Tnx Scott!
Looks very mutch like what I've been looking for.
2006/2/17, Scott Mathieson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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actionscript support straight of the box
On Friday 17 February 2006 06:54, Janis Radins wrote:
Hye ppl!
While we are on the UML topic, can anyone recommend a good book on the
subject?
Jim
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Tnx
Hello List,
I am trying to sendAndLoad XML data to a web service that requires
that I set the name of the data in the Form Collection. My server-side
people insist that this is how it should be done, although I never
needed to set anyhing and sendAndLoad would always just work in the
past.
This
actionscript support straight of the box
Can it do reverse engineering with Actionscript?
Jim Kremens
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it claims that it can.
tho i didnt found how :)
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Can it do reverse engineering with Actionscript?
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Okay - nice work - but after installing Guy Watson's extension, and then
disabling it, I get a native error for this line of code:
var classLocation = fl.configURI+/Classes/;
The error: Exception thrown in native function.
Any clue whats going on? Before installing the extension, that line
Did you try removing the player with the macromedia uninstaller?
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15511#remove
I just read about a similar problem on the FlashObject List..
i've only seen detection problems arise when you don't use the official
macromedia
nm - didn't have a document open, just the IDE - sorry for the noise ;)
On 2/17/06, eric dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay - nice work - but after installing Guy Watson's extension, and then
disabling it, I get a native error for this line of code:
var classLocation =
Hello everybody,
I was wondering how this is possible?
var test:Number = undefined;
trace(test = 0); // true
trace(test == 0); // false
trace(test 0); // undefined
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Tuomas Glad wrote:
var test:Number = undefined;
trace(test = 0); // true
a=b is defined as !(ab) - and undefined0 is undefined.
This undefined = 0 is true - for quite annoying reasons.
:)
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I've seen this done in a few tutorial where the code placed in the main time
line is written as if it were in a class file. By this I mean things like
writing addEventListener(this); and having the functions sitting in the main
timeline that handles the event. I think this is a convenient
Is it possible to send the Bitmap Object in Flash 8 with Flash
Remoting. When I attempt to send it I nothing happens.
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That looks pretty good, but I didn't see a Mac version. Anybody know
of a good tool for OSX?
- Josh
On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:22 AM, Scott Mathieson wrote:
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Philip Smith wrote:
Hi there,
I'm looking for an AS2 class that will provide a drop shadow for a window
pane that is continually resizing. I would prefer a class with an easy
interface, that allows a movie clip to be registered as the clip to be
shadowed, with a constant loop running
You don't even need a class to do that really... apply a dropShadow filter
to it and you're done.
- edolecki
On 2/27/06, Philip Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
I'm looking for an AS2 class that will provide a drop shadow for a
window pane that is continually resizing. I would
I've been having quite a bit of trouble with installing WindowSWF custom
panels- Many come up with different content than the intended swf file even
when I install mxp files from third parties. Is this a known issue or is it
just my installation and does anyone know of any workarounds for this?
Hi there,
Has anyone come across a solid method for preloading FLVs?
I've been using a slight variation on the plain vanilla one
from Flash
docs(http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htmcontext=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1573.html)
but am finding it
I wouldn't have such a class loop to keep checking the dropshadow. There
really is no need. The dropshadow is always rendered from the visible part
of a MC. So if the MC is resized then it too resizes.
Charles P.
On 2/27/06, Philip Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
I'm looking for
We're assuming you're using Flash 8 If not then a drop shadow class
is a perfectly reasonable thing to try and tackle in mx04
M
On 2/27/06, Philip Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
I'm looking for an AS2 class that will provide a drop
shadow for a
window pane that
What aren't you comfortable with? Some don't like extending the timeline,
and do something like:
class MyController
{
private var view:MovieClip;
function MyController ( mc:MovieClip )
{
view = mc;
}
}
And then on _root;
controller = new MyController(this);
or:
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000202.php
Quasi is mondo :) Not a class - but check it out.
On 2/17/06, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We're assuming you're using Flash 8 If not then a drop shadow class
is a perfectly reasonable thing to try and tackle in mx04
M
On
I realize this is a bit of an out there question, but is it possible to
flag a movie clip created at runtime to be imported from a shared
library? I have a shared library with a lot of clips but don't want to
have to have the place holder in the movies importing them.
Jim
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Ok smartie, let's see you write your own drop shadow class for the Flash 7
player in 1minute...
Philip
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:31 AM
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A little late in the (reply) game, but you could try:
MovieClip.prototype.onConstruct = function()
{
trace(created)
}
This will be called anytime a new clip is created. You could, however, weed out
the unwanted dispatching of events, by dispatching based upon the name of the
clip created,
Thanks for the responses. Is there an AS 2.0 equivalent AS 2.0 Flash 7
version of the Quasi file?
I know the drop shadow can be created with a shape tweening class from
scratch, but there is not enough time in this project for that. I found the
Flash 8 DropShadowFilter class which enabled
if you subclass movieclip then you have access to the onLoad method.
