RE: [Flashcoders] test

2007-02-27 Thread Dave Watts
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[Flashcoders] [Solution] MovieClipLoader woes (Irritating Bug Alert!)

2007-02-27 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi folks, I just thought I'd share the solution to this - a very irritating AS2 bug/feature that took me an age to track down. If you have a bunch of nested movieclips and any of them (down the chain) share a name, such as: _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst0.inst0.inst1.res17 (I know,

Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader woes

2007-02-27 Thread Kristal Dale
sorry to post this to the list - I've tried unsubscribing 5+ times since the list came back up. I never recieve the confirmation email (despite the page saying it was sent) to actually finalize the unsubscribe. To the admin: please remove me from the list. Thanks, K --- Ian Thomas [EMAIL

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Google is hiring experienced Flash Engineers

2007-02-27 Thread John Harding
(You can apply online at http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?answer=47251 or contact me for additional information.) Google's world class Engineering team is working on powerful data-driven web applications which require excellent Flash Engineers to help them come alive. We are

Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader woes

2007-02-27 Thread Muzak
Show us some code. And get XRay. http://osflash.org/xray regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:15 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader woes Hi all,

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 book

2007-02-27 Thread Amir T Rocker
Hi try the AS3 cookbook by o'reilly. bye Am 04:13 PM 2/26/2007 schrieben Sie: Hi Guys, I have to accept I'm the newbiest guy in this flash thing, I'm finishing(when I'll get time) the flash oop book , and then I'd like to move to as3...any book you could recommend me? I've found the as3 book

Re: [Flashcoders] as3 book

2007-02-27 Thread Jonathan
you want a e-book? or a bible? - Original Message - From: Gustavo Duenas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] as3 book Hi Guys, I have to accept I'm the newbiest guy in this

Re: [Flashcoders] Append variables to SWF server-side

2007-02-27 Thread Cay Garrido H.
search FlashVars ;) Mick G escribió: Does anyone know if there is a way to add data to a SWF file server-side? Eg. I have a swf that site on my server. I want users to be able to select an option from a dropdown such as Select a color: BLUE. This would then send them a SWF to download that

[Flashcoders] export Bitmat with webcam

2007-02-27 Thread Laurent CUCHET
I try to export a big bitmap and always got 160 120 image. I dont find the way to enlarge it, Ave you got an idea ?? Thank you import flash.display.BitmapData; localCamera = Camera.get(); myCam.attachVideo(localCamera); var bitmap = new flash.display.BitmapData(640, 480, true, 0x);

RE: [Flashcoders] Captivate and ActionScript

2007-02-27 Thread Alain Rousseau
Yup it is possible, but if you could be a bit more specific as to what you want to fetch and set, we can tell you which variables can or cannot be changed. Alain -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roberto M. Basáñez González Sent: 26 février

Re: [Flashcoders] Append variables to SWF server-side

2007-02-27 Thread T. Michael Keesey
That seems pretty inefficient. Why not just make a Flash Var with the color and have the SWF render that dynamically? I remember some solutions along those lines (including Macromedia Generator) circa 2000, but it just wasn't a great way of doing things like that. SWFs already have

Re: [{SPAM?}] - [Flashcoders] Stop loading sounds - Email found in subject

2007-02-27 Thread Omar Fouad
Nah, i tried mySound.load(); but it only stops the sound, and doesnt stol loading it better ideas?? On 2/26/07, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: allright i'll try it thanks so much On 2/25/07, Cole Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mySound.load(file.mp3, true); then ...

Re: [Flashcoders] Cleaning HTML for use in Flash 8

2007-02-27 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, I had some experience writing a simple feed aggregator that then loaded in the HTML pages from the remote URL's and tried to clean up the HTML into XHTML. I used the Pear XML_HTMLSAX libraries for this and extended the examples to create my own classes to parse HTML from specific

[Flashcoders] Extending Flash8 mx.controls.textarea No Scroll Bar?

2007-02-27 Thread Wade Arnold
I have been trying to subclass mx.control.textarea. This seems to work well other than I never get a vertical scroll bar. With Xray I can see that _vscrollpolicy is auto so it should work. What I have done. I am using the label for the bounding box from mx.controls.textarea

Re: [Flashcoders] Cleaning HTML for use in Flash 8

2007-02-27 Thread Mike and Stephie
Hi David ! We found that in out situation that the big drama was getting tables to render. We use this component: http://www.flashrelief.com/tablemaker/features.html for that part of it. What it requires is that the code is xhtml compliant and will break if it isn't You can use one of the

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash exe and Vista

2007-02-27 Thread David Townsend
Robb, Just out of interest, how were you able to overcome the ntdll.dll issue that is common with zinc? I used to love using zinc but as far as I know they still haven't come up with a proper working solution for the problem. I had the horrible experience of sending a product to manufacturing

Re: [Flashcoders] webcam

2007-02-27 Thread Mike and Stephie
Try wowzamedia.com! Amir T Rocker wrote: Sure, but only local - means no one else can see you. // get the camera var cam = Camera.get( [opt. camName ] ) ; // attach the camera on the vid display videoPanel.attachCamera(cam) ; thats it - nowe you have a working camera - but no way to show it

Re: [Flashcoders] Append variables to SWF server-side

2007-02-27 Thread Mike and Stephie
HI Mick ! Consider the open source utility SWFMill Providing the server is compatible with one of it's builds then 1. Get a PHP to do : swfmill swf2xml [swfname.swf] [file.xml] 2. Edit the XML file which step 1 produces from PHP 3. Get PHP to do: swfmill xml2swf [fiel.xml] [swfname.swf]

Re: [Flashcoders] Append variables to SWF server-side

2007-02-27 Thread Andy Herrman
So, how is the user viewing the SWF? Is it embedded in an HTML page? If so, you could just make those parameters defined in the HTML, and then have the SWF know to look for the parameters at runtime. The SWFs I use do a lot of that. -Andy On 2/26/07, Mick G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does

[Flashcoders] flash vs aim 6.0

2007-02-27 Thread :: joshua
hey everyone. so alot of the projects that i develop utilize aim to friend feature. typically the aim:goim javascript call works... however, it was brought to my attention that these calls no longer work with aim 6.0. well it kinda works. it will launch aim, but it no longer passes the

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathAPI recursive XML search

2007-02-27 Thread Jim Cheng
Tom Klepl wrote: Thanks for the reply.. unfortunately this only returns matching nodes below the parent node specified. What I need is to crawl the XML tree and find ALL matching nodes, regardless of where they are in the tree. Unfortunately, Flash has never had a good means to traverse an

Re: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Geoff Stearns
localconnection i believe is supported in all the browsers - as long as you have the minimum flash player requirement (i think flash player 6 was the first one to add support?) as for the getURL question: if you are using flash player 8 or higher you should be using external interface,

Re: [Flashcoders] test

2007-02-27 Thread nelson ramirez
let's test again! like we did last summer... On 2/26/07, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1 out of 1 tests completed. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

[Flashcoders] Long text field multipage print job

2007-02-27 Thread Marc Hoffman
[I'm pretty sure this is not a new issue, but I can't get into the Flashcoders archives or find anything on Google.] I want to allow visitors at a Flash website to print out a long block of text that's currently in a scrolling textfield. But I want to break it up into a multi-page print job.

[Flashcoders] Skewing MovieClip??

2007-02-27 Thread Omar Fouad
i have a movieClip on my Stage and i need to skew it orizontally by using AS, as in i need to create a reflection effect and i need the movieClip to be mirrored. Any Ideas? -- Omar Fouad - Digital Emotions... Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful nor

Re: [Flashcoders] ru.bezier geom package beta

2007-02-27 Thread Jon Bradley
Not bad Ivan. I created a general polygon clipping library (Weiler-Atherton) a couple years ago that I'm converting to AS3 and adding bezier support for. It's been pretty fun to work on - especially the curve support. Is this a pretext to something larger, or just a demo of bezier

[Flashcoders] RE : Captivate and ActionScript

2007-02-27 Thread Alain Rousseau
Hi Roberto, yes it's possible but you'll have to share more info as to what yo want to pass and get. There are certain ways of doing this. What is your setup ? Alain Roberto M. Basáñez González wrote: Hi All: I need to pass variables from swf animation to captivate and from captivate to

