Re: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Silverlight ...

2007-04-17 Thread Mick G
I'm going to throw a wild guess out and say that once the penetration begins Silverfast will be to PC users what quicktime is to mac users... (meaning it will be used by most PC users, but not as many mac users). With the Microsoft backing, it will no doubt at some point be part of IE and be

RE: [Flashcoders] flash and Arabic

2007-04-17 Thread Danny Kodicek
We tried the following: (we're embedding fonts in all cases, also we don't have require any input fields...we're just displaying Arabic) If you don't mind poor antialiasing, you could try not embedding the font - this fixes all the problems you mention, for dynamic text. -Copied Arabic

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread nik crosina
Hi Ivan, What you are saying is very easy to say if you don't feel the need to actually comment on a possible solution. Without wanting to take this thread too OT - what is your suggesiton to people / companies who have content which they invested considerable amount ot time and money to

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread nik crosina
Hi Weyert, Can a dongle easily be circumvented then? What's the best way of protection then, and do you know where I would find a specialist in this? Thanks, Nik On 4/17/07, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Nik, I have done research for my dad a while ago, and I came to the

RE: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread Danny Kodicek
Hi Nik, I have done research for my dad a while ago, and I came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth the effort $$$ wise. Not sure whether that is applicable to your project, Pete, but has anyone ever used dongle (i.e. hardware) protection for their projects? I am currently

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread nik crosina
The circumstances of the particular project I am quoting for would require the content to be almost exclusively off-line, diskbased, and to be used in a class room environment. So I explicitly do not want to rely in any way on authentiofication over on-line resources, as this will open up a

[Flashcoders] preloader and cacheing problem

2007-04-17 Thread John Cowles
We have been supplied with Flash files that include a preloader, a small flash file that then gets a large flash file. The way it works bypasses both browser and server caching rules. Every time the page is refreshed it downloads the entire fileset again. This accounts for about 20% of monthly

[Flashcoders] setNewTextFormat

2007-04-17 Thread Danny Kodicek
Hopefully a quickie: Am I the only person that can never get setNewTextFormat to work? When I change the text of a field, I always seem to have to run setTextFormat, even if I've setNewTextFormat to the format I want. Is there some foolproof system for getting this working without having to keep

Re: [Flashcoders] setNewTextFormat

2007-04-17 Thread Matthias Dittgen
What do you want to achieve, Danny? AFAIK setNewTextFormat is meant for user entered text, like mentioned in the LiveDocs, which works well for me. public setNewTextFormat(tf:TextFormat) : Void Sets the default new text format of a text field. The default new text format is the new text

[Flashcoders] xmlsa with xmlsocket

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Tague
Does anyone know if it is possible to use XMLSocket xml with XMLSA, instead of laoding an XML file? How would i go about it? thanks! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

RE: [Flashcoders] setNewTextFormat

2007-04-17 Thread Danny Kodicek
What do you want to achieve, Danny? AFAIK setNewTextFormat is meant for user entered text, like mentioned in the LiveDocs, which works well for me. public setNewTextFormat(tf:TextFormat) : Void Sets the default new text format of a text field. The default new text format is the

Re: [Flashcoders] preloader and cacheing problem

2007-04-17 Thread R�kos Attila
In general Flash has no control over caching, it will depend on the browser's settings. However there is a commonly used method for forcing download on each request (not only in Flash movies) and avoiding content stored in the cache: this is appending a unique parameter to the URL on each request

[Flashcoders] Date Chooser

2007-04-17 Thread Laurent CUCHET
Using thr DateChooser component : How can I do to have mutiple date colored, not only the cuurent day thank you Laurent ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

RE: [Flashcoders] gotoandlearn.com down

2007-04-17 Thread Ravi Marella
Try this: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/download.php this is working for me...I've just downloaded the tree component tutorial... Ravi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:00 PM To: Flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Re : memory issue

2007-04-17 Thread Parvaiz Patel
Thanks Danny, The problem was lies somewhere else but your below suggestion help me to avoid some future problem. Thanks very much for your help prompt reply. P.P. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: Monday, April 16,

[Flashcoders] Problems extending the WebServiceConnector Class

2007-04-17 Thread Alistair Colling
Hi there, this is my first post so hi everyone:) I am trying to extend the WSC Class into a class that will call a web service at a set interval so i can just create an instance of it in any of my movies and a listener and it will just keep sending info to the web service or trying to

[Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread eric e. dolecki
Flash Player 9 r45 executable AS2 I am attaching 3 movieclips, then later need to remove them. No dice. This seems SO noob, but its not happening: for( var i=0; i3; i++) { var clip:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie( object_3D, object_3D_ + i, i+40 ); // other normal stuff } then later I run

RE: [Flashcoders] preloader and cacheing problem

2007-04-17 Thread John Cowles
Hi Here is the javascript that loads the initial flash file - if javascript isn't enabled then a static image is shown (hence the document.write) function flash_write(file, width, height) { document.write('object classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread eric e. dolecki
It seems that I might have a timing problem... I am running very large (1920x1080) and I guess its taking quite a while to destroy the clips. I've made some workarounds, but there is still a clip I cannot seem to destroy here. Fun stuff :/ On 4/17/07, Norman Cousineau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Flashcoders] Flash 8 Trial

2007-04-17 Thread Adrian Lynch
Maybe it's just me, but I can't find any Flash trials on adobe.com. Are any available? Does anyone have a trial copy of Flash 8 I could get hold of if not? Cheers all. Adrian Lynch ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread eric e. dolecki
umm - thats strange - I think that DID work. On 4/17/07, laurent untereiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and with this code ?: _root[object_3D_+i].swapDepths(104); _root[object_3D_+i].removeMovieClip(); does it work? -- Laurent Untereiner skype : laurentuntereiner aim : luntereiner

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread Gilles Roquefeuil
Hi Eric, i often got the same problem, which I usually resolve with these basic rules : - when creating MCs inside a loop, first create an empty movieClip before the loop to contain the other clips : var containerMc:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip (containerMc, 10);

[Flashcoders] Why does this work?!

2007-04-17 Thread Andy Herrman
I just realized that there are a number of switch statements in my code which probably shouldn't work, yet appear to, and I'm wondering why. Here's a really simple example. I have a class that tracks the connection state of my app, with the following values used as the states (read-only

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread nik crosina
I am aware that it's not a bad comment, Ron (Thanks for your thoughts on dongles, btw). I was interested in finding out what Ivan thought would be an alternative to trying to protect content. I am 'only' a developer working for various people and companies, but I am not sure at this point what

[Flashcoders] gotoandlearn.com down

2007-04-17 Thread Adrian Lynch
I can't get to gotoandlearn.com, anyone else having the same problem? I'm after the carousel tutorial, does anyone have the files to hand? Ta. Adrian Lynch ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

Re: [Flashcoders] Why does this work?!

2007-04-17 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, what were your own test results? :) Yes you can do this, and flash will execute the first matching case statement. Any other matches will be ignored. greetz JC On 4/17/07, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just realized that there are a number of switch statements in my code which

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Socket class security

2007-04-17 Thread Andrés González Aragón
Try with 8080 and 3000, I use it and works well in most of countries. 2007/4/14, Michael Mudge [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the help. Apparently, 5554 was a special port and was firewalled. I switched to a lower port and it works now. - Kipp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Why does this work?!

2007-04-17 Thread eka
Hello :) in AS2 you can create constants with the ASSetProgFlags global method : public static var CONNECTED:String = CONNECTED ; public static var FAILURE:String= FAILURE ; public static var NOT_CONNECTED:String = NOT_CONNECTED; private static var __ASPF__ =

RE: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread Norman Cousineau
I had the same problem. In my case, the code was in a class the did not extend MovieClip. Extending it fixed the problem. Other people have suggested using the DepthManager class, but that did not work for me. -Original Message- From: eric e. dolecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [Flashcoders] preloader and cacheing problem

2007-04-17 Thread Andy Herrman
What's the value that replaces +file+? That's where the unique identifier would appear if there was one, but that would just handle the preloader file. If you have the FLA for the preloader movie then you should be able to take a look at the code and see if it's appending a unique identifier to

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread David Cohn
Nik, I missed the beginning of this thread (on vacation), so forgive me if I misunderstand the premises... but we've had a good experience using CrypKey Instant to wrap applications (http://www.crypkey.com/), which then require a software key to unlock for specific machine(s) only (it

Re: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread Muzak
- do not use getNextHighestDepth() Always use getNextHighestDepth() unless when using the v2 Components. When using v2 Components, the first call to getNextHighestDepth() will return 1048576 and when using that it may result in movieclips not being removable. With v2 components, use the

