Hey guyz,
Thank you all for the replies.
I've sorta hacked it... Before I do the getColorBoundsRect, I now do
a threshold on the image to make the colors that are close to what my
LED looks like, 100% red. I then do the getColorBoundsRect on the red
and that works just fine. Now I'll try
All,
From toplevel.as (F8):
intrinsic function profile(enable:Boolean):Void;
Very annoying, as it is typed as function, then references such as:
profile.getName();
In a class does not create compiler errors, as some stupid unknown
function named profile exists somewhere.
Well, it does
Did you ever write an image gallery or a game in Flash? Did it bother
you to write rather complicated load queues to load lots of small files
such as image thumbnails or game assets like tiles? Are you working with
big text files and need a reliable way to compress/uncompress them to
save
ok mike, so what :)
i read that in the docs too. however you still didn't reply to the question
take it easy
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Not to be too harsh, but that's been deprecated since, what, Flash 5?
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Hello,
I am trying to create a concise piece of code for a drag and drop that I can
reuse again and again. The dragged item should be able to land on any target
(but only one target is correct - although I would like it to be easy to set
more than one target).
I want it to be customisable
Hi Dennis
When you choose your compression rate in Flash Video Encoder, and
probably other compression tools, you are choosing it in kilobits per
second (kbps). Therefore the filesize is dependent on how long the
video is, and not how large the dimesions are.
You should notice however that the
Amazing. Nice work - very very exciting.
On 9/15/06, Claus Wahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did you ever write an image gallery or a game in Flash? Did it bother
you to write rather complicated load queues to load lots of small files
such as image thumbnails or game assets like tiles? Are you
Hello,
I am trying to create a concise piece of code for a drag and drop that I can
reuse again and again. The dragged item should be able to land on any target
(but only one target is correct - although I would like it to be easy to set
more than one target).
I want it to be customisable
Here's a mad thought - if you know Apache/PHP you could do a few
tricks server side so that the URL:
http://someserver/flash.swf
actually points to a PHP file (use mod_rewrite). That PHP file could
then capture all sorts of details about the incoming request
(referring URL etc.) and log it or
On 9/15/06, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's a mad thought - if you know Apache/PHP you could do a few
tricks server side so that the URL:
http://someserver/flash.swf
actually points to a PHP file (use mod_rewrite). That PHP file could
then capture all sorts of details about the
Anyone got a quick and dirty hex to HSB and back converter algo -
without having to convert to RGB first?
Cheers
M
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:P
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John,
Maybe you should phase out the older interface all together.
This way
I knew about that, and that was the first thing I told the backend guy, but
he told me that wasn't the problem. :S
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This has nothing to do with Struts by the way. Struts
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On 9/14/2006 at 1:45 PM Jeff Mastropietro wrote:
I need a 100% effective way to get the URL of the page that a flash
movie is embedded in. It cannot rely on JavaScript. Any ideas? We are
trying to track the pages that are
Hello :)
you can find this tool in my OpenSource framework VEGAS (with this extension
ASGard)
http://osflash.org/vegas
# Color tools in asgard.colors package :
http://svn1.cvsdude.com/osflash/vegas/AS2/trunk/src/asgard/colors/
# HSV to RGB in ColorHSV class
trace(this._url)
Have I missed something?
M
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to get the URL of the page
that a
Thanks, but I was hoping this would be possible without having to
convert to RGB first - I basically want to do pixel by pixel colour
transform on a copy of a video whilst it's being played so it needs to
be ultra efficient.
M
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Flexcoders list?
Yes, a simple Google search for Flexcoders turns up the Yahoo
Flexcoders list.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/
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Hi Mike,
The URL of the page _containing_ the file, not the URL of the file itself.
Ian
On 9/15/06, Mike Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
trace(this._url)
Have I missed something?
M
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Of Jim Berkey
Is it not possible to mask a clip into which you draw things using
the drawing API?
I'm not totally sure about masking, but in general, I think there are
some bugs or conflicts with a movie clip drawn upon with the draw API
and other elements of the movie. I'm not sure this is as related as you
Similar to Mike's thread, is there a function out there someone has
written to convert a regular numerical value back to its equivalent hex
value?
For example:
var myColor:Number = 0xff6600;
myText_txt.text = myColor //shows converted to 16737792, but
toString(16)
Cheers
M
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Sent: 15 September 2006 13:01
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Convert Regular Number back to Hex value?
Similar to Mike's thread, is
maybe this could do
var red:Number = 0xFF;
trace(red.toString(16));
ciao
On 9/15/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Similar to Mike's thread, is there a function out there someone has
written to convert a regular numerical value back to its equivalent hex
value?