Just overload that and put your dispatch in there
public function onLoad():Void
{
dispatchEvent({type:'onload', target:this});
}
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A little late in the (reply) game, but you could try:
Can you duplicate the movie you want the shadow on and tint it to be
black set its alpha to 35% and offset it from the original slightly.
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Right... nesting can do all of this for you hopefully.
Slice-9 would set you free here too without distortions, but alas no F8 for
you ;)
On 2/17/06, Jim Tann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can you duplicate the movie you want the shadow on and tint it to be
black set its alpha to 35% and offset it
You should have noted that you needed a Flash 7 class in your original post.
Charles P.
On 2/27/06, Philip Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok smartie, let's see you write your own drop shadow class for the Flash 7
player in 1minute...
Philip
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From: Andreas
The window pane is constantly resizing. I'm working within the framework
of another developer's project, and an encapsulated Flash 7 class would be
the solution I would like to implement, one that is also less memory
intensive than the new DropShadow filter class.
Thanks,
Philip
-
Right, although the client has yet to determine that. I would like to have a
few options available.
Thanks,
Philip
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:40 AM
no.. something more like this :
http://www.vectorjunkie.co.uk/experiments/sinTool.htm
but instead of balls its a solid line.
the idea is to have 3 lines oscillating so that it looks like they are
flowing.
Ben Smeets wrote:
http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/2005/06/pathClass.php
Okay- actually I like that approach. I had seen you do part of that in a
tutorial before but not with actually setting the class as the view from the
timeline. It actually makes it a lot clearer now.
I guess it's not as much not being comfortable with it as much as sometimes
during a quick
Flex 1.5 has a shadow drawing algo that utilizes the v2 framework to do so
it supports Flash 7; AS2.
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Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:47 PM
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Flex 1.5 has a shadow drawing algo that utilizes the v2 framework to do so
it supports Flash 7; AS2.
... and Flex 1.5 will also cost you $15,000.00 USD. Rather expensive for a
drop shadow IMO. :)
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
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Nah man. For flash 7 it's not a smart thing to write a dropshadow class
like the one you describe at all.
You'd put the drop shadow functionality in your window class draw
method. The big problem with your
approach is you'd have hell to juggle the depths (because without
overlapping, what's
As noted, I am working within another developer's framework, and cannot make
fundamental design changes at this time. The new DropShadowFilter works on
the principle I described, you register a view and bang, full functionality
in a couple of lines of code. You could do it in Flash 7, but it
instqead of poling just use object.watch
On 2/28/06, Philip Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As noted, I am working within another developer's framework, and cannot
make
fundamental design changes at this time. The new DropShadowFilter works on
the principle I described, you register a view
Hi Mani,
I suffered from this for quite some time and it was driving me crazy when
trying to develop extensions. I finally found a way to fix it:
- delete any windowSWF's from the following folder
C:\Flash 8\en\First Run\WindowSWF
- delete panelset.xml and FirstRun.log from the following folder
sorry for the repost but..
im a bit under the gun...and i looked EVERYWHERE!
i need a drawing api function or fla
that can produce multiple flowing sinewaves.
the waves should be random in oscillating and appear to be flowing
organically.
please help!
thanks
artur
As noted, I am working within another developer's framework, and
cannot make fundamental design changes at this time.
I didn't say it can't be done. I said it wasnt the smart thing to do. If
you work with someone elses framework but can't subclass or supply your
own prototypes along the road,
Could could just draw a few sinewaves, duplicate them at different yscale,
etc. and then have them loop?
Is it supposed to fake something in particular or just some random
sinewaves? Multiple non-changing but differnet waves? Or is it 1 wave that
needs to change a lot?
On 2/17/06, artur [EMAIL
The samples on the following page all work in Flash 7 using a framework I
*was* developing. A lot of the shadow and light stuff I was doing became
pointless when Flash 8 came out. If you're interested in the code, let me
know.
http://jimkremens.com/toolkit/
Jim Kremens
On 2/17/06, Andreas
Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and
Design and the Unified Process (3rd Edition) (Hardcover) by Craig Larman
The honnest truth is that yes it is 736 pages and weights alot but it's very
well thoughtout and provides a very good context (through Unified
its 3 waves that need to appear randomly oscillating in height..
Could could just draw a few sinewaves, duplicate them at different
yscale,
etc. and then have them loop?
Is it supposed to fake something in particular or just some
random
sinewaves? Multiple non-changing but differnet waves?
Hi Jim, I'd like to check the code out, my email is
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Thanks.
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic drop shadow
This may be a duh question, but when you use dispatchEvent in a custom
created component, can I use my own event name or do i have to use one of
the built in ones of an object. For example, I am creating custom quiz
component (the built in ones dont have the flexibility we need) and would
like to
yeah. the type property can be whatever, as long as you know what you are
listening for all is good.
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This may be a duh question, but when you use dispatchEvent in a custom
created component, can I use my own event name or do i have to use one
If you are using Flex2 , create a custom event that extends from the
event class. and inject the namespace for the custom event into the
superclass.
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Thanks. I relooked at my code and realized i was just making a stupid
mistake by confusing object names. it works now :-)
On 2/17/06, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
yeah. the type property can be whatever, as long as you know what you are
listening for all is good.
