[Flashcoders] as 3 help

2007-01-10 Thread dan
Does anyone know if macromedia is going to add the help files to the flash 9 IDE? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you

[Flashcoders] help as3

2007-01-10 Thread dan
Hi all How do you attach a moveclip from the library in as3 there isn't an attachMovie? 10x ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] as 3 help

2007-01-10 Thread eka
Hello :) Flash 9 IDE don't exist for the moment.. only a alpha release of Flash8 with optional extension to used Flex2 SDK. You can read the Flex2 sdk documentation to used AS3 in Flash with the AS3 extension or wait the final version of Flash 9 :)

Re: [Flashcoders] help as3

2007-01-10 Thread eka
Hello :) read this tutorial : http://wiki.media-box.net/tutoriaux/flash/bibliotheque_flash_9 (in french) EKA+ :) 2007/1/10, dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all How do you attach a moveclip from the library in as3 there isn't an attachMovie? 10x ___

[Flashcoders] YouTube Performance

2007-01-10 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Hi I m building a flash player in which I need to play flv with progressive download. My flv plays with lot of jerks and it stops to buffer every 3 seconds. if I try the same flv file from YouTube.com,the performance was very much better. Any Reasons? Thanks Sumeet Kumar

[Flashcoders] cancel upload file is not working

2007-01-10 Thread white song
The upload is made even if the cancel method is called. Have any ideas why is that? _root.waitMask_btn.onPress = function(){ _root.hideWait(); //hide the wait mask trace('cancel upload'); _root.file_fr.cancel(); //cancel upload }

Re: [Flashcoders] pflash 8 file upload security issue

2007-01-10 Thread white song
you need upload.php for upload a file if ($_FILES['Filedata']['name']) { $uploadDir = images/; $uploadFile = $uploadDir . basename($_FILES['Filedata']['name']); move_uploaded_file($_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'], $uploadFile); } Headers are used to dowload a file. On 1/4/07, wouter

Re: [Flashcoders] flv sometimes playing sound only

2007-01-10 Thread baskar subramanian
hi it seems flv file not downloaded completely. just play the flv movie after fully downloaded untill stop playing flv. or use streaming method. regards palanivel subramanian On 1/9/07, me myself [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've posted a few times here about my video woes, and I thought I'd

[Flashcoders] uploading and sending am messege back

2007-01-10 Thread dan
Hi all I see that fash dosent have any way of sending back a messge from the server after upload is doen Any ideas? Can you face a http error so it will send a msg back to the server? 10x ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] importing large string into Flash

2007-01-10 Thread baskar subramanian
hi use xml. when u call a php that php will echo the datas as xml content then u can read as normal xml. bye regards palanivel subramanian On 1/10/07, Mick G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have external texts file that I'm loading into Flash containing strings like this

Re: [Flashcoders] flv sometimes playing sound only

2007-01-10 Thread Ramon Miguel M. Tayag
You've got a very, very confusing name especially for gmailers! I thought I had amnesia for a while. On 1/9/07, me myself [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've posted a few times here about my video woes, and I thought I'd solved them all, but now there's a new one and it's really vexing: Sometimes

Re: [Flashcoders] importing large string into Flash

2007-01-10 Thread Mick G
And how will this solve my question and... to import this data into Flash to improve download times Importing an XML or TXT file into flash would be the same download time right? They're both text files. I know how to import the data. I'm just looking to see if there's ways to compress the

Re: [Flashcoders] uploading and sending am messege back

2007-01-10 Thread R�kos Attila
After a completed upload you can get a response by calling a separate request, which returns data stored in a session variable or something similar. Attila d I see that fash dosent have any way of sending back a messge from the server d after upload is doen d d Any ideas? d Can you face a

RE: [Flashcoders] uploading and sending am messege back

2007-01-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
Hi all I see that fash dosent have any way of sending back a messge from the server after upload is doen The onComplete event for the FileReference class works for me. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness

RE: [Flashcoders] as 3 help

2007-01-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
Does anyone know if macromedia is going to add the help files to the flash 9 IDE? No, but Adobe will. Look at the Flex 2 docs online to see the the AS 3.0 docs. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness ___

Re: [Flashcoders] YouTube Performance

2007-01-10 Thread Jim Berkey
Do you have any sound events or progressively downloading sounds independent of the sound in the flv? Flash sounds seem to prevent the player from dropping frames as needed to keep the flv playing seamlessly. jimbo *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/10/2007 at 3:32 PM Sumeet Kumar

[Flashcoders] Copy negative pixels from a movie clip using draw()

2007-01-10 Thread Niclas Åberg
Hi all, I'm using the BitmapData.draw method, and I've bumped into a problem. I need to copy all the pixels from a movie clip, including the pixels which are on negative coordinates. I've only succeeded copying the ones on positive coordinates. Has anyone experienced the same thing, and,

RE: [Flashcoders] Copy negative pixels from a movie clip using draw()

2007-01-10 Thread Mike Mountain
I had the same problem a while ago, here was my final solution [as] import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.geom.Rectangle; import flash.geom.Point; import flash.geom.Matrix; // function staticCloneMC(target, mc, padding) { var bounds = mc.getBounds(mc); var offset_y =

Re: [Flashcoders] Copy negative pixels from a movie clip using draw()

2007-01-10 Thread Zeh Fernando
Hi all, I'm using the BitmapData.draw method, and I've bumped into a problem. I need to copy all the pixels from a movie clip, including the pixels which are on negative coordinates. I've only succeeded copying the ones on positive coordinates. Has anyone experienced the same thing, and,

Re: [Flashcoders] Copy negative pixels from a movie clip using draw()

2007-01-10 Thread Niclas Åberg
Mike, You have, quite literally, saved the day! Thanks a lot for the very useful and quick response. Niclas Mike Mountain wrote: I had the same problem a while ago, here was my final solution [as] import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.geom.Rectangle; import flash.geom.Point;

Re: [Flashcoders] Runtime sharing: best practice

2007-01-10 Thread gantulga tsenguun
hi Dont write mail again Stefan Thurnherr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael, I face the same problem you're describing: most of my UI controls are in a shared SWF (source.swf), which is then used by several of my dest.swf files. I did some testing, and found it impossible to do a preloader

Re: [Flashcoders] Will the new iPhone run flash?

2007-01-10 Thread Andy Herrman
Oh, I'm not saying I'm surprised at the price, or that it's unreasonable. I just wish it were cheaper. :) As for Flash, if it doesn't exist out of the box I wouldn't be surprised if it's added later. This quote: '[OSX] let us create desktop class applications and networking, not the crippled

Re: [Flashcoders] Will the new iPhone run flash?

2007-01-10 Thread l u c h y x
I think ADOBE must talk with me friend Steve and maybe release a version of flash player for iPhone. iPhone has new hardware capabilities: the accelerometer, which detect the rotation of the phone, the proximity sensor that detect if your are holding your phone on a call or using like a 'PALM'.

[Flashcoders] Remote SWF to read local FLV

2007-01-10 Thread Éric Thibault
Hi all After searching the web all morning, I haven't found a solution to allow a remote SWF file read by FPlayer9 to access local FLVs on a DVD... I've just been parachuted in a E-learning project and asked to find a solution to this problem... FPlayer 8 did not have that behavior but

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash adds seconds to audio clip

2007-01-10 Thread Frank Dewey
Thanx James, I've been too busy to devote a lot of undivided time on this matter...I'm still new at incorporating flash and media. Could you explain the Sync method and how to set it to Event or Stream? - Frank On 1/3/07, JOR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I understood your question correctly,

[Flashcoders] Bitmap data convert luminosity to alpha

2007-01-10 Thread Mike Mountain
So I want to to the blacks to alpha's in my bitmap data - the darker it is, the more transparent I want it - how do I go about solving this problem. I'm throwing stuff in threshold but so far I'm having no joy at all. Cheers M ECM Systems Ltd, Ellifoot Park, Burstwick, East Yorkshire HU12

Re: [Flashcoders] Bitmap data convert luminosity to alpha

2007-01-10 Thread R�kos Attila
MM So I want to to the blacks to alpha's in my bitmap data - the darker it MM is, the more transparent I want it - how do I go about solving this MM problem. MM MM I'm throwing stuff in threshold but so far I'm having no joy at all. ColorMatrixFilter is your friend :) Attila

RE: [Flashcoders] Critical bug in IE

2007-01-10 Thread Alain Rousseau
Had this problem as well recently, I used XRay to see what was going on and I noticed that 2 or 3 times the Stage onResize event would be triggered with height and width values of 0 before getting the correct values. So I only added a conditional statement to delay my positioning actions : var

Re: [Flashcoders] Tween a Matrix

2007-01-10 Thread William Smith
You could create a custom function and then pass it to the transition manager. On 1/10/07, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i think something a*Matrix1+(1-a)*Matrix2 with a sliding scale for a of 1 to 0 would do the trick. Not sure though^^. I used something like that to tween falling

Re: [Flashcoders] Remote SWF to read local FLV

2007-01-10 Thread William Smith
I'm assuming the by remote you mean somewhere off the computer, i.e. a website. Due to the flash security model, remote files cannot access local files. Also local files can access either remote content or local content, but not both. If your remote file is on a web server there is no way I can

[Flashcoders] ComboBox woes

2007-01-10 Thread Trevor Burton
I'm having a bit of a nightmare with the ComboBox component. I have a small application that attaches a combobox instance to the stage via actionscript… I've used _lockroot = true to make sure it works correctly and all is fine except that I can't seem to access the ListComponent part of the