Re: [Flashcoders] gotoandlearn.com down

2007-04-17 Thread Eric Walton
Thanks for a great link! On 4/17/07, Ravi Marella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/download.php this is working for me...I've just downloaded the tree component tutorial... Ravi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] preloader and cacheing problem

2007-04-17 Thread John Cowles
Hi Here is the flash script: flash_loader.swf loads timeline7_lowres.swf into an empty movie clip with the following script: loadMovie(templates/images/flash/timeline7_lowres.swf, empty_mc); __ timeline7_lowres.swf preloader script is as

RE: [Flashcoders] Weird removeMovieClip problem

2007-04-17 Thread Norman Cousineau
Clarification of my last post: I was trying to remove a symbol from the stage that was associated with a class. That class did not extend MovieClip. Extending that class allowed me to successfully call removeMovieClip. -Original Message- From: eric e. dolecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread Ron Wheeler
This is not a bad comment. What I gather that he is saying is that we are perhaps looking for a technical solution when we should be looking at the source of the need. If you believe that your customers will steal from you and try to make money from redistributing your product behind your

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread Ron Wheeler
Dongles would be pretty hard to control in a classroom. 1)They would disappear (practical jokes or wanting to run the software on different machines and not returning them, etc.). 2)The administration of many sets of dongles required to support different applications would make the Tech support

Re: [Flashcoders] Why does this work?!

2007-04-17 Thread Andy Herrman
Oh, the code is OK, and it works. I'm just surprised Flash lets you have case statements with non-constant values. Since the case values are actually functions that are evaluated it's possible that you can have multiple case statements of the same value. I'm not used to languages/compilers

[Flashcoders] Beatport.com is hiring Flash/Flex Developers

2007-04-17 Thread Lloyd Starr
Beatport: Flex/Flash User Interface Developer (ActionScript 2,3) Location: This position is based in Denver, CO Company: Beatport (https://www.beatport.com) Beatport is seeking talented, enterprising engineers to be a part of our rapidly expanding user interface development team. Beatport is an

RE: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread Michael Mudge
I can make a cheap, cryptographically secure USB or Serial dongle no problem. However, the issue with any kind of software-based security is that once the software is on a client's machine, the client can do whatever he wants with it; modify it not to use the dongle. But you CAN make it a

Re: [Flashcoders] Why does this work?!

2007-04-17 Thread Andy Herrman
Oh, it works correctly, assuming I'm not dumb and give a couple constants the same values. It just seems strange for this to be allowed. Thus the question why does this work. I would think it shouldn't even compile. -Andy On 4/17/07, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, what were your

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 Trial

2007-04-17 Thread John Dowdell
Adrian Lynch wrote: Maybe it's just me, but I can't find any Flash trials on adobe.com. Are any available? My apologies... it looks like many of the older trial versions were removed from the main listing when the CS3 announcements arrived, but new trials of individual tools won't be on the

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-17 Thread Kelly Smith
Here in the SF Bay Area, the skillset you describe above would net you between 100 - 120k a year. Bosses love people who can do database, buisness logic, AND presentation work. Don't settle. - k On 4/16/07, Jordan Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm in Oklahoma City, so it's a bit

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 Trial

2007-04-17 Thread Julien Vignali
Hey, got the same problem recently... I've found a direct link that still works : https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flashpro 2007/4/17, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Adrian Lynch wrote: Maybe it's just me, but I can't find any Flash trials on adobe.com. Are any available?

[Flashcoders] OT - best AJAX SITES

2007-04-17 Thread [p e r c e p t i c o n]
can anyone provide links to some of the best ajax sites thanks ___ 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] OT - best AJAX SITES

2007-04-17 Thread leolea
http://www.gucci.com/ On 4/17/07 2:43 PM, [p e r c e p t i c o n] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can anyone provide links to some of the best ajax sites thanks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

[Flashcoders] Shared Font Symbol

2007-04-17 Thread Matheus Araujo
Hi, Is there any way to select which caracters to embed into a shared font symbol? A don't use all the caracters that it´s being embeded and I need my file to be smaller... thx in advance Matheus ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your

Re: [Flashcoders] OT - best AJAX SITES

2007-04-17 Thread Jeff Harrington
http://netflix.com jeff http://jeffharrington.org [p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote: can anyone provide links to some of the best ajax sites thanks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-17 Thread Jesse Graupmann
More orientated to designers front end developers - but still interesting: AIGA|Aquent Salary Survey http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/salary-survey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:37 AM To:

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared Font Symbol

2007-04-17 Thread Иван Дембицкий
Hello Matheus, http://www.sharedfonts.com/eng/faq.html#include A don't use all the caracters that it´s being embeded and I need my file to be smaller... -- iv ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the

[Flashcoders] positioning a movie clip called from loadMovieNum

2007-04-17 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Hi, I have this code. var poaMovie= loadMovieNum(POA.swf, 30, POST); poaMovie._x=-100; poaMovie._y=20; so far it can call the movie and it loads, but when I try to have this in the position I'd like for...nothing happens? do you know why? Ok I know I'd be using something else instead of

[Flashcoders] List component redraw bug

2007-04-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
Has anyone seen the v2 List component bug where sometimes items in a list will render OUTSIDE the list? Is there a fix or workaround? I can send a screenshot offlist if it's not clear, but basically my list component show a series of data, but at the bottom, after the list is scrolled down, some

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 Trial

2007-04-17 Thread Adrian Lynch
Cheers John. Julien, you're a star! Downloading as I type :O) Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Julien Vignali Sent: 17 April 2007 19:40 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 Trial Hey, got the same

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread nik crosina
Hi Kipp, that sounds exactly like the strategies recommended to me by the Aladdin guys, and their manuals. And it also sounds logical to me. The question to me is now whether I can tie a dongle into actions script and then e.g. obfuscate the code to a high enough degree that it would be above

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-17 Thread Weyert de Boer
100-120K nice... ___ 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 Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and

[Flashcoders] UNSUBRSCRIBE

2007-04-17 Thread Blaine Fisher
I've unsubscribed countless times, and been told I was taken off the list. This is the fourth time I've replied to the mail list, asking to be taken off the list. I have also blocked a ton of people who contribute, trying to stop the list from coming to me, but as the list is not sent directly

Re: [Flashcoders] UNSUBRSCRIBE

2007-04-17 Thread Muzak
All you need to do is set up a rule in your mail client to check for messages containing the word [Flashcoders] in the subject line (without the quotes) and do whatever you want with it (delete, move to folder, etc..). If you move them to a seperate folder (like I do) it wont flood your

Re: [Flashcoders] List component redraw bug

2007-04-17 Thread Muzak
I've seen this before, but can't remember what caused it though (let alone what fixes it). It sounds like a masking/font problem. Can you reproduce it in a seperate fla? Got a sample we can take a look at? regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: [Flashcoders] UNSUBRSCRIBE

2007-04-17 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
But setting up a rule would be far too easy as an interim fix, and much less satisfying. Blowing a gasket and violently attacking one's keyboard composing a rant (and revealing one's own ignorance regarding creating rules in their mail program) is much more cathartic than you might realize. How

RE: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread Michael Mudge
If you want to verify that a genuine dongle is present, that's easy, but I have no idea how you would communicate with the dongle from ActionScript... You would almost definitely have to use an external program. I can think of a few Flash-drive-like dongle designs, but the development cost may be

[Flashcoders] ArgumentError: Error #2126: NetConnection object must be connected - this is killing me

2007-04-17 Thread Robin Burrer
Hi there, I want to build a flv player in AS3. However once I try the net connection object Flex Builder decides to screw up my entire project and refuses to compile it again regardless what I do. Even if I delete all the code in my base class Flex builder still gives me that error message:

RE: [Flashcoders] coverting video to flv on the server

2007-04-17 Thread Robin Burrer
Thanks Ian! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Monday, 26 March 2007 5:35 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] coverting video to flv on the server Hi Robin, Take a look at ffmpeg.

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-17 Thread Weyert de Boer
Genuine Dongles? What about dumping dongle data and then use a dongle emulator? Yours, Weyert ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] positioning a movie clip called from loadMovieNum

2007-04-17 Thread Erich Erlangga
Gustavo, that's because you set the _x and _y without knowing whether POA.swf is already downloaded or not. Firstly, it's better using createEmptyMovieClip methods for referencing any clip on stage. the same situation also works well for attachMovieMethod. as for AC 2.0:

RE: [Flashcoders] ArgumentError: Error #2126: NetConnection object mustbe connected - this is killing me

2007-04-17 Thread Robin Burrer
I restarted my computer twice now it seems to work fine... Robin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Burrer Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 12:47 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] ArgumentError: Error #2126: