[Flashcoders] Small text in components

2007-02-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
Can anyone suggest a reason for this: http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/temp/smalltext.jpg The text is super tiny in all teh components. As far as I know, all I did was drag the components onto the stage. I used the resize tool on the buttons and text area but not the drop downs. A stumped Adrian. _

[Flashcoders] Text as you type

2007-03-08 Thread Adrian Lynch
anyone have any examples of this in action? Adrian Lynch http://www.halestorm.co.uk/ http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

[Flashcoders] Site Check

2007-03-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
Could I get some of you to check this site: http://www.simon-mills.co.uk/test/ Some people are saying that it gets stuck at 1% or 2%. Can anyone confirm this? Cheers. Adrian Lynch ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

RE: [Flashcoders] Site Check

2007-03-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
2007 16:17 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Site Check Good for me. Nice work. On the site itself I found it odd to have a dedicated domain, yet the contact email was virgin.net. Paul - Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Flashcoders] Site Check - Seems Fine

2007-03-16 Thread Adrian Lynch
day, March 14, 2007 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Site Check > On 3/14/07, Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Could I get some of you to check this site: > > > > http://www.simon-mills.co.uk/test/ > > > > Some people are saying that it

RE: [Flashcoders] Site Check

2007-03-16 Thread Adrian Lynch
Math.round() should do it. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gustavo Duenas Sent: 16 March 2007 13:01 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Site Check finally I got it...but it is exactly as the one you have

[Flashcoders] Image resizer that maintains ratio

2007-03-26 Thread Adrian Lynch
Any examples out there? I've got as far as resizing a user supplied image and am about to work on the ratio remaining fixed. Just thought I'd throw this out there as I think it may be tricky. Ta. Adrian ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

[Flashcoders] FW: Image resizer that maintains ratio

2007-03-26 Thread Adrian Lynch
Should have pointed out, the resizing will happen by the user dragging anchor points on the corners of the images. Ta. -Original Message- From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 March 2007 13:08 To: Flashcoders Subject: Image resizer that maintains ratio Any examples out

RE: [Flashcoders] Image resizer that maintains ratio

2007-03-26 Thread Adrian Lynch
Yup, sorry for being vague. It's the maintaining of the ratio while the user resizes that I'm after. A user uploads an image, I load this image into a container and force it to fit into a maximum and minimum width and height. Within this container the user can resize the image without expanding o

RE: [Flashcoders] Image resizer that maintains ratio

2007-03-26 Thread Adrian Lynch
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:09 +0100 From: "Adrian Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flashcoders] Image resizer that maintains ratio To: "Flashcoders" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Any examples out there? I've got as far as resizing a user supplied image a

RE: [Flashcoders] SWF Only Loads Once

2007-03-30 Thread Adrian Lynch
I second that, only I tend to pass it in via FlashVars so I can leave it to cache if I want to. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: 30 March 2007 01:33 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcod

RE: [Flashcoders] eolas fix for IE7

2007-04-03 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm using it and it works. Got any code to have a look at. Maybe you're using it differently. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Ganz Sent: 03 April 2007 17:20 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] eolas fix for IE7

RE: [Flashcoders] import own class (use SOME_CONST instead ofMyUtils.SOME_CONST)

2007-04-04 Thread Adrian Lynch
Short of someone giving you a better answer, I'd say no. Unless you write something that took a class and put all it's static members in the current scope. Best to wait till someone else answers this though, I'm just guessing :) Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader ...

2007-04-04 Thread Adrian Lynch
You email lost it's formatting at my end. Try sending again. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Ford Sent: 04 April 2007 07:27 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader ... Can anyone see why t

[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 su

[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 t

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 Trial

2007-04-17 Thread Adrian Lynch
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

[Flashcoders] Shifting points 90 degrees

2007-04-24 Thread Adrian Lynch
Hey all, I'm using the tutorial on building a carousel from gotoandlearn.com as the basis of one that has a few more things it can do. I'm having trouble with the placement of items on the circle at the beginning. The angle is derived with: t.angle = i * ((Math.PI * 2) / numOfItems); The x and

RE: [Flashcoders] Shifting points 90 degrees

2007-04-24 Thread Adrian Lynch
EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 24 April 2007 11:22 To: Flashcoders Subject: [Flashcoders] Shifting points 90 degrees Hey all, I'm using the tutorial on building a carousel from gotoandlearn.com as the basis of one that has a few more things it can do. I'm having trouble with t

[Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-06 Thread Adrian Lynch
Hey all, I am trying to extract a small section of a larger flv file and was wondering the best way to do it. I thought that importing to a movie, expanding the timeline and cutting the frames out would work but alas no. Any pointers or ideas. Cheers. Adrian ___

RE: [Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-06 Thread Adrian Lynch
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Meinte van't Kruis Sent: 06 November 2006 13:34 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV i'm using flvtool to auto-cut movies for me, its beta, but it works. Meinte On 11/6/06, Adrian Lynch &l

RE: [Flashcoders] Chopping an FLV

2006-11-07 Thread Adrian Lynch
deo not working. for the codec, search for 'vp6 vfw codec 6.2 -pack'. It used to be distributed by on2, but not anymore, not sure if its legal or not. Meinte On 11/6/06, Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for that. I'm having a play about with it.

[Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped

2006-11-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
My ps, qs, gs, ys and js are having their tails chopped off when made italic in a static text field. I've played about with the line spacing and indenting but to no avail. I thought it would be a simple fix but nothing I'm doing is working. Any ideas? Thanks Adrian _

RE: [Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped

2006-11-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
rs mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped What font are you using? I've had a similar issue with ascenders in the past rather than descenders but turned out to be a dodgy font. T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped

2006-11-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
ng cropped then have you tried outlining your text boxes to see if there's anything going on there? - how are you setting the style on the textfield - TextFormat or Styles? T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 14 November 2

RE: [Flashcoders] Italic text being chopped

2006-11-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
that happen was just something really silly - the text field was too short for the font size. :-) Ian On 11/14/06, Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is just a static text field. I changed it to dynamic and had a play > about with it's text format but no jo

RE: [Flashcoders] - Array memory performance

2007-06-16 Thread Adrian Lynch
He meant that the line: my_array.push(z)=z; should be: my_array.push(z); You're right about recreating the array, you could leave out the delete my_array and just overwrite it with new Array(). Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Crist

[Flashcoders] Test

2005-10-18 Thread Adrian Lynch
Not seen a post since last Sunday so testing... Ade ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] Resizing Imported Images

2005-11-08 Thread Adrian Lynch
Load it into a nested MC and resize that instead? Why don't you want to resize the MC it's being loaded into? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lehr, Theodore M. Sent: 08 November 2005 14:13 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoder

RE: [Flashcoders] XML driven ticker tape

2005-11-08 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm both embarrassed and proud of this, so take it with a pinch of salt: http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ticker/ I can't remember much about it, a friend asked for one so I did it. I think it reads from a text file. God only knows what the code is like. As others have said, it's not hard to write y

RE: [Flashcoders] tracing every 10% of loading files

2005-11-16 Thread Adrian Lynch
How about... if ( percentage % 10 == 0 ) { trace("Another 10% loaded"); } Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Ganz Sent: 16 November 2005 21:31 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] tracing every 10% of loading fil

RE: [Flashcoders] output gone in flash 8?

2005-12-04 Thread Adrian Lynch
A colleague of mine had a similar problem with the actions panel. It's as if there was no code there yet he could copy and paste it into an external app. This was MX 2004 Pro and he's now on Flash 8... Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Yuri

RE: [Flashcoders] Function

2005-12-07 Thread Adrian Lynch
'this' refers to the button. Try targeting the text field with _root, _parent or if it's in a movie clip then the movie clip's name. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of CARABUS mobile+ Sent: 05 December 2005 07:58 To: Flashcoders mailing list

RE: [Flashcoders] Loading multiple XML files

2005-12-07 Thread Adrian Lynch
I've not had to do that for XML files, but I have done it with images, i.e. load all images before continuing. This was the part of the code that did that(ignore most of it as it's out of context): images[i] = createClassObject(mx.controls.Loader, "test" + i, i); images[i

RE: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - onLoadComplete event

2005-12-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
Could they have ment that they weren't available until the MC had fully loaded? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nils Millahn Sent: 15 September 2005 11:19 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - onLo

RE: [Flashcoders] Turning off flash mx UIScrollBar when nothing toscroll.

2005-12-12 Thread Adrian Lynch
First give us access to your machine :OD Got a URL for us? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 December 2005 14:33 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Turning off flash mx UIScrollBar when

RE: [Flashcoders] Loading Xml from Flash over Http

2005-12-13 Thread Adrian Lynch
Is the path correct from the HTML page including the swf? I'm not up to scratch on crossdomain.xml file but I thought that it had to be in the root of the site. Can anyone confirm that? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brent Gore Sent: 13

RE: [Flashcoders] ****************** UnicodeInput ***************************

2005-12-15 Thread Adrian Lynch
It'll be the start of a trend! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 December 2005 12:42 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ** UnicodeInput *** nice ascii work

RE: [Flashcoders] Wierd split

2005-12-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
Just took your code and plonked it in a new .fla and it works for me. Is anything else happening in the movie or any included movies? See it here: http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/temp/colours.fla Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Boutin

RE: [Flashcoders] Faster code?

2005-12-21 Thread Adrian Lynch
Your // bad block looks ok to me. The only reasons I can think of to store the value first before using it is if you need it more than once or if the method/function name isn't clear, you can make it more so by the the name of the valiable you use for the returned value. Ade -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] Passing complex structure of parameters to webservice with ActionScript

2005-12-30 Thread Adrian Lynch
I don't know the answer, but you owe me £4.50 just for reading your email :OD -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Binyamin Bauman Sent: 30 December 2005 19:03 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Passing complex structure o

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 8.5 - Illegal Operation caused by ?

2006-01-02 Thread Adrian Lynch
Not sure about the Flash, but that page is full of JS errors on IE6. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of eric dolecki Sent: 02 January 2006 16:58 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 8.5 - Illegal Operation caused

RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash

2006-01-03 Thread Adrian Lynch
Thanks for that link. It's a good read. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sander Sent: 03 January 2006 17:53 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Indeed: a good book on Xpath and possib

RE: [Flashcoders] >> link + php

2006-01-04 Thread Adrian Lynch
Are you talking about changing the flashVar value in the page? If so, does Flash pick up this change? I'd guess it doesn't and you'd need to reload the movie, I guess by re-wrtiing the HTML, tag etc. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Micha

RE: [Flashcoders] class conflicts

2006-01-06 Thread Adrian Lynch
Can you tell us your package and code structure. It might be that you're importing the same thing twice and Flash doesn't like it. Although I would have thought that importing the same package many times wouldn't be a problem. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] Linebreak textfield

2006-01-08 Thread Adrian Lynch
I think it's likely to be String.fromCharCode(13) or String.fromCharCode(10) or a combination of the two rather than \r. Try setting your lookfor to one of the above. Which one wil depend on where and how the text file was created. Windows will but in a carriage return and and line feed, 13 and 10

RE: [Flashcoders] Some Safari browsers stops loading

2006-01-09 Thread Adrian Lynch
No inconvenience, I had the same thing happen loading a 1MB jpeg. Safari didn't like it. The good news was I didn't need to worry about Saf, so I ignored the problem. Not an answer I know, but just so you know someone else has had problems. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flashcoders] Concerning list etiquette

2006-01-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
No! Keep ya filthy algorithms to yourself!! Of course I'm only kidding :OD Share away... Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of elibol Sent: 10 January 2006 15:36 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Concerning list etiquette H

RE: [Flashcoders] Interactive SWF in a Scroll Pane

2006-01-12 Thread Adrian Lynch
How are you trying to do it? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Lutes Sent: 12 January 2006 04:17 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Interactive SWF in a Scroll Pane Is there a way to allow the contents of a

RE: [Flashcoders] Obfuscation

2006-01-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
Great question! I've been meaning to find out mroe about this too. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of will g Sent: 14 January 2006 14:06 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Obfuscation Hello all, My name is Will,

[Flashcoders] Alpha fading a dynamic text field

2006-01-15 Thread Adrian Lynch
I can't for the life of me remember if I've done this before, and if I had problems with it in the past. Can you programatically fade a dynamic text field, for example with tf._alpha = 50? Here's a sample file. I tried applying the fade to both the text field and the containing MC. No luck. http

RE: [Flashcoders] Alpha fading a dynamic text field

2006-01-15 Thread Adrian Lynch
hcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha fading a dynamic text field just remember to embed the font :) Adrian Lynch wrote: > I can't for the life of me remember if I've done this before, and if I had > problems with it in the past. > > Can you programatically fade a

RE: [Flashcoders] Alpha fading a dynamic text field

2006-01-15 Thread Adrian Lynch
To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Alpha fading a dynamic text field just remember to embed the font :) Adrian Lynch wrote: > I can't for the life of me remember if I've done this before, and if I had > problems with it in the past. > > Can you programa

RE: [Flashcoders] [Flash Remoting MX]->null

2006-01-17 Thread Adrian Lynch
ColdFusion sometimes errors with a null point exception. This might eb the remoting equivalent. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Velevitch Sent: 17 January 2006 06:35 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] [Flash Remotin

RE: [Flashcoders] photo mosaics

2006-01-18 Thread Adrian Lynch
Cos programming is fun! :OD -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andreas Weber Sent: 18 January 2006 06:15 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] photo mosaics *snip* I don't see a good reason why you would want to program thi

RE: [Flashcoders] Stolen content

2006-01-19 Thread Adrian Lynch
I disagree. One link on it's own, such as http://www.google.com might not be, but a list of lots of search engines certainly is. Now please end this thread :OD Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alias Sent: 19 January 2006 14:42 To: Flashco

RE: [Flashcoders] populating Text Fields in nested Array

2006-01-19 Thread Adrian Lynch
I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up. If that is the case, use the string reference to fill the array up c.createTextField("sctnNmTxt"+sctnNmTxt_d, sctnNmTxt_d, sctnNmTxt_x, sctnNmTxt_y, sctnNmTxt_w, sctnNmTxt_h); sctnNm_array[1] = c["sctnNmTxt"+sctnNmTxt_d]; I think. Adrian -Origi

RE: [Flashcoders] Converting & in a URL?

2006-01-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
Are you outputting these URLs or using them in getURL()? That should work in getURL(). But if you're outputting them, one way to convert them is to use HTML text fields. Or, if you can't change the text fields, try this: str = "Sometext with an & in."; function convert(str, from, to) {

RE: [Flashcoders] Converting & in a URL?

2006-01-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
I thought something like getURL("http://domain.com?a=b&c=d";) would work and convert the & to &. I guess not then. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sascha Balkau Sent: 20 January 2006 15:03 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashc

RE: [Flashcoders] grid based progressive image loading ( I don't knowwhat to call it ) in flash?

2006-01-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
I can't see the example you're talking about, but it sounds like http://www.zoomify.com/ Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of elibol Sent: 20 January 2006 15:22 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] grid based progressive image l

[Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
I knew of an initialisation problem with nested Loaders from another project I did. Back then I didn't look too much in to it but this time I want to see if I can find a solution. Here's what I have and what I'm doing/trying to do: - I have an MC on stage, inside this is a Loader component. - I

RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
) method." Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 22 January 2006 13:04 To: Flashcoders Subject: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside I knew of an initialisation problem with nested Loaders from another projec

RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
Well, doLater wouldn't be defined either, so I can't use that. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 22 January 2006 13:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader insi

RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
Maybe doLater is the property I wait to be defined? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 22 January 2006 13:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside Would