Re: [Flashcoders] YouTube Performance

2007-01-10 Thread William Smith
There's an article on adobe devcenter about dynamic buffering. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/fms_dual_buffering.html It uses FMS in the example, but the concept should work without it. On 1/10/07, Jim Berkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have any sound events or

[Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread David Brunswick
Hello List, I am creating an empty movie clip container dynamically at runtime. Then when the user selects a specific button a movie clip is loaded into that container from the library. My issue is getting the loaded movie clip to scroll. Here is a sample of the code stop();

[Flashcoders] Some AS3 components troubles

2007-01-10 Thread Janis Radins
Hey people! I'm trying to make some pretty simple UI component in Flex and it seems like I'm missing something. I think I've read everything I could but I cannt find what is it I'm missing, maybe someone on this list knows wheres the problem. So what I am doing is: 1. I create some pretty simple

RE: [Flashcoders] Some AS3 components troubles

2007-01-10 Thread Jim Robson
Janis, I think you need to make the path to the icon gif relative to the component file. So, if your component file is in root/components and icon.gif is in root/ then the path needs to be: imageInstance.source = ../icon.gif; BTW, there is a good list for Flex coders here:

[Flashcoders] flex video on volume properties

2007-01-10 Thread Kenami Chang
Hey you guys, any idea of retaining volume properties on videodisplay component on flex platform with continuity videos? thanks, Ken. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[Flashcoders] Q:Dynamically REMOVE a class linkage

2007-01-10 Thread moveup
Hi Can anyone tell me what's the BEST way to REMOVE a class linkage at runtime? Thanks! Jim Bachalo [e] jbach at bitstream.ca [c] 416.668.0034 [w] www.bitstream.ca ...all improvisation is life in search of a style. - Bruce Mau,'LifeStyle'

[Flashcoders] flash support JPEG 2000?

2007-01-10 Thread Matthew Ganz
anyone know if flash supports the JPEG 2000 format? thanks. -- matt. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Dynamically REMOVE a class linkage

2007-01-10 Thread Ian Thomas
Jim, Do you mean attach a movie clip while ignoring it's Linkage settings? In which case, at a guess you should be able to do something like this: Object.registerClass(MySymbol,MovieClip); before attaching the class. That ought to do it. If you're trying to unload a class (so, for example,

[Flashcoders] Q:Dynamically REMOVE a class linkage

2007-01-10 Thread moveup
Thanks Ian! I think delete _global.com.mycompany.mypackage.MyClass; is close to what I need bascially I have some movieclips manually place on the stage with class linkages defnied in the library. the MC's when instantiated perform the following initialize action: get their inital _y

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Lead Flash Developer - Boston - Full-time

2007-01-10 Thread Chris Pointon
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[Flashcoders] Problem capturing the ALT key

2007-01-10 Thread vipin chandran
Hello All, I am doing a project where we are embedding a flash swf in director and making projector. My problem hers is when i am in the projector, the ALT key is not getting captured. And i really need this for giving one short-cut key. (The client is mad about it). Please help me if you

RE: [Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread David Brunswick
Good catch I overlooked that, although I had to move the scroll buttons to the main timeline. I really want the scroll buttons in the loaded library item. If someone has a suggestion for that great. If not I will just make the scroll buttons invisible until a specific button is selected. thanks

RE: [Flashcoders] Some AS3 components troubles

2007-01-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
Try mx.controls.SWFLloader (or in MXML, mx:SWFLoader ) instead of mx.controls.image. My understanding of image (at least in a Flex context) is that it's only for static images, not dynamic images. Swfloader can do .swfs, .jpegs,.pngs, etc. Not sure if that is it, but that's what my experience

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Dynamically REMOVE a class linkage

2007-01-10 Thread T. Michael Keesey
On 1/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the problem is these movieclips are one after the other on the timeline so the associated class is constantly instantiated. On the same timeline layer? If they are keyframes of the same movieclip all on the same layer, than you just need

RE: [Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread Jim Robson
If you want the buttons in the movie clip, you just need to scroll the clip and the buttons at the same time. Something like this: btnUp.onPress = function(){ scrollMe(-1); } btnDown.onPress = function(){ scrollMe(1); } function scrollMe(dir:Number){ var nudge:Number = 20*dir); this.-_y += nudge;

RE: [Flashcoders] Some AS3 components troubles

2007-01-10 Thread Jim Robson
Jason, I use mx:Image all the time to load JPG's, GIF's, and PNG's. Have been using it for a year now. I use it for loading both at compile time and at runtime. Works great. I think perhaps you are misinterpreting that section of the documentation a little. It's contrasting images with Flex

RE: [Flashcoders] Will the new iPhone run flash?

