[Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Mikael Enroos
Hi, I’m trying to position a windowed swf on top of another windowed swf on my site. The underlaying swf (windowed) is the main application and now I need to add a separate swf on top of it, which is another application. I tried with some css work including z-layer but without any luck. Has

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Henrik Andersson
You won't get much luck overlaying anything on top of a flash player. Not even another flash player. I think that the correct solution here is to use just one flash player that loads both movies. ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Try wrapping your swf in a span or div and set the z-index to that. Also, set the object and embed z-index to inherit in your css. object, embed { z-index:inherit; } Work in some browsers, but by-and-large very buggy. I would go with Henrik's suggestion if you can. You would think this bug

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Ben Sand
This will probable be inconsistent across browsers and operating systems, however you can always try! Also, if you can get it to work, you may lose all 2D (and in the future 3D) acceleration by the video card, as everything will have to be processed in software From memory, window and direct

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, I had to do some similar hacky workaround for a site that wanted a flash navigation that expanded over the top of HTML. The Flash had to be fullscreen for the intro and then shrink vertically to be the navigation bar at the top of the screen when content appeared. The only way I could

[Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Hi I want to convert Flash application to iPad. Flash is frame based animation with streaming sound, masks and buttons Back/Next/Stop/Play. I googled this subject and did not find any useful information with examples. Please give me advice where to learn more. Thank you in advance.

[Flashcoders] TLF (TextLayout) markup (or even FXG markup) to PDF: hints/help/advice/save me

2011-09-21 Thread Cédric Muller
Does anyone know if Adobe did a TextLayout FXG markup to PDF converter ? (that would be a blast to envision such txt layout without building a bridge towards PDF !! Seriously, I am about to whine as I didn't find anything ... just wondering what to do next) What I have found, and I am not

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread Deepanjan Das
Hi Natavi, You need to use Adobe Flash CS5 to export flash for iPad. Remember to use touch events and no mouse over and mouse outs in Ipad. Warm Regards Deepanjan Das W: http://deepanjandas.wordpress.com || Om Manasamarthadata Shri Aniruddhaya Namah ||http://www.manasamarthyadata.com/ *Think of

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Do I need CS5 or CS5.5? I am looking for any working example or tutorial for using timeline animation and touch events. 2011/9/21 Deepanjan Das deepanjan@gmail.com: Hi Natavi, You need to use Adobe Flash CS5 to export flash for iPad. Remember to use touch events and no mouse over and

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Matt S.
You're pretty much guaranteed some weirdness in the display. I was able to get this working, in a few latest-greatest browsers, but even there if you had motion happening in both layers at once I was getting some odd artifacts and overlaps. I dont think the browsers, or Flash for that matter, are

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Cédric Muller
SWF on top of another SWF: in Flash or in HTML ? In Flash, it could be easier, by loading the SWF into a container, and doing a '_lockroot' (if AS2) hth, Cedric You're pretty much guaranteed some weirdness in the display. I was able to get this working, in a few latest-greatest browsers,

[Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
Apologies but I haven't done any Flex in a few years and I am getting back into it. I created a FLA and then created some visual assets in the Library, with Linkage names. I then published a SWC of these. In my Flex app project I linked the SWC with my project. Then I try to call the stuff up

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Cédric Muller
ok, but overlaying a container over another container in Flash is somewhat straightforward. What isn't is the way the 2 SWFs could/must communicate ... thanks for the precisions I think we're specifically talking in HTML here. I meant that Flash isnt really designed to display while

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread Cédric Muller
what if you do 'var s:Sphere = new Sphere() as IVisualElement' ?` Apologies but I haven't done any Flex in a few years and I am getting back into it. I created a FLA and then created some visual assets in the Library, with Linkage names. I then published a SWC of these. In my Flex app

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Matt S.
Yep, I agree, I'm not the original question-asker though, just tryin to help :) .m 2011/9/21 Cédric Muller flashco...@benga.li: ok, but overlaying a container over another container in Flash is somewhat straightforward. What isn't is the way the 2 SWFs could/must communicate ... thanks for

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Kevin Newman
There is an old solution - put the top layered Object in its own HTML page, and load that into an iframe, then position the iframe over the windowed flash movie. I haven't tried that in ages, but I think it still works. Kevin N. On 9/21/11 2:09 AM, Mikael Enroos wrote: Hi, I'm trying to

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
*implicit coercion of a value of type mx.core.IVisualElement to unrelated type Sphere.* :/ 2011/9/21 Cédric Muller flashco...@benga.li what if you do 'var s:Sphere = new Sphere() as IVisualElement' ?` Apologies but I haven't done any Flex in a few years and I am getting back into it. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
If I make an ActionScript Project - things work fine. I link the SWC, import the asset's stub class I can use it. However I can't figure how to do the same for a Flex Project or Flex Mobile Project yet. Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLive: edolecki PSN:

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread Kevin Newman
On 9/21/11 9:29 AM, natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: Do I need CS5 or CS5.5? I am looking for any working example or tutorial for using timeline animation and touch events. You can use MouseEvent.CLICK and the like, it's just that mouse over interactions will be problematic (the events are fired in

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread Kevin Newman
That question could mean 1 of two different targets: 1. HTML5 - so that the flash app runs in Mobile Safari, integrated with the website. In that case, you need to port or convert to HTML/JS/CSS. I haven't found anything particular hands free to do that conversion, but you could try Google

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
I have Flash CS5. And I try to find way to convert animation into iPad application. Flash file has not much scripting: stop() and script for navigation buttons. So I have two questions: 1. What format should I save in Flash CS5? 2. Should I have CS5.5 for better result? 3. What should I change

RE: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread jchilcott
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RE: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread jchilcott
(I hate webmail apps... resent) addElement() is meant for display objects that extend the SpriteVisualElement class, which are a part of the Flex libraries. What you need to do if you want to use Sphere as you have made it, is to create a wrapper display object that extends SpriteVisualElement

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
Thanks for your response. I have to weigh whether or not I want to jump through the extra hoop or not (I can create a non-MXML app where I can do things straight away). Thanks again, Eric On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:11 PM, jchilc...@interactivityunlimited.comwrote: (I hate webmail apps...

[Flashcoders] can flash do more than one thing in thr same time

2011-09-21 Thread nasim hhhhh
Dear Friend hi 1)  I dont know why the timer counter slow down when the loop start working? how can i solve it 2) My bigest Problem is , why flash speed goes down , during this program, Is this correct that some people said flash can not do more than one thing in same time? other

RE: [Flashcoders] Question about SWC elements for use in Flex

2011-09-21 Thread jchilcott
If you don't need to use Flex, then it's all good. However, if Flex is required, it's not really an arduous task to create a wrapper. We do this this for various sprites developed in FLA's to maintain reuseability throughout. jord Original Message Subject: Re: [Flashcoders]

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread Kevin Newman
To make an app, you'll want to change the publishing settings to publish as iPhone app. The only thing is, you'll be publishing with AIR 2.0 by default from Flash CS5 - there is a way to overlay the AIR package to get it to work with newer AIR builds (AIR 2.7 is fast much much faster, and

Re: [Flashcoders] Convert flash animation with sound to Ipad

2011-09-21 Thread natalia Vikhtinskaya
Thank you very much. Not all is clear for me but I try to understand. 2011/9/21 Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com: To make an app, you'll want to change the publishing settings to publish as iPhone app. The only thing is, you'll be publishing with AIR 2.0 by default from Flash CS5 - there is

Re: [Flashcoders] can flash do more than one thing in thr same time

2011-09-21 Thread Kerry Thompson
nasim h wrote: 1)  I dont know why the timer counter slow down when the loop start working? how can i solve it 2) My bigest Problem is , why flash speed goes down , during this program, Is this correct that some people said flash can not do more than one thing in same time? other

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
With that solution, I have an idea. Using Flashvars and javascript. Set up a javascript file that tells when the two flash files are hovering over each other and have it put an invisible png between them. This png will be inside a div, so technically you would put the div between them.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Unless you need them to interact. In that case they need to be in the same swf. Best, Karl On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: With that solution, I have an idea. Using Flashvars and javascript. Set up a javascript file that tells when the two flash files are hovering over

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Kevin Newman
If it's like a popup thing, I guess you'd want to block access - however, that won't work anyway in wmode=window. The iframe is what divides the two swfs, and allows the one on top to display over another swf with wmode set to window (which as I understood it could not be changed), by forcing

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Kevin Newman
If one the two swfs need to interact (if I understood) LocalConnection could be used. That works even when two swfs are on different domains, running in two different browsers (as long as they are on the same machine). Kevin N. On 9/21/2011 7:38 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Unless you need

[Flashcoders] ustream on flash tutorial

2011-09-21 Thread Gustavo Duenas
does anyone knows how to integrate ustream with flash or at least point me to a good tutorial about it. Thanks, Gus ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] ustream on flash tutorial

2011-09-21 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
I think there is an list archive on this one. Best, Karl Sent from losPhone On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Gustavo Duenas gdue...@leftandrightsolutions.com wrote: does anyone knows how to integrate ustream with flash or at least point me to a good tutorial about it. Thanks, Gus

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on top of flash

2011-09-21 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
That's true. I've done that. I was referring to a drag-and-drop scenario of interaction I guess. Karl Sent from losPhone On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com wrote: If one the two swfs need to interact (if I understood) LocalConnection could be used. That works

Re: [Flashcoders] ustream on flash tutorial

2011-09-21 Thread Gustavo Duenas
Yep I tried, but it is so obscure and in the ustream site they don't have something like a step by step tutorial, don't you know other place or a page? gus On Sep 21, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: I think there is an list archive on this one. Best, Karl Sent from losPhone On

Re: [Flashcoders] ustream on flash tutorial

2011-09-21 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
try these.. http://www.ustream.tv/forum/showthread.php?5816-Custom-as3-player-Live-stream http://www.conversationmarketing.com/2007/09/streaming_video_creating_a_pro.htm the latter looked promising. dont have time to read out. HTH, Best, Karl OH.. and I googled as3 and ustream tutorial ;)