For example:
Hi Jason, could this be what you're looking for?
var myColor:Number = 0xff6600;
t.text = String(myColor.toString(16));
//ff6600
// or...
//t.text = myColor;
//16737792
Similar to Mike's thread, is there a function out there someone has
written to convert a regular numerical value back to its
Mike, Julien, thanks - perfect.
Jason Merrill
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of julien castelain
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:14 AM
hiya -
I'm trying to load some xml from within an object. a little confused
how to handle callbacks.
inside the class (constructor) i create an XML object, call its load func.
class WireMenu {
private var myXML:XML;
public function WireMenu(xmlPath){
myXML = new XML();
Yes, perfect, thank you.
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:20 AM
To:
Hi Jeff,
If you are on PHP/Apache, I've thrown together this small set of
scripts which might help:
http://www.wildwinter.net/public/files/swfProxy.zip
Cheers,
Ian
On 9/14/06, Jeff Mastropietro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need a 100% effective way to get the URL of the page that a flash
movie
Hi guys,
Prompted by a question from Jeff Mastropietro, I had a thought about
an easy way of stopping deep linking on .swf files and being certain
which page was referring to them/embedding them.
I've written a quick filter for Apache/PHP.
The idea is that the user makes a request to:
It's a scoping issue. Your XML object is calling the drawMenu function
in its own scope and not within the scope of the WireMenu instance.
Use the delegate class when assigning your onLoad handler. Look up the
documentation on the Delegate class for syntax and arguments.
Regards,
Pranav
Hi peeps,
in the
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2005-June/140802.html i
described a method for class name reflection I used.
I noticed a while ago it's being used here and there (xray, some arp
extensions, etc), so you might want to know it's been updated.
It's part of the
You also have to remember to give the opportunity to those that are in the
Mid Range but are eager to learn and move forward. I dont mean to make your
team full of Wannabes but I hope more people were willing to give an
opportunity to those who seem to not be quite there yet but have a chance.
var n:Number = -16777216
trace(n.toString(16));
Gives me:
-100 ?
Claus Wahlers wrote:
pixel = -16777216
-16777216 is 0xff00 (solid black)
Try to trace pixel.toString(16)
Cheers,
Claus.
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-16777216 is 0xff00 (solid black)
I thought solid black was
0xff
16777215
?
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Number.toString() is a little borked.
Meister Skinner explains it here:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2005/12/source_code_tra.html
Cheers,
Claus.
Jeroen Beckers wrote:
var n:Number = -16777216
trace(n.toString(16));
Gives me:
-100 ?
Claus Wahlers wrote:
pixel = -16777216
Merrill, Jason wrote:
-16777216 is 0xff00 (solid black)
I thought solid black was
0xff
16777215
That'd be white. 0 is black. The additional 'ff' in the highest byte is
the alpha value (returned by getPixel32).
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Oooops, you are right, I meant 0x00
Nevertheless, you had said, 0xff00 (solid black) ??
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On 9/15/06, Karina Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I'm really hurt :~(
:P
Oh, I'm sorry. :-) Your design for that version was awesome, but still
doesn't change the fact that the V2 components were buggy and the new
performance of the Flex 2 app is amazing. Anyway, I'm sure John would
Oooops, you are right, I meant 0x00
Nevertheless, you had said, 0xff00 (solid black) ??
Yeah. Read the rest of my mail. ;)
-16777216 is 0xff00 (solid black)
I thought solid black was
0xff
16777215
That'd be white. 0 is black. The additional 'ff' in the highest byte is
the
Oooops, you are right, I meant 0x00
Nevertheless, you had said, 0xff00 (solid black) ??
It's because it has the alpha value on it (ARGB) with a opacity of 255 (100%
opaque, or 0% transparent).
0x00 (or just 0) *IS* solid black, but if you're painting on a bitmap
with an alpha
Thank you for the link, I will surely read it!
Since I don't need the alpha, I changed getPixel32 to getPixel (oh,
sorry for wrong topic-title) and it works fine now. Thanks for all the
input :-).
(Oh, and I also noticed that I was dividing by 0x0, which is off
course '0' and dividing
Sorry - :)
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:37 AM
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Mike Mountain wrote:
Thanks, but I was hoping this would be possible without having to
convert to RGB first - I basically want to do pixel by pixel colour
transform on a copy of a video whilst it's being played so it needs to
be ultra efficient.
I'm sorry... but explain to my how a hex number
Good to know, thanks - I can see now I still have a lot to learn about
color and the new BitmapData class. :)
Jason Merrill
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[EMAIL
Ryan,
I went ahead and switched over to swfObject. I really like it!
