Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class?

2006-06-28 Thread Alison Gurry
please take me off mailing list ALISON GURRY From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class?

Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class?

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
This is at the footer of every flashcoders email: To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Alison Gurry wrote: please take me off mailing list ALISON GURRY From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [Flashcoders] To script or not to script... flash animations and drawing

2006-06-28 Thread Adrian Park
Is it okay to build some animations using the timeline? Surely it's as 'okay' to build timeline animations as it is to build scripted animations! The decision is simply based on what best suits the requirement in terms of efficiency to build, the production values of the finished animation, how

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: loadvars vs xml onData

2006-06-28 Thread Andreas Rønning
I don't run them concurrently. They're entirely separate tests. Earlier i tried concurrent tests where yes, flipping the order (loadvars/xml-xml/loadvars) did make a difference. The bottom line is, currently, for loading data such as raw text, loadVars.onData is slightly faster than

[Flashcoders] Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam - Actionscript versions

2006-06-28 Thread Andrew J Kirkham
I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam (http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/flmx2004_developer.html) includes a question about Object.registerClass. Since I changed over to AS2 I haven't found any need to use

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam - Actionscript versions

2006-06-28 Thread Ian Thomas
I use Object.registerClass all the time. It is very handy when programmatically controlling which class is associated with a symbol without having to specify a class in the Linkage dialog in the library, for example (which means you can associate different classes with the same symbol if you

[Flashcoders] Getting FLV file size server-side

2006-06-28 Thread Janis Radins
Hello people! I'm trying ot get size of FLV file server-side using php, searched list archive and web but found no results. I know that this data should be somewhere in first bytes of file does anyone know where exactly? tnx in advance ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: loadvars vs xml onData

2006-06-28 Thread js
I saw you asking this question the other day on EFNet. Apologies if I can't be of much help, but, intuitively the first explanation (and only explanation) that I can think of is that you are incurring some sort of overhead due to the higher size and complexity of the XML class. How this could

Re: [Flashcoders] Getting FLV file size server-side

2006-06-28 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi Janis, If you're just looking for the file size, you shouldn't need to go anywhere near the file header! Won't the following work? ?php $filename = 'myfile.flv'; echo filesize($filename); ? HTH, Ian On 6/28/06, Janis Radins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello people! I'm trying ot get size

[Flashcoders] MX 2004 Developer Exam Actionscript versions

2006-06-28 Thread Andrew J Kirkham
I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam (http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/flmx2004_developer.html) includes a question about Object.registerClass. Since I changed over to AS2 I haven't found any need to use

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread aklist_flash
Sorry, but what's LART? If you don't know, then I take back the accusation :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lart ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread aklist_flash
You might like this: DEMO class v1: http://sandy.media-box.net/blog/distortimage-20-the-fastest-way-to-freely-distort-image-with-flash-in-actionscript.html SOURCE class v2: http://sandy.media-box.net/blog/distortimage-20-the-fastest-way-to-freely-distort-image-with-flash-in-actionscript.html

RE: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread Mike Mountain
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 June 2006 14:02 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching You might like this: DEMO class v1:

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread aklist_flash
Does that do anything but move the corners around? What I'm looking for is a way to create a distortion like: Well with a little thought - given that you now have the ability to fit a texture to any shape you can know chop your text up into tiles using bitmap data - then fit the multiple

[Flashcoders] XPcomponents set

2006-06-28 Thread Yves Peckstadt
Hi all, We recently bought the XPcomponents set since we were looking for a light and stable set to use in our flash product. However after testing 3 of the components we're already encountering problems. When importing an swf ,which contains for example a ComboBoxXP, the components in the swf

Re: [Flashcoders] another AS 3 question

2006-06-28 Thread Derek Vadneau
You can't, directly. A SWF8 loaded into a SWF9 ends up being an AVM1Movie Object. You can't cast this as a MovieClip. I tried casting it and got a failure during type coersion. The two SWFs can only talk via LocalConnection, or through ExternalInterface. You could implement a class on each

[Flashcoders] Q;Communicate between 2 class based menus systems

2006-06-28 Thread bitstreams
Hi I have two menu systems. Each menu system is comprised of 'movieclip buttons; which in turn are controlled through a class for rollover, out and hit states. So two classes, one for each menu system. What's the most efficient way to communicate back and forth BETWEEN the menu systems? I