2007-01-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
In regards to this, Adobe's John Dowdell just posted this on Flashcoders: No responses from other staff members, because Apple usually locks down news pretty tightly at a launch. I didn't know about this device until the keynote, myself. I *do* know that Adobe staffers are currently working on

RE: [Flashcoders] Some AS3 components troubles

2007-01-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
ok - good info - I was having some problems with the image tag, so I assumed the problem was I wasn't using SWFLoader. When I switched to SWFloader for my dynamic images, it worked great. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness -Original

RE: [Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread Jim Robson
Oops - typos in the code! The first two lines in scrollMe() should be: var nudge:Number = 20*dir; this._y += nudge; -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Robson Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:53 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'

RE: [Flashcoders] Q:Dynamically REMOVE a class linkage

2007-01-10 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Does this make sense? No it doesn't. I surmise that you are making the variable static, either by declaring it as static variable or by setting it to a value when you declare it. Thus, it ends up shared across all instances of the class (static variables are class variables, dynamic variables

RE: [Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
I really want the scroll buttons in the loaded library item. You should rethink the way you're doing this. Putting a scrollbar inside the clip that is being scrolled is illogical. If you want them to appear together as one clip, put the scrolling content in one movieclip in the library clip

RE: [Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread David Brunswick
OK so what would the code look like? David Brunswick Senior Multimedia Developer/OLP Administrator FedEx Customer Information Services Customer Service Organizational Learning 901-434-6605 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks |

RE: [Flashcoders] scrolling dynamic movie clip

2007-01-10 Thread David Brunswick
Actually, I went with this solution that I suggested earlier which works If not I will just make the scroll buttons invisible until a specific button is selected. So I was thinking logical .. but also exploring all avenues its called thinking out of the box ;-)~ David Brunswick Senior

Re: [Flashcoders] Will the new iPhone run flash?

2007-01-10 Thread Erik Porroa / Porroa.com
I'm interested in: will Apple let the posibility to open the capabilites of install third parties programs like IM's?, Will be a special version of FlashPlayer for the iPhone? Cheers, Erik Merrill, Jason escribió: In regards to this, Adobe's John Dowdell just posted this on Flashcoders: No

RE: [Flashcoders] Will the new iPhone run flash?

2007-01-10 Thread Merrill, Jason
See no third party apps about 1/4th the way down the page: http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2007/01/impact-of-apple-iphone.html Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] Will the new iPhone run flash?

2007-01-10 Thread hosey hosey
Here is a crack pipe for ya.released in June, Apollo in June (ish)Apollo runs the widgets on iphone? Smoke em if ya got em Hosey On 1/10/07, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if I believe that. Analysts are saying that, but I haven't seen any direct evidence that

Re: [Flashcoders] history, bookmarks, etc within flash

2007-01-10 Thread Kevin Newman
Hi James, I'm kinda partial to the unfocus stuff myself. ;-) But it has been a while since I worked on that. I did manage to get it organized a few weeks ago, and get it into an SVN account (I couldn't get the osflash.org svn account working though). I'll be cleaning that up, but work is

Re: [Flashcoders] history, bookmarks, etc within flash

2007-01-10 Thread James Dean
thanks to all that replied to this... i've set up swfaddress right now, but may have issues with the need for flash 8. does unfocus have any restrictions on publish settings (i.e. has to be FP8, or can it be FP7)? I've not found anything so far regarding publish setting for unfocus. I'd prefer

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Dynamically REMOVE a class linkage

2007-01-10 Thread Ian Thomas
On 1/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the problem is these movieclips are one after the other on the timeline so the associated class is constantly instantiated. Does this make sense? Not really, I'm afraid - I can't quite work out what you're up to. However, it sounds

[Flashcoders] XML and line breaks ...

2007-01-10 Thread Stephen Ford
I am populating a text field in my flash movie with the content of an external XML file.What is the best way to force a line break in my text field ?For example, if the following was the XML node:contentText text text text. /n Text text text/contentUnfortunately, the '/n' line break doesn't

[Flashcoders] Make flash transparent

2007-01-10 Thread Amandeep Singh
Hi, Can anyone tell me that how can I make my flash activex object transparent in VC++. Amandeep Singh, Senior Flash Engineer, Synapse Communication Pvt. Ltd. F-18, Sector 11, NOIDA, UP http://www.synapse.co.in www.synapse.co.in Mobile: +91 92161 03894 Office: +91 120 4330500

Re: [Flashcoders] Some AS3 components troubles

2007-01-10 Thread Janis Radins
Thankyou all for replies. Just tried to change source to ../icon.gif and no luck, shouldnt it output an error message? And btw, mx.controls.Image is extending SWFLoader, so there shouldnt be issue with that. And once again I'm clueless :) Anyone have any idea what should I do? 07.10.1 Merrill,