One thing. After installing Flash 8/9 via express install, when the
browser is redirected back to the page the navigation does not appear.
However, after clicking elsewhere and going to a new page the
navigation appears. Do
Try the FlashCom chattyfig mailing list or the flashcomguru forum for
help with FMS.
-Aaron
On 9/13/06, franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
i got problem with video chat application on FMS (Flash media server 2)
all is descirbed here
iDashboards is one of the hottest software companies within Business
Intelligence dashboards (www.iDashboards.com). Our customers include
NASA, US Navy, Lockheed Martin, Johnson Controls and GE. We have an
immediate position for a Senior Flash Developer with 4+ years of
experience.
If being
Sorry, yes, String.fromCharCode() replaced chr() a while ago.
*checks* Yes, since Flash 5.
Check the Deprecated section in the ActionScript side panel. Functions
like chr() and ord() were in Flash 4, back before ActionScript (or was
it just called Actions back then?) followed ECMA standards.
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Try the FlashCom chattyfig mailing list or the flashcomguru
forum for help with FMS.
Unfortunately, the Flashcomm list is down until further notice. I've been
out of the office for several weeks, and have not been able to repair it
yet.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions regarding bandwidth detection...i'm
trying to choose between high and low bandwidth versions of the same video
thanks
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Hi,
I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I have
a text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll from
bottom of screen to top of screen... it looks like crap using motion
tween. Very choppy movement, not smooth at all.
Any fixes?
I am assuming
I am all for job postings, but I gotta tell ya, sometimes they just
say silly things.
4 years developing flash.
must know AS1 and AS2
Software development person (programmed before flash I presume)
Background in other languages and systems
Familiarity with design patterns
Good understanding of
Greetings all,
We have been noticing that with several of our clients' products that we
delivered their swf files for Flash Player 7, are now causing problems
with Flash Player 9. In Internet Explorer, when they are performing
various functions that call web services, IE will stop and Popup
You could turn it into a bitmap
mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
That should help.
At 01:50 PM 9/15/2006, you wrote:
Hi,
I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I have a
text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll from bottom
of screen to top of
Ok, first of all, most people who have been doing flash for 4+ years
are artists or designers. Almost no serious programming was even
possible in flash before AS2 so by defining 4 years you are
essentially insisting that someone *not* be someone who has a
background in other languages and
Thanks for including the error text. When I did a web search on phrase
The following add-on was running when this problem occurred, I pulled
up a Microsoft technote which referred to IE7 beta:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920082/en-us
But I see in the search results that lots of people have
I didnt say there werent any... but you are not exactly...er... mainstream.
As for your knowing *lots* of people, I suspect, having been around as
long as you have, you know *all* of them :) I'm only half kidding
here. before AS2 there were not exactly a bunch of people that fit
this spec and in
Ok, first of all, most people who have been doing flash for 4+ years
are artists or designers. Almost no serious programming was even
possible in flash before AS2 so by defining 4 years
I built an entire suite of lead generation and call center applications for a
mortgage company in Flash MX
Hey all, I'm working on what will become SWFObject 2.0 (need to
update it to support as3 Express Install stuff) and I wanted to get
ideas for new features.
It currently works fine, and there aren't too many obvious things
that could be added, but I wanted to ask and see what sort of
I built an entire suite of lead generation and call center applications for a
mortgage company in Flash MX using AS 1around 5 years ago which was used on a
daily basis by around 100+ employees. I'd say that took some serious
programming and a real world app on a fairly large scale!
Ok, look,
I understand what you mean in regards to AS2 application development. Until
MX 2004, Flash as a common mainstream application was pretty unheard of by
the general public. That's not to say it didn't happen though...
I definitely disagree with the first thing you mentioned about there not
being a
Are you using a pixel font? I a similar issue with a large block of
pixel fonts and motion+shape tweening. The only solution I found was to
anti-alias the pixel font for the large block of text.
-V
Micky Hulse wrote:
Hi,
I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I
You guys haven't seen zombo.com, have you?
On 9/15/06 12:57 PM, Kevin Aebig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I understand what you mean in regards to AS2 application development. Until
MX 2004, Flash as a common mainstream application was pretty unheard of by
the general public. That's not to say it
Claus, Grant, Dave, Samuel, Jesse, Brandon etc. have been on this list since
I first joined up 6 or 7 years ago and posted several examples of
applications over the years to demonstrate the abilities of Flash. Heck even
I did a single large app with Flash 4 (Whatta pain!), 4 more with Flash 5,
On 9/15/06, Aaron Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You guys haven't seen zombo.com, have you?