[Flashcoders] Embed polish characters in Font Symbol

2006-06-28 Thread ellen . sundh
Hi! I am trying to embed Polish characters in a Trade Gothic-font I have selected in a Font Symbol. It shows other characters lite Euro-sign etc. but not these Polish signs. If I manually create the textfield and populate it with text and embeds the characters via the Properties box then it

Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0

2006-06-28 Thread michael . bordner
Our application is 95% Flash 8, relying on Ajax to fill the spaces where Flash fails, so we're also looking for Ajax developers who have mastered Flash to Javascript communication. Could somebody share with me 1 example where AJAX/XMLHttpRequest succeeds where Flash fails ? I would prefer flash

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?

2006-06-28 Thread henrik weber (freemind-design)
hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified

[Flashcoders] Re: Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam - Actionscript versions

2006-06-28 Thread Andrew J Kirkham
Thanks Ian That's very enlightening. Perhaps my query shows I'm not yet ready to take the exam :-( And sorry about the duplicate posting of my query! Andy Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:54:19 +0100 From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash MX 2004 Developer Exam -

Re: [Flashcoders] MX 2004 Developer Exam Actionscript versions

2006-06-28 Thread Rich Rodecker
you could still use Object.register class if you were using Flash Remoting, and wanted to tie data you are receiving to a particular class. On 6/28/06, Andrew J Kirkham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I note that the sample questions provided by Macromedia for the MX 2004 Developer exam

[Flashcoders] AfterEffects 6.5/FLV question

2006-06-28 Thread Gene Jannece
I would like to know if there is a way/hack to get it so I can use AfterEffects 6.5 to export the video to FLV in the AfterEffects render queue. I would rather not have to batch render it to mpeg and then use the Flash 8 batch to do mpeg to flv. Thanks for any help. Gene Jannece

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?

2006-06-28 Thread henrik weber (freemind-design)
hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified

RE: [Flashcoders] XPcomponents set

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
What is not entirely clear on the website is that the XPComponents are NOT designed to be used as standalone components in YOUR application, but are meant to be used when you build applications using the DEVELOPERS' EXACT framework. We paid for the components but found out very quickly that they

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?

2006-06-28 Thread henrik weber (freemind-design)
hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified

Re: [Flashcoders] XPcomponents set

2006-06-28 Thread Jim Kremens
The Bit-101 components are also excellent for the same reasons. Jim Kremens On 6/28/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is not entirely clear on the website is that the XPComponents are NOT designed to be used as standalone components in YOUR application, but are meant to

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
Seems the Adobe Flash 9 player is now officially released?No official announcement or anything? It's on the site under downloads. However, I need to install the Flash 8 player for testing, and I can't seem to find the codebase on the site. Anyone know where I can get it? Thanks. Jason

[Flashcoders] test

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
test --- Steven Sacks Senior Flash Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 310-551-0200 x209 Fax: 310-551-0022 BLITZ | 405 S Beverly Drive, 3rd Floor - Beverly Hills, CA 90212 www.blitzagency.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

[Flashcoders] AfterEffects 6.5 to FLV question

2006-06-28 Thread Gene Jannece
I would like to know if there is a way/hack to get it so I can use AfterEffects 6.5 to export the video to FLV in the AfterEffects render queue. I would rather not have to batch render it to mpeg and then use the Flash 8 batch to do mpeg to flv. Thanks for any help. Gene Jannece

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
So maybe I spoke too soon, but something is screwy - I had Flash 7 installed (I verified before I started), so I clicked the link to install Flash 9 from Adobe.com, then the web page takes me to the installed correctly page which says I have Flash 7 installed correctly! Then I check my browser

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
The latest version of Flash Player on the Adobe site is 9. It is released today (wherever you are in the world). Merrill, Jason wrote: So maybe I spoke too soon, but something is screwy - I had Flash 7 installed (I verified before I started), so I clicked the link to install Flash 9 from

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
More info in case anyone not aware of this url: http://www.flex.org/ Merrill, Jason wrote: Seems the Adobe Flash 9 player is now officially released?No official announcement or anything? It's on the site under downloads. However, I need to install the Flash 8 player for testing,

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Troy Rollins
On Jun 28, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Nick Weekes wrote: More info in case anyone not aware of this url: http://www.flex.org/ Gee. Flex 2 seems to be missing all that... you know... Mac stuff. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
More info in case anyone not aware of this url: http://www.flex.org/ No way - Flex 2 has been released??? That must have JUST happened because 20 minutes ago, there was nothing on Adobe's site about it at all!!! http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266 Thanks Nick!