RE: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Nikolaj Selvik
Hej Martin, There are undocumented issues and restrictions when using getURL(Javascript:) in content published for FP8 or higher. Instead, use ExternalInterface where you also should be able to implement good swf-to-swf communication A nice, short tutorial can be found at:

Re: [Flashcoders] Append variables to SWF server-side

2007-02-27 Thread Alain Rousseau
You should look into flasm (http://flasm.sourceforge.net/) or any code injecting software out there Mick G wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to add data to a SWF file server-side? Eg. I have a swf that site on my server. I want users to be able to select an option from a dropdown

Re: [Flashcoders] Do You Need to Clear Intervals in this Case?

2007-02-27 Thread Chris RM
On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Alain Rousseau wrote: If your interval is defined inside your Class then yes you will need to clear it or it will continue to run. It is inside the class, and the class instance is created within that movieclip after it's loaded via attachMovie(). On Feb

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathAPI recursive XML search

2007-02-27 Thread Darren Bowers
cant remember where i found this, but i use it quite a lot. Just drop the xml root node in as your source node and it will return an array of all node names that match your query string. /* ** Function: findAllTag(source:XMLNode, key:String):Array ** ** Purpose: Recursively searches for,

[Flashcoders] how to reverse the .wmv files

2007-02-27 Thread payal
Hi All Can anyone tell that how to reverse the .wmv files or some software tool that reverses the .wmv file. Thanks and Regards Payal Jain -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 23:50 To:

Re: [Flashcoders] [AS3] Timers behaving erratically

2007-02-27 Thread Nick Johnston
How many instances are getting recreated? If you are creating a Singleton, only one instance is getting created. That could be an issue. Either that or you are probably removing the EventListener. Correct me if I am wrong. Hope that helps. :) Nick On 2/24/07, badi malik [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flashcoders] LoadMovie in Mozilla

2007-02-27 Thread Sumeet Kumar
Hi I have a function fnLoadMovies (). This function loadMovies(.swf files) from an array which is generated dynamically. Sometimes this array contains values like 'undefined' or 'null '. In Internet Explorer When mc.loadMovie(undefined) is called it works fine. But In

[Flashcoders] Flash + Mozilla + videos loading issue

2007-02-27 Thread Tarjinder Kumar
Hi, I am using Flash MX 2004. I have build an E-Learning course.Its work fine on IE and Mozilla. Then client asked some video screens in the course. When we add the video screen then course behaves differently. We are using MediaDisplay Component to play flv videos. When we click on next back

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathAPI recursive XML search

2007-02-27 Thread Ron Wheeler
If you start at the top of the tree everything that you want is below you. Tom Klepl wrote: Thanks for the reply.. unfortunately this only returns matching nodes below the parent node specified. What I need is to crawl the XML tree and find ALL matching nodes, regardless of where they are in

[Flashcoders] Bumpmapping!

2007-02-27 Thread Ian Thomas
My oh my... I stumbled over this post from one of the from the PaperVision3D team this morning: http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/flash_examples/flash_9_pv_3d_example_3d_bumpm.html *round of applause* ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

[Flashcoders] Beginners/Designers Actionscript

2007-02-27 Thread Ian Thomas
Hi, Can anyone recommend a good book to teach designers who know a bit of AS1 scripting up to speed with AS2? I've been asked for a recommendation and it's been so long since I bought a book (or was scripting AS1!), I'm at a loss to pick out one from the myriad that a Google search brings up.

Re: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Martin Klasson
Yeah, I did some extensive testings on that yesterday, the only thing is that you can't return values from javascript with only inline javascript, -and you have to use void(0) in the getURL to avoid the return-values. ExternalInterface is good of course, but I am after making all the

[Flashcoders] creating executable for windows mobile 2003.