That is hilarious!
Hank
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I had the user check their IE, and they are still on IE 6. We are
having this problem with several different users at different companies.
The problem only occurs with Flash Player 9. When we uninstall the
player and reinstall 8, we have no problems.
Thanks,
Doug Coning
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The fastest way to animate this is to use runtime bitmap caching, mixed
with the scrollRect property.
// this is almost pseudo-code, untested, but you should get the idea
r = new Rectangle(0,0,width,height);
container.cacheAsBitmap = true;
container.scrollRect = r;
container.onEnterFrame =
Kurt Dommermuth wrote:
You could turn it into a bitmap
mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
That should help.
Woot! That worked great! Thanks Kurt, you da man! :D
Cheers,
Micky
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This has nothing to do with Struts by the way. Struts is just a framework.
http://struts.apache.org/
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Having a bitch of a time getting mcl to work with flashdevelop/mtasc
var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
trace(loaderObj:+mcl);
traces out loaderObj: and then nothing. Is there something PECULIAR i
have to do to make this work? tween classes and all other macromedia
classes work
OK - seeing as you asked so nicely
Instead of splitting it up into 3 different components R, G and B then doing a
calculation on each of these in turn to find H S and B ,applying some transform
on H and B and then turning these back into R G and B - then in turn combining
this to find a flash
The fact that you can name the pioneers (and I know who they are) is
an indication of how small the group is. A few hundred, heck even a
few thousand, is a **VERY** small number. There are hundreds of
thousands (or perhaps millions) of people that are serious programmers
in Java that have
Well said...
!k
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:09 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Software Development Position
The fact that you can name the pioneers
Hi Chris, thanks for the response, I really appreciate your time.
Chris Hill wrote:
...[snip]...
This will convert the text to one big bitmap, and use fast pixel copying
to display just the rect you want.
Peace
Right on! Thanks for snippet! I really appreciate it, very cool! :D
Looks like
Hi Vibol, thanks for your response, it is greatly appreciated. :)
Vibol Hou wrote:
Are you using a pixel font? I a similar issue with a large block of
pixel fonts and motion+shape tweening. The only solution I found was to
anti-alias the pixel font for the large block of text.
Thanks for
Steven,
On 9/15/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fact that you can name the pioneers (and I know who they are) is
an indication of how small the group is. A few hundred, heck even a
few thousand, is a **VERY** small number. There are hundreds of
thousands (or perhaps
There is a huge demand for Flash programmers, particularly in Internet
advertising. Talented people can do great knowing no other language, and
most employers would prioritize ability and experience over degrees.
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Exactly, and I'm skeptical of anyone who requires a CompSci degree for a
Flash position because there isn't a single college degree for Flash
programming. ;)
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No, pretty much the way hsb -- rgb works, you need to have the numbers
separate. You could probably create some awkward transform that tries really
hard not to break them up, but it would end up being a lot more complicated,
and not worth it.
Besides, going from 0xRRGGBB to 0xRR, 0xGG, 0xBB is
And we wonder why this is happening, lol. Hell, I would do an active of
public (and self) service by teaching but that is a crazy cut in pay.
sigh.
On 9/15/06 3:28 PM, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Exactly, and I'm skeptical of anyone who requires a CompSci degree for a
Flash
I use MovieClipLoader all the time, and I just did a quick test (mtasc 1.12,
standalone flash player 9, windows xp sp2):
file Test.as
---
class Test {
static function main(root:MovieClip) {
var txt:TextField = root.createTextField('txt', 0, 0, 0, 200, 200);
var
I've had the same problem with the empty uploads, using PHP on the server.
For every file I upload, flash makes 2 requests, the first request with 0
data, and the second one with the actual file. I think it's been replicated
by many people. The solution is to just ignore invalid uploads on the
Hank, you don't know what you are talking about. You may be late to the
party, but that doesn't mean that everyone was. There are a lot of
people (not billions, but a good number) who meet/exceed YOUR
requirements who were working in Flash before AS 2 was an option.
Seriously, why do you think
On 9/15/06, Jason Rayles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hank, you don't know what you are talking about. You may be late to the
party, but that doesn't mean that everyone was.
There are a lot of
people (not billions, but a good number)
Ah yes, a good number. Is that somewhere between zero and 100
According to adobe, the double upload thing is not a bug. It was part
of the design. Supposedly to make sure that there is really a server
there before starting a big upload. It seems to me this was a
*horrible* design decision, but I guess its not a bug since it was
their intent.
But there are
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