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to get Flash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
I must have been upgrading at the same time they updated the Adobe site to host Flash 9. Funny and frustrating coincidence. Wish they would give us a LITTLE notice. :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original

Re: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?

2006-06-28 Thread henrik weber (freemind-design)
thx a lot! :-) sorry for buggin everyone with my repeated/multiplied message; somehow my mail-account was freakin... greeetz! henrik Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:55:52 -0400 From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath,

[Flashcoders] Issue running local swfs in IE in Windows XP SP2

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Hey everyone, I recently upgraded to Windows XP SP2 and this stupid information bar keeps me from running local html pages with swfs in them without clicking on it, and then a subsequent pop up alert box. I googled the web and couldn't find any way to stop this from happeneing. The methods

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to getFlash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread neo binedell
I updated about 6 hours ago so I'm sure it wasn't that. ~neo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 28 June 2006 07:49 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to getFlash 8

RE: [Flashcoders] XPcomponents set

2006-06-28 Thread Ville Walveranta
What is not entirely clear on the website is that the XPComponents are NOT designed to be used as standalone components in YOUR application, but are meant to be used when you build applications using the DEVELOPERS' EXACT framework. We paid for the components but found out very quickly

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Where to getFlash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
I updated about 6 hours ago so I'm sure it wasn't that. ~neo Well, good, :) then maybe you can explain why with IE when upgrading from Flash player 7, I clicked the download Flash 9 link, it installed Flash 8 and said I had Flash 7. Then when I did it again with Flash 8, it updated to Flash 9

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread ryanm
My real question is, if this image-manipulation is available in the IDE, how difficult is it to provide in the client or within AS3? I guess the answer is very difficult or more trouble than it's worth? No, the answer is see the documentation on bitmapData. You have to do it the

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Whereto getFlash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread neo binedell
Yup I went through something similar (in FireFox, IE worked fine). Downloaded installer, closed FF, ran installer, says everythings ok. Load up FF, go to flashplayer/about and says You have fp 8.0.24 (cant remember exact version). Ran installer three times, still the same. Then installed Flash 9

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public?Whereto getFlash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread Robert Chyko
Yes, I had a similar experience, but with IE. It said it was installing 9, but when it finished it said I still had 8. So I uninstalled my flash players from both IE and FF, but then it wouldn't install in IE at all. I ended up going to weather.com at which point IE gave an ActiveX warning and

RE: [SPAM?] RE: [Flashcoders] XPcomponents set

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
My experience exactly :-(. Perhaps I will be able to use them in a future project, but as for now, money down the drain. Had it been clearly stated on the site that the comoponents can't be used stand-alone, I would not have purchased them. Of course, they're non-refundable. I somehow doubt

[Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread Nancy Matheny
Adobe made the announcements today: As part of this, version 9 of the Flash player has also been released. Press release (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_viewnewsId=20060627006012newsLang=en). -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG

Re: [Flashcoders] Embed polish characters in Font Symbol

2006-06-28 Thread Mike Nowak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/28/2006 12:17 PM If I manually create the textfield and populate it with text and embeds the characters via the Properties box then it works fine! But as soon as I add make a Font Symbol with the same font, my manually created textfield loses the Polish characters. Have I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread Chad Mefferd
Does anybody know if the mac vesion of the Flash 9 Software is universal binary or not? Chad Mefferd - Director of Digital Media Morris Printing Group E-MAIL CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha - Blaze Preview

2006-06-28 Thread neo binedell
Is it just me or is it rather pointless that AS files containing AS3 classes opened in the IDE default to AS2 compilation? Now maybe I'm just a moron but CTRL-T and it it spews out a long list of errors. Alt-enter and run it and everything is fine. Do I have to publish the fla everytime I want

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread James Marsden
Did ya'll know it's possible to code AS 3.0 in Flash 8 IDE now too? June 28, 2006 Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview Released on Labs To coincide with the release of Flash Player 9 http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ and the underlying ActionScript 3.0

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread neo binedell
Err yes... Heh, I found it by accident, thought it was months old by now, even posted some questions about it on the list Looks like its new to everyone tho ;p -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Marsden Sent: 28 June 2006 09:28 PM To:

[Flashcoders] URL of the page linking to swf

2006-06-28 Thread edwin
Is it possible to get the URL of a page that is calling on a swf that is located elsewhere? That is, the swf is embedded in the page, and I want the URL of the page, but the swf is actually located in a different domain. Can this be done in actionscript, or would I have to rely on something like

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread Zeh Fernando
Did ya'll know it's possible to code AS 3.0 in Flash 8 IDE now too? To coincide with the release of Flash Player 9 http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ and the underlying ActionScript 3.0 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/actionscript3_overview.html language, we are

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread aklist_flash
My real question is, if this image-manipulation is available in the IDE, how difficult is it to provide in the client or within AS3? I guess the answer is very difficult or more trouble than it's worth? No, the answer is see the documentation on bitmapData. You have to do it the

RE: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread neo binedell
The Flash 9 Preview is a stand alone app, not an add-on for Flash 8 and it is basically flash 8 with AS3 compilation and publishing for flash player 9. ~neo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeh Fernando Sent: 28 June 2006 09:26 PM To:

Re: [Flashcoders] Issue running local swfs in IE in Windows XP SP2

2006-06-28 Thread Nick Weekes
Steven, I think there are two possible areas of IE config that you want to check (cant remember exactly which one is causing this problem but Ive definitely seen it). Firstly, check the Security settings for IE (and click the custom level button), and ensure that Automatic Prompting for

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Get name of referring class

2006-06-28 Thread John Giotta
Unless it's coded into the Class you can't, but you could use instanceOf if you know what your looking for. E.g.; if (myClassObj instanceof Class) { //... } ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

[Flashcoders] Disable a menu with MM V2 Menu component.

2006-06-28 Thread Grant Davies
I'm adding authorization to my application and I've manged to disable menu items within a menu by setting the enabled property to false. In some case the entire menu needs to be disabled, but it appears to be ignoring my enabled=false or setEnabled(false). e,.g. myAccountMenu =

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread Calv J
Sorry if someone already posted this (I'm in digest mode) - they just put Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/ Cheers __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread Zeh Fernando
This seems pretty clear to me... This preview extends the capabilities of Flash Professional 8 to include support for the new ActionScript 3.0 language in Flash Player 9. http://www.adobe.com/go/labs_flash9as3preview_downloads Did you follow the wrong link No, man, it's the same link. It takes

Re: [Flashcoders] Embed polish characters in Font Symbol

2006-06-28 Thread ellen . sundh
Yes, that is what I do and it doesn't work. It is Flash 8 by the way. If that makes a difference.. I have done a lot of googling on this and it's seems more people had the same problem... Anyone knows the solution? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/28/2006 12:17 PM If I manually create the textfield and

RE: [Flashcoders] Q:Get name of referring class

2006-06-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
Or you could also just pass it as a parameter to the calling function. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Giotta Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex 2 and Flash 9 Press Releases

2006-06-28 Thread James Marsden
Right, I see what you're disputing now - I read the words 'extends the capabilities of Flash Professional 8', and just assumed Adobe knew what they were writing... James Zeh Fernando wrote: This seems pretty clear to me... This preview extends the capabilities of Flash Professional 8 to

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread Latcho
Good you found a blackhole in the wealth of classes, examples and other contributions form the flash community ! Maybe it's your chance to write the first letter code of piece off code we all can use. Or you can check the source off existing open source filters/editors//plugins from the gimp to

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 player is public? Whereto getFlash 8 codebase?

2006-06-28 Thread ryanm
Well, good, :) then maybe you can explain why with IE when upgrading from Flash player 7, I clicked the download Flash 9 link, it installed Flash 8 and said I had Flash 7. Then when I did it again with Flash 8, it updated to Flash 9 successfully and THEN said I had Flash 8 installed. So then

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread ryanm
Yeah, that's the answer I'd rather not contemplate. g Well, that is how most of the Java applets work. You can probably find Java source code if you google for it and port it to AS. ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

[Flashcoders] Flash and Javascript Communication Problem

2006-06-28 Thread Paul Barton
Hello everyone, I don't know if anyone out there has come across this before, but it has got me completely stumped. I have a problem communicating between the Flash Player and the javascript in it's container file. On my server (Apache running on an IIS server) a can communicate using both the

