Sent by Eric's faithful iPad mini. On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: Can anyone point me in the right direction for expandable banners? To be

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable Flash Banners

2014-03-15 Thread Roger Persson
Hi Karl, Don't know if this is the case for you but if your banner is to be hosted by a network like Google Ads or AdForm they will have some specific code you need to use for the expanding to work. Best regards /roger Karl DeSaulniers skrev 2014-03-15 23:39: Can anyone point me in the

Re: [Flashcoders] Expandable Flash Banners

2014-03-15 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Oh!? I am not sure if they are being hosted with those systems. I will need to check with the client. Thanks for the heads up. Do you happen to have a link to these specs? If not I'm sure I can google it up. Thanks again. Best, Karl Sent from losPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Roger

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread Paul A.
I have made a few IOS projects using video and not really found much of an issue, though encoding of the video has been critical (to avoid skipping frames)- originally targeting iPad 1's. The video does play over background graphics and it seems to play flvs. Rendering options are set to

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread Cédric Muller
John, are you using StageVideo ? If positive, then that’s the reason why Flash content will _always_ appear on top of the Stage. (I may be offroads, as .. always) hth, Cedric Le 13 mars 2014 à 09:32, Paul A. p...@ipauland.com a écrit : I have made a few IOS projects using video and not really

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
I know that FLV's work, but these are all MP4's and the play as a standalone and using StageVideo, but I cannot find a way to play them with normal video playback over graphics in the display list. Thanks, John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
StageVideo is the only way I've been able to get the video to play on a iPad2. But it plays under everything. It is not part of the display list, its under the display list. The other problem is that in authoring the video doesn't play on my MAC only after I import it to the iPad. When I use

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread Paul A.
I just re-encoded the MP4s supplied to me. All I know is that I'm using the 'standard' video player and playing video over background content with the display list hierarchy respected. On 13/03/2014 14:33, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: I know that FLV's work, but these are all MP4's and the

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
But they are FLV's , right? John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Paul A. p...@ipauland.com wrote: I just re-encoded the MP4s supplied to me. All I know is that I'm using the

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-13 Thread Paul A.
On 13/03/2014 14:59, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: But they are FLV's , right? Yes, but they started life as MP4s. I found some video wouldn't work without recoding. John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Mar 13,

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-12 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
I hear crickets. :) Can anyone suggest a link or site to help me with playing video on a iPad from inside of a Flash AIR app? StageDirectVideo works great, but resides under the display list. I need video on top of a background graphic. Everything I've tried does not play the video. Thanks,

RE: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-12 Thread Rick
on it a while back for an iOS AIR app that ended up not including the video component. :: Richard Hassen:: Graphic and Interactive Designer:: rickhas...@hotmail.com:: cell 415.450.1199 Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS From: jr.swee...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:01:52 -0500

Re: [Flashcoders] Video on IOS

2014-03-12 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Ironically, that is what I tried about an hour ago. No other video approach was working, so I cut a hole in the background graphic and made it a .png. Then I saw the video. Though that would be a work around. Does anyone else have an suggestion. Is that the ONLY this the only way to play

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Thank you all for the help. Finally I understand where is problem. I created App with runtime embedded. Then I used Advanced Installer http://www.advancedinstaller.com/ and created installer package. By default it installs my app to Program file folder. The App runs but nothing write on the disk.

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread Hans Wichman
Have your app write files into the users document area instead of a subfolder of the app which will be in the Program Files folder and under restrictions. Part of it might be solved by instructing advanced installer to enforce the user to have administrative permissions. best Hans On

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Installer put app to c\programfiles\companyname\folder\folderwithapp Installer do the job and copy files.The App when it placed in Program files folder with subfolder with xml fil does not write it when I change xml and save it in app. Everythng works if app placed not in Programfile folder.

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
This is code in app var appDirectory:File = File.applicationDirectory;//File.applicationStorageDirectory var fileString:String = appDirectory.nativePath; var appFile:File = File.documentsDirectory; var setsFile:String=fileString+File.separator+data+File.separator+sets.xml function

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread Henrik Andersson
natalia Vikhtinskaya skriver: This is code in app var appDirectory:File = File.applicationDirectory;//File.applicationStorageDirectory var fileString:String = appDirectory.nativePath; var appFile:File = File.documentsDirectory; var

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Ok, I understand. Where I must save my data?I have them in the same folder as fla file. 2014-03-01 16:58 GMT+04:00 Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net: natalia Vikhtinskaya skriver: This is code in app var appDirectory:File =

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread erik mattheis
In your code, change every File.applicationDirectory to File. applicationStorageDirectory On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:44 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya natavi.m...@gmail.comwrote: Ok, I understand. Where I must save my data?I have them in the same folder as fla file. 2014-03-01 16:58 GMT+04:00

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-03-01 Thread David Cohn
Natalia, In saveXML, try: appFile = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(data/sets.xml); Several quibbles with the code, but this should work... HTH, --Dave Ok, I understand. Where I must save my data?I have them in the same folder as fla file. 2014-03-01 16:58

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-24 Thread Peter Ginneberge
Easiest way is probably the app with runtime embedded option. And if that is similar to how it works in Flash Builder (Flex), you'll then need installer software to create a custom executable. As stated in the article: quote The resulting set of files is a complete AIR application, including a

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-24 Thread erik mattheis
I'm unsure the status of this or if someone has suggested any of the following: Are you saying the app doesn't work when using the installer but works as expected when copying the app folder somewhere outside of your clients Program Files folder? This will fail with default Windows settings as

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Ginneberge
You can apply for a license to (re)distribute the Air runtime and then package it with your application. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/redist/WS485a42d56cd19641-70d979a8124ef20a34b-8000.html Or you can include a captive copy of the Air runtime with your application.

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-23 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Not sure I understand how I can use this information in Flash Cs6. I created app in this program as Air 3.2 for Desktop. I have only two options - Windows Installer and App with runtime embedded. 2014-02-23 16:42 GMT+04:00 Peter Ginneberge p.ginnebe...@telenet.be: You can apply for a license

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-22 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Thank you for help. I try to describe situation better. When I publish app as Windows installer the user can take my exe file and install app on his pc. On desktop he has icon after clicking on it he runs app. It plays well but function write nothing do. I use newFileStream.openAsync (appFile,

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-20 Thread David Benman
Where are you saving the files to? You can't write to the application's folder when deployed but might work when you are testing on your machine. You need to be writing to a user folder, document folder, etc. anywhere but a subfolder of the Programs folder. On Feb 17, 2014, at 6:33 AM, natalia

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-18 Thread dave
Does it read files, but not write? Do you have the 'WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE' permission (in the AIR... settings) set? Can you add some tracing to see what directory it's trying to write to? I'd think the app wouldn't run at all if AIR isn't installed… did you embed the AIR runtime?

Re: [Flashcoders] Air Windows installed app

2014-02-17 Thread Henrik Andersson
natalia Vikhtinskaya skriver: Hi to all. I solved all problems with xml editor in flash. I created AIR app that loads and saves xml after editing. I created Windows installer app. It works well on XP and Win 8. But when the user installs it on his pc (I think he has no AIR program on it) app

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for simple solution to edit xml inside flash file

2014-02-12 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
If your PC based, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973 This is free. There are many free editors for MAC or PC out there. Just do a search. John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Feb 12,

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for simple solution to edit xml inside flash file

2014-02-12 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
I need system inside Flash file for simple users. 2014-02-12 12:03 GMT+04:00 John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net: If your PC based, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973 This is free. There are many free editors for MAC or PC out there. Just do a search.

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for simple solution to edit xml inside flash file

2014-02-12 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Hi, Then either you have to roll your own, (write something from scratch in AS3) or look for something online like this: http://www.findbestopensource.com/product/as3-xmltexteditor Where you can take someone else's code as a start and then try and incorporate/modify it into your project.

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for simple solution to edit xml inside flash file

2014-02-12 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Yes, I see that no good solution. I use textField for editing node after selection. But I have problem with deleting node. Maybe you can give me advice. I select this is title titleName=First Words 1set1/title //var node:XMLList; trace(node.childIndex()) //0 trace(node) set1

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for simple solution to edit xml inside flash file

2014-02-12 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
This can help you understand creating and editing. There are many more resources out there. http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/XMLmanageData3.htm John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Feb 12, 2014, at 1:01 PM,

Re: [Flashcoders] Looking for simple solution to edit xml inside flash file

2014-02-12 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Thank you. In this article I see removeNode xmlSets..subject.(@sbjName==subjectCb.selectedLabel).topic.(@topicName==topicCb.selectedLabel).title.(@titleName==titleCb.selectedLabel).removeNode() does not work the same as delete. 2014-02-12 23:29 GMT+04:00 John R. Sweeney Jr.

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Thank you for your answers. Unfortunately I don't know AIR or Zinc. I looked for a way to publish this application as swf file and then convert it to exe. I did that before with games. So no way to do that without AIR or Zinc? 2014-02-10 5:41 GMT+04:00 d...@eyebright.com: Natalia, You can

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread David Benman
AIR is another publishing method available in Flash and because it creates an executable that removes many of the Flash player's security restrictions. Prior to Flash CC you could also create a Mac or Windows projector that would save a file. I think most methods still require user

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk (natalia Vikhtinskaya)

2014-02-10 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
If I understand all advices correctly I created small test Flash CS6 and published as AIR app // xml personnel file var personnel:XML = employees employee id='1187' lastName='Davis' firstName='Charles' officeCT/office deptMarketing/dept /employee employee id='3383' lastName='Jones'

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Here how I try to save xml in the same folder where is my app import flash.filesystem.File; import flash.filesystem.FileStream; import flash.filesystem.FileMode; import flash.events.Event; //personnel. xml file .. // save to disk var appDirectory:File = File.applicationDirectory; var

RE: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread Jim Hayes
Vikhtinskaya [natavi.m...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 February 2014 15:14 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk Here how I try to save xml in the same folder where is my app import flash.filesystem.File; import flash.filesystem.FileStream; import flash.filesystem.FileMode

RE: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread Jim Hayes
Hayes [j...@primalpictures.com] Sent: 10 February 2014 15:26 To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk you need to escape the \ like so \\ appFile = appFile.resolvePath(fileString+\\personnel.xml); trace(fileString+\\personnel.xml

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [ flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] on behalf of natalia Vikhtinskaya [natavi.m...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 February 2014 15:14 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk Here how I try to save xml in the same folder where is my app

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread Henrik Andersson
-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] on behalf of Jim Hayes [j...@primalpictures.com] Sent: 10 February 2014 15:26 To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk you need to escape the \ like so \\ appFile

RE: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-10 Thread Jim Hayes
: Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk Just use File.separator, it will get you the correct one if you care. Jim Hayes skriver: Or use a / which I think works both on PC and the mac (which \ will not, that will only work on windows) Forgive me if I'm wrong on that one

Re: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-09 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Hi, I presume your building an AIR app, so look into File.applicationStorageDirectory and resolvePath. You can read and write behind the scenes without user intervention. John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

RE: [Flashcoders] Read and save xml file on disk

2014-02-09 Thread dave
Natalia, You can use the File (see e.g. applicationDirectory or resolvePath) and Filestream (open, readx, and writex) functions, but these are only available if you're using Air (other wrappers like Zinc have similar functionality). If it's an executable created by simply Publishing with Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Ask for Windows Phone support for AIR

2014-02-06 Thread Cédric Muller
I do tend to consider Microsoft as being a pain when it comes to standards, working things, and functionalities. I hope Linux does overrun these proprietary OSs etc. It really gets tense. I never thought I would troll this long about one single company, but it proves me everyday how bad their

Re: [Flashcoders] Video question

2014-01-31 Thread Peter Ginneberge
YouTube has a flash API that you can use: https://developers.google.com/youtube/flash_api_reference On 1/02/2014 0:46, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Hello again, Has anyone used Youtube or Vimeo videos in their Flash app? My client will produce the video's and post them, then want a Flash based

Re: [Flashcoders] Video question

2014-01-31 Thread Paul A.
On 31/01/2014 23:46, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Hello again, Has anyone used Youtube or Vimeo videos in their Flash app? My client will produce the video's and post them, then want a Flash based game that will play those videos on demand from within the game. I've always had the videos

Re: [Flashcoders] CS6 and OSX 10.9

2014-01-03 Thread Paul A.
Not noticed anything specific.. ..so far. Or if I have I've forgotten about it! I have had some absolute weirdness with a client using an ad distribution network ( I don't wish to identify it - they were extremely helpful ) where the mouse pointer position was in the wrong place when using

Re: [Flashcoders] Colour rendition of imported assets

2013-11-05 Thread David Cohn
The solid color may be because you're sampling the color of the layer in photoshop, rather than the anti-aliased image as in Flash. Could you try exporting from photoshop as a jpeg-- that way you would at least see what's happening in the compression? I'm working on a project that includes a

Re: [Flashcoders] Colour rendition of imported assets

2013-11-05 Thread Paul A.
On 05/11/2013 19:13, David Cohn wrote: The solid color may be because you're sampling the color of the layer in photoshop, rather than the anti-aliased image as in Flash. Could you try exporting from photoshop as a jpeg-- that way you would at least see what's happening in the compression? I

Re: [Flashcoders] Data storage for Flash/AIR apps (iOS in particular)

2013-09-27 Thread Mike Duguid
The SQLite local database functionality available within AIR works well: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7d29.html On 27 September 2013 14:39, Joel Johnson joeljohnson.in...@gmail.comwrote: Hey everyone, I need to be able to save some game data and

[Flashcoders] Re: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9

2013-09-27 Thread rtinfow
SQLite is built into iOS: https://developer.apple.com/technologies/ios/data-management.html RT Send Flashcoders mailing list submissions to flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread ktu
anybody have any ideas? this is still shaking my boots. thanks :) On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:53 PM, ktu ktu_fl...@cataclysmicrewind.comwrote: hey all! I'm faced with an interesting question. in my codebase, we made the decision to use a few singletons. to implement those singletons we

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread Paul A.
What if you make the const a var? I don't build my singletons with an initialiser, but whether that makes any difference, who knows? I always make my singleton references explicit, ClassName.getInstance() and instantiate the instance in getInstance(). On 20/09/2013 14:18, ktu wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread Ross P. Sclafani
Singletons are a horrible design pattern and the fact that they're poorly implemented in as3 should steer you away from using them there. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Paul A. p...@ipauland.com wrote: What if you make the const a var? I don't build my singletons with an

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread Paul A.
It's not exactly the greatest programming sin and they work fine in AS3. If the OP has a project in place using them, he should continue to do so once the issue is solved. Singletons are hardly a maverick technique. On 20/09/2013 15:04, Ross P. Sclafani wrote: Singletons are a horrible

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread Henrik Andersson
There is no such thing as calling a constant. And static properties are only initialized once. Your approach only serves to delay the construction of the instance to the moment it is first accessed, as opposed to when the runtime decides to initialize the constant. What OP needs is a singleton

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread Peter Ginneberge
with: AppApi.getInstance(); - Original Message - From: ktu ktu_fl...@cataclysmicrewind.com To: Flash Coders flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC? anybody have any ideas? this is still shaking

Re: [Flashcoders] static const singleton GC?

2013-09-20 Thread ktu
first, i must apologize for an error in my code. you cannot make a static package level var. the code should look like: package com.example { public const API:AppAPI = new AppAPI(); } Peter, this crazy method i am using does indeed only instantiate the object only once. i never get a runtime

Re: [Flashcoders] DoubleClick Studio

2013-09-13 Thread Paul A.
OK, I see it uses flash in conjunction with Google tools and components - so on topic for sure! On 13/09/2013 13:21, Paul A. wrote: Just been discussing some flash work and have been told I'd need to use DoubleClick Studio. Anyone have any experience of this compared to Flash? Paul (Yes, I

Re: [Flashcoders] DoubleClick Studio

2013-09-13 Thread Roger Persson
Hi Paul, If it's for use with ads I suggest you ask the media bureau or if you can get a contact directly a google to send you the latest version of their files and a few demo-files to get you started. If I remember correctly it's an flash extension you need to install to have access to

Re: [Flashcoders] DoubleClick Studio

2013-09-13 Thread David Hunter
Think I have used them before. The docs should explain things well. You probably just need to download some components and then add them to the beginning of your banner. David Hunter www.davidhunterdesign.com +44 (0) 7869 104 906 @DHDPIC On 13 September 2013 13:44, Roger Persson

Re: [Flashcoders] Change Background Color of Datagrid Cell

2013-09-05 Thread Kerry Thompson
Check this out. I haven't tried it, but it looks promising. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14985504/change-background-color-of-datagrid-cell-based-on-more-than-one-condition-in-fle Cordially Kerry Thompson On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Ted Lehr t...@qvine.com wrote: Is it possible to

[Flashcoders] Re: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 71, Issue 5

2013-08-31 Thread Aly Mansour Aly Abdelaal
: Contents of Flashcoders digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: TLFTextField drowning me ... (David Cohn) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:13:33 -0700 From: David Cohn d...@eyebright.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 71, Issue 5