On 2/17/06, Jamie
Does anyone have some good examples of Flash using CSS to stylize links with
hover properties etc. I can't seem to get my color to work properly.
[code]
//first try at this one
var style_sheet = new TextField.StyleSheet();
style_sheet.setStyle(a,
{
Just make sure int he constructor you initialize it::
EventDispatcher.initialize(this)..
also you ned to have these var definititions:
public var addEventListener:Function
public var removeEventListener:Function;
private var dispatchEvent:Function
then to dispatch:
dispatchEvent( {
I'm sure this has asked before but I cannot find anthing in the archives.
Has anyone found a way to set the print orientation to landscape?
Best Regards,
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There is another method we use. When you start your project create a
movieclip and at it to the stage at 0,0. Open it up and add all your GUI to
that as you would the stage. Then in your library assign your class to the
movieclip.
Judah
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I've seen that technique used and wondered how well it would work. So then
you would have that class extend MovieClip-right? Is there any weirdness
that comes up that I would want to look out for in this case? Would you
have the constructor in the class file just call init(); and do the setup
Has anyone found a way to set the print orientation to landscape?
I don't think you can. Are you able to alert the user to the need for
landscape before initiating the PrintJob?
You can then test for whether they have chosen it with
Printjob.orientation.
David
Must resist...the crack...habbit...
and if you want to point that dispatched to a custom method not named
the same as the event:
obj.addEventListener(onWhatever, Delegate.create(this, myCustomMethod));
private function myCustomMethod(evtObj:Object):Void
{
// code
}
Also, you don't need
Clark,
Thank you!!! That worked great! It was driving me crazy and I couldn't
figure out what was causing it-
So when you distribute extensions will they come across that problem also?
I hope not.
Mani
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its quick and its dirty but it should give you something to work with :
for(var n=0;n3;n++)
{
var sinewave:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(sinewave + n,n+1);
sinewave._y = 100;
sinewave.phase = n * 10;
sinewave.frequency = ((n + 1) * 5)
Hi Corban,
Here's an excerpt from one of my classes:
code
var newStyle = new TextField.StyleSheet();
newStyle.setStyle(a, {color: '#66', fontWeight:'bold'})
newStyle.setStyle(a:hover, {textDecoration: 'underline'})
title_txt.styleSheet = newStyle;
/code
Worked for me, hope this helps.
btw, have you fixed your clock or is this a cynical attempt to stay at the top
of my list of flashcoders emails? ;)
martin.
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the one thing I've realized is that I simply have to restart Flash to get
the correct swf version in the panel. I've seen weird version issues and
the that's the only solution that fixes it. So, probably making them
restart the IDE is about the safest move u can make.
On 2/17/06, Manuel
Has anyone had issues with flash remoting (amfph) and sending text
from the textArea component. It seems there are some weird extra
characters that are being added to the data thats sent. Then php is
having issues parsing it.
Specifically when I copy text into the textArea component then
We have a project.that is created in flash 8 but exported to flash
player 6, AS1. When I test the file in flash player 6 standalone
locally, the file runs fine as well as publishing directly out of
flash. When I embed the swf file into html and post it on the web, it
is only viewable through
woohoo! this is perfect!
u da man!
thanks Martin!
a
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Unfortunately yes, it seems so - but not always. I have had it happen
to certain team members here when I create some tool for them, but not to
others when installing the same extension. So far have been unable to figure
out a pattern or reason.
What really gets me is that this got fixed in the
is it possible to linkfor an eventListener to a var like:
var
myEventListener=broadcasterScope.addEventListener(eventName,updateVar)
and afterwards in a certain way removing the eventlistener with
myEventLink ?
I'd like to remove events that I set dynamically, do I really have to
Hi,
Enterprise Architect 6 supports AS as a native language and has reverse
engineering feature for it. Give it a try.
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Ignoring scope of _root level functions is fine. Ignoring duplication of
efforts is not. You can always wrap your functions in a class in 5 minutes.
Removing duplication in code, however, takes way longer and may cause
unforseen problems if not solved early enough.
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It's free to install locally, and works with like 5 IP's in developer
edition mode. Then, you can hit debug, and look at the improved v2 code to
see how they implemented the dropshadow.
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I used to do that. It's great because you avoid _root altogether, and never
have collisions with other content there.
The downside I ran into is if your SWF is loaded into another one, you need
to remember to do:
MyLoader.content.someApp.method
vs.
MyLoader.content.method
And since you
In my app I have a Singleton that's composed of and manages a video
component. In theory- anyone calling the getInstance should be getting that
same class and therefore subsequent references to its public properties
should be calling the same instanceright?
Problem is my getInstances() were
Gotta go for the virus, buddy, ya' can't band-aid it up. That guilt you're
feeling is good. Use that frustration to fuel your desire to solve the
problem. While you should be commended for finding a solution, it's still
just a cover up for the real issue.
Post your getInstance method if you
what john is outlining here is fine in essence, but unless you never want to
remove this event listener this will cause a memory leak. either you create
the delegate function on a class scope or you use arguments.caller in the
handler function to remove the event listener
On 2/17/06, John Grden
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