[Flashcoders] Q:Determining timeline scope from within class

2006-06-28 Thread bitstreams
Hi Normally when defining local scopes in the timeline I'll use //set local scope _global.localScope=this; However this doesn't seem to work if I need to call a 'timeline based' method from a class. Only '_root' seems to work which I'd like to avoid using... Any suggestions? Thanks in

Re: [Flashcoders] Text arching

2006-06-28 Thread aklist_flash
Yeah, that's the answer I'd rather not contemplate. g Well, that is how most of the Java applets work. You can probably find Java source code if you google for it and port it to AS. ryanm I appreciate the encouragement and wish it were within my abilities...this was a long thread but I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and Javascript Communication Problem

2006-06-28 Thread John Dowdell
Paul Barton wrote: I have a problem communicating between the Flash Player and the javascript in it's container file. On my server (Apache running on an IIS server) a can communicate using both the ExternalInterface API to pull the data or SetVariable to push it to the Flash Player. When I

Re: [Flashcoders] Issue running local swfs in IE in Windows XP SP2

2006-06-28 Thread John Dowdell
Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: I recently upgraded to Windows XP SP2 and this stupid information bar keeps me from running local html pages with swfs in them without clicking on it, and then a subsequent pop up alert box. If it was actually the SP2 update which changed the behavior, then does

Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0

2006-06-28 Thread John Dowdell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could somebody share with me 1 example where AJAX/XMLHttpRequest succeeds where Flash fails ? I would prefer flash XML.sendAndLoad over AJAX anyday, as the XML object is a bit easier.. and you can get around the domain limitations imposed by AJAX. The only situation

Re: [Flashcoders] AfterEffects 6.5/FLV question

2006-06-28 Thread John Dowdell
Gene Jannece wrote: I would like to know if there is a way/hack to get it so I can use AfterEffects 6.5 to export the video to FLV in the AfterEffects render queue. I would rather not have to batch render it to mpeg and then use the Flash 8 batch to do mpeg to flv. Thanks for any help. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and ActionScript 2.0

2006-06-28 Thread Tyler Wright
Could somebody share with me 1 example where AJAX/XMLHttpRequest succeeds where Flash fails ? The term AJAX is thrown around loosly these days to simply mean anything JavaScript. For those interested in learning more about Flash and JavaScript drawing on one anothers strengths look for the

Re: [Flashcoders] AfterEffects 6.5/FLV question

2006-06-28 Thread Gene Jannece
Sorry for the double post as well. I downloaded the try version of AfterEffects 7.0 and there's native support for Flash swf and flv. But there is no render queue that I can que up a bunch of clips and have it spit out flvs. I'd have to do it one at a time or export the clips to a format that

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread Weyert de Boer
Calv J wrote: Sorry if someone already posted this (I'm in digest mode) - they just put Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/ Hmm, looks like a joke on Adobe sites. If I go to this link I get forwarded to the Flex 2 webpage... Yours,

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Determining timeline scope from within class

2006-06-28 Thread John Mark Hawley
You can always do this in your first keyframe of your root movie: _global.myRoot = this; and just use _global.myRoot wherever you would have used _root. This gives you the slight advantage that should you later want to embed what used to be your root movie into another swf, all your '_root-y'

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread coroner
no, no joke at all... i downloaded this and installed it in the afternoon... it' sflash 9 public alpha ... flash 9, as 3 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

[Flashcoders] Re: Issue running local swfs in IE in Windows XP

2006-06-28 Thread Calv J
Hi, Put !-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet -- in your html to stop the warning bar. It's called Mark of the Web by microsoft. For details: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19542 One thing - when I use that, any flash javascript communication seems to stop working. Good old microsoft. I did

RE: [Flashcoders] Q:Determining timeline scope from within class

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Use a _global namespace. On your root timeline: _global.APP = this; Then, in your sub-timelines/swfs APP.ContentClip = this; APP.Navigation = this; etc. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread Weyert de Boer
coroner wrote: no, no joke at all... i downloaded this and installed it in the afternoon... it' sflash 9 public alpha ... flash 9, as 3 Well, I am unable to download it... the download isn't available on: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/?e=labs_flpro9_as3 Maybe I am blind? The link above is