2007-02-27 Thread Chris Tague
hi all, How do i create a flash executable for a windows mobile 2003 device? Do i need the 600 euro distribution kit? It is just for a demo for a client, so for the moment there are no licensing issues. thanks! ___

RE: [Flashcoders] swf/html and swf/swf communication

2007-02-27 Thread Nikolaj Selvik
Hej Martin, There are largely undocumented issues and restrictions when using getURL(Javascript:) in content published for FP8 or higher. Some discussions on the subject can be found at: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/08/new_flash_8_pla.html Instead, use ExternalInterface

[Flashcoders] [JOB] Permanent role available for central London for Flash developer

2007-02-27 Thread Christian Giordano
Here the post about an open position in my team, I'm posting on behalf my team leader. - My team at LBi is dedicated to creating the RIA bits of cutting-edge online and offline user experiences... meaning that we build everything from RIA components for large CMS-driven websites to insane

RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader woes

2007-02-27 Thread Holth, Daniel C.
Have you tried listening for the onLoadError event in the MCL class to see if any errors are output? Also, is it that specific swf, or does it not load the third swf every time, regardless of the swf? (does order matter?) -Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[Flashcoders] setstyle for component

2007-02-27 Thread creativity
I need to setstyle for list component for various parameters. Do i need to write setstyle separately for each parameter or how should i write the code to set multiple properties in one setstyle statement. thanks Abhi On 2/25/07, Robin Burrer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I'm using swf

[Flashcoders] Text to speech (TTS)

2007-02-27 Thread Jason Ross
Hi - I was wondering if anybody has any experience with server side text to speech technologies e.g. to implement 'hear this page' functionality. I have seen foxtons.co.uk that publishes text to swf audio and I was wondering if anybody knows of anything that enables this? Ideally - if it

[Flashcoders] ColorMatrix

2007-02-27 Thread misa
Hello flash coders, I need some help with color transformations. I want to change dynamicly the hue of a MC with a transition/tween, something like fading from one image to another with different colors. I tried both G. Skinner's and M. Klingman's colorMatrix class, but the tweening they use

Re: [Flashcoders] XPathAPI recursive XML search

2007-02-27 Thread Andrew Eatherington
function getNodes(xmlDoc, tagname, xmlObjArray, isFirst):Array{ if(xmlObjArray == null){ yourArr = new Array(); }else{ yourArr = xmlObjArray; }

Re: [Flashcoders] Problem when loading swf a second time

2007-02-27 Thread Andrew Eatherington
I wait until the MovieClipLoader's listener object receives the onLoadInit call before allowing the loaded swf to continue. I'm late to this but shouldn't it be onLoadComplete() Andrew On 23 Feb 2007, at 21:53, Jay Bibby wrote: Hi, I'm at my wits end on this and I don't know where to

[Flashcoders] simulating airbrush + calligraphy brush

2007-02-27 Thread Guntur N. Sarwohadi
Hi all, Is there a way to simulate how an airbrush tool or a calligraphy brush works using Flash Drawing API? I'm talking about drawing tools you see in MS-Paint, where an airbrush produces random dots/circles near the mouse cursor while calligraphy brush is like a regular brush but the tip is

[Flashcoders] XML.load() and complex corporate network environments (load balancers, firewalls, etc.)

2007-02-27 Thread matt stuehler
All, I'm working on a Flash project for a large financial services client. The problem has to do with xml.load(). After the movie loads completely, I use xml.load() to load an XML configuration file - it's just a static text file that sits in the same directory as the swf itself. The code

[Flashcoders] test

2007-02-27 Thread Matthias Dittgen
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[Flashcoders] Webcam

2007-02-27 Thread Laurent CUCHET
I try to create a screencopy of my webcam with a bitmap data but I always keep 160x120 for the resolution I specify a 640x480 but got always a small copy. Got an Idea ? Thanks, Laurent //actionscript import flash.display.BitmapData; localCamera = Camera.get();//camera use

[Flashcoders] Urgent help !!! Please :)

2007-02-27 Thread Johnny Zen
Hi all Finishing a project and came to a hurdle. 1. User clicks on link in browser. Opens a new smaller browser window! (Out of interest, what do people think about opening new browser windows?, I cant decide whether this is a bad idea to begin with!) 2. Within new window, there is my flash