2013-08-31 Thread Kerry Thompson
of Flashcoders digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: TLFTextField drowning me ... (David Cohn) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:13:33 -0700 From: David Cohn d...@eyebright.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-28 Thread tom rhodes
Sorry Cedric, I didn't ever make the switch to TLF once I'd dabbled with it a bit, so I can't help you out there. Crazy they have dropped it from CC though and yeah I do remember flash 3 :) On 27 August 2013 23:01, John R. Sweeney Jr. jr.swee...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. Director 12 came out in

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-28 Thread Cédric Muller
:) I feel so alone with that TLF Sorry Cedric, I didn't ever make the switch to TLF once I'd dabbled with it a bit, so I can't help you out there. Crazy they have dropped it from CC though and yeah I do remember flash 3 :) On 27 August 2013 23:01, John R. Sweeney Jr.

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-28 Thread tom rhodes
http://sourceforge.net/adobe/tlf/svn/604/tree/ doesn't look like anyone has touched it for a couple of years. maybe you can create the method you want? On 28 August 2013 10:08, Cédric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: :) I feel so alone with that TLF Sorry Cedric, I didn't ever make the

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-28 Thread Cédric Muller
:D hi there.China Team Test Change http://sourceforge.net/adobe/tlf/svn/604/tree/ doesn't look like anyone has touched it for a couple of years. maybe you can create the method you want? On 28 August 2013 10:08, Cédric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: :) I feel so alone with that

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-28 Thread tom rhodes
ha. ok. that's me out of ideas! On 28 August 2013 11:05, Cédric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: :D hi there.China Team Test Change http://sourceforge.net/adobe/tlf/svn/604/tree/ doesn't look like anyone has touched it for a couple of years. maybe you can create the method you want?

RE: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-28 Thread David Cohn
So if CC no longer supports TLF, is there any long-term option in Flash for right-to-left text? Will Flex support TLF, and/or have other options for RTL support? This is something I haven't delved into yet, but may come up soon for a project. It would be good to start in with a long-term

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread Cédric Muller
further info, even though I suspect that I am the last one on earth using this framework ……… // init var fmt:TextLayoutFormat = new TextLayoutFormat(); var tmpInt:ISelectionManager = field.textFlow.interactionManager; var editManager:EditManager = new EditManager();

RE: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread Rick Hassen
I think you are quite right that this is a problematic api. While I can't address your specific question, I had tons of problems with TLF in the past. It caused strange bugs that would break my movies(this was in CS5) At the time, there were a lot of complaints on the forums with TLF with the

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread Cédric Muller
Thanks :) Yep, my application _requires_ TLF (left to right, right to left, top down (korean), ligatures, …. and so on, that's is a big circus). The worst part is that I managed implementing everything else. I think I may be off for a quick exit if I understand how I can get a 'fake'

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread Cédric Muller
I noticed that Flash CC no longer supports TLF I bet all my TLF code that Flash CC 8 will come with a simple timeline to draw things on … remember Flash 3 ? Not far :) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
TLF's have been a pain, since day one. Bailed on them pretty early on… Sorry, John John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Cédric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: I noticed that Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread Rick Hassen
I bet all my TLF code that Flash CC 8 will come with a simple timeline to draw things on … remember Flash 3 ? Not far :) 'splain please! I started with Director 1 then went away till CS3, so I missed a bit there, so missing the joke.

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Director?? Did you mean Flash 1? John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Aug 27, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Rick Hassen rickhas...@hotmail.com wrote: 'splain please! I started with Director 1 then went away till CS3, so

RE: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread Rick Hassen
...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ... Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:12:21 -0500 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Director?? Did you mean Flash 1? John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

Re: [Flashcoders] TLFTextField drowning me ...

2013-08-27 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Yep. Director 12 came out in February and has had its issues, to say the least. :) Since your from Director, your missing the joke because its based on earlier Flash, current Flash and future Flash. That's why your Director statement initially throw me. John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior

RE: [Flashcoders] CHANGE style of Datagrid

2013-08-16 Thread Ted Lehr
List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] CHANGE style of Datagrid On 16/08/2013 16:23, Ted Lehr wrote: Is it possible to change the style of a datagrid? I have a datagrid I am dg.setStyle 'ing when I create it... at a certain point I want to change the style of that grid... I am simply trying

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