[Flashcoders] loadClip is OK with loading a text file

2006-06-28 Thread edwin
I've got a situation where I'm loading in images using loadClip and testing the success with onLoadError - it works fine if the URL doesn't point to anything, but the way it's set up, if the image is missing the URL will point to a text file. Instead of failing and initiating the onLoadError

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread Zeh Fernando
Well, I am unable to download it... the download isn't available on: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/?e=labs_flpro9_as3 Maybe I am blind? The link above is what I get when I press on the download-button at fl9 labspage. Try this link: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread Robin Burrer
I had the same problem - try using IE instead of FF. This worked for me... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeh Fernando Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:37 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3

RE: [Flashcoders] loadClip is OK with loading a text file

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Maybe check length 0 if there is text in the file... BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of edwin Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:46 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject:

Re: [Flashcoders] creating SWF or VIDEO on the fly ?

2006-06-28 Thread David Rorex
Using ONLY AS2? No, I'm pretty sure it cannot be done. However, it can be done using some free server-side tools. Things like swfmill, swfc, jpg2swf, etc etc. -David R On 6/26/06, jcanistrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi All, I´d like to discuss some ideas about if is possible to produce an

Re: [Flashcoders] getting Google Video wmode=transparent to work

2006-06-28 Thread Barrett
Ok, so I expected that I could just ignore the problem, but that just won't happen You can see a working flash video here, transparent and opaque are not on: http://gwca.org/drupal/why_china/overview/video The flash piece I need to work that doesn't is here, wmode is set to transparent:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Site Looses FUcntionality on Server

2006-06-28 Thread John VanHorn
pierre, i wouldnt be suprised to see a 404 error get serviceCapture http://kevinlangdon.com/serviceCapture/...a must-have for any developer. it captures http requests and responses. it has definitely helped me out countless times. if somethings not working for me, the first thing i do is

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3, Flash 9?

2006-06-28 Thread David Rorex
I believe the official word is Sometime in the first half of 2007 -David R On 6/27/06, Ville Walveranta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here know the [tentative] release schedule of Flash 9 Pro (i.e . the IDE/Studio, not just the plugin) that would take advantage of AS3? Flash Team has

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Alpha - Components Panel Disabled

2006-06-28 Thread Arul
Hi Guys, I just now installed the Flash 9 Alpha and noticed that the component panel is disabled. I could not make it work. Just wondering is it just for me or a common problem for all? Regards, Arul ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Alpha - Components Panel Disabled

2006-06-28 Thread Duncan Reid
Yea i noticed that also. Wierd thing is they are in the directory: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash 9 Public Alpha\en\Configuration\Components same as flash 8: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration\Components but like you said, they seem to be disabled. Dunc On 6/28/06, Arul

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Professional AS 3 Preview on labs

2006-06-28 Thread Troy Rollins
On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:03 PM, coroner wrote: no, no joke at all... i downloaded this and installed it in the afternoon... it' sflash 9 public alpha ... flash 9, as 3 I guess Mac users will mostly use AS3 in Flash 9. It doesn't appear we're getting Flex Builder 2. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd.

Re: [Flashcoders] getting Google Video wmode=transparent to work

2006-06-28 Thread Barrett
So the problem has become more complicated, I tested it in IE6 and Opera9, and it works correctly, but Firefox 1.5.0.4 won't allow you to click Flash at all. Barrett On 6/28/06, Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so I expected that I could just ignore the problem, but that just won't happen

Re: [Flashcoders] getting Google Video wmode=transparent to work

2006-06-28 Thread Barrett
It looks like, from what everyone says, this is a bug in Firefox, that won't work with wmode opaque or transparent, and I can't do anything about it! One of several pages I found in Google http://www.snook.ca/archives/other/hit_bug_in_fire/ Cheers, Barrett On 6/28/06, Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3, Flash 9?

2006-06-28 Thread Ville Walveranta
Thanks. There was a mention of that someplace today.. probably on the Flash 9 preview page. Flex 2 stole the show, though. It's better than Flash 9 Studio :). Ville -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Rorex Sent: Wednesday, June 28,

[Flashcoders] Determining when the Stage *stops* resizing

2006-06-28 Thread Matt Bennett
Hello all, I've got a perplexing problem and I've run out of ideas to solve it - I hope you can help! I have an application that runs fullscreen in the browser - so the object is set to 100%x100% and the Stage.scaleMode is noScale. The application realigns itself via a Stage.onResize listener.

[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

[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

[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