RE: [Flashcoders] Duplicating MC with Loader inside

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
inside, loaderToDupe and an image to load, dupe_loader.jpg. If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd still like to hear them. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Lynch Sent: 22 January 2006 13:26 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subj

[Flashcoders] Problems with Flash Plugin Switcher 2.1.0

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm just about to install Flash Plugin Switcher 2.1.0 and wondered if this has caused any problems for anyone. I'm coming to the end of a project and I don't fancy trying to fix player issues when I should be working :O) Oh and does it work as nicely as it sounds? Thanks. Adrian __

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Remoting

2006-01-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
Not sure if this still applied, but you might need to download the class files and put them in your class path else the import will fail. If I'm wrong about this, could someone give a brief explanation/history of the remoting classes? Thanks. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object

2006-01-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
fooObj._name Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sascha Balkau Sent: 23 January 2006 13:03 To: flashcoders Subject: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object hi, this might be obvious but how do I get the name of an object? If I got an o

RE: [Flashcoders] Problems with Flash Plugin Switcher 2.1.0

2006-01-25 Thread Adrian Lynch
rks great. I wish there was a version for the Mac as well. > > Nathan > http://www.nathanderksen.com > > > On Jan 22, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: > > > not an insatller just an executable and it works like a charm. > > > > On 1/22/06, Adrian Lynch

RE: [Flashcoders] Network Tools in Flash

2006-01-25 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'd forget Flash for the minute and look at regular tools that give you the info you're after. Once you have that, you'll need to look at ways to get at the data. I would look at command line tools, I'd write some ColdFusion to use these and then write the output of using these tools to XML for Fla

RE: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle

2006-01-25 Thread Adrian Lynch
Forgetting your argument for a second, these two lines are something I can't stand to hear: "web developers MUST conform to" "i will never play a game in a browser because that's not what a browser is for" As a developer I can do what I like(within reason). As for browsers, they can do whatever

RE: [Flashcoders] using variable in new color target

2006-01-27 Thread Adrian Lynch
Should this: _root.tempRegionCopy.currentShortName not be this: _root.currentShortName or visa versa? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dls Sent: 27 January 2006 09:14 To: Flash Coders Subject: [Flashcoders] using variable in new color

RE: [Flashcoders] How to call functions in sequence

2006-01-28 Thread Adrian Lynch
Nooo, don't start thinking functions are slow. They're just slower than inline code. Functions are the first step in making more reusable code, use liberally! :O) Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dls Sent: 28 January 2006 22:20 To:

RE: [Flashcoders] Fuzzy preloader

2006-01-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
Place the loader off stage, if the movie is still loading, you move the load on stage and the use sees it's still not there yet. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marco Sent: 19 September 2005 17:56 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Fl

RE: [Flashcoders] getting the html page

2006-01-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
There might be an in-built way to do this, but if not, and you have access to the html pages, pass in the page name using flashVars. Or see if running some JavaScript will work: window.location will return what's in the URL bar. So: a = theReturnedURL.split("/"); trace(a[a.length - 1]); should

RE: [Flashcoders] Deleting a KeyListener

2006-01-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
removeListener()? Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Hueners Sent: 29 January 2006 13:09 To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Deleting a KeyListener I'm setting up a listener for the Enter key in a login portion of

RE: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list

2006-01-30 Thread Adrian Lynch
Try: parent_mc[listWhatever[0]]; Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Humphrey Sent: 30 January 2006 13:25 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list I have a list: (code is example only) listWhate

RE: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list

2006-01-30 Thread Adrian Lynch
t: Re: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list Thanks, but that doesn't work either. It looks like it should, but I'm still getting undefined. On 30 Jan 2006, at 13:31, Adrian Lynch wrote: > Try: > > parent_mc[listWhatever[0]]; > > Ade > > -Original M

RE: [Flashcoders] targetting a mc from a list - solved

2006-01-30 Thread Adrian Lynch
- solved ok, found the problem, my actual list has strings with spaces in them, which is what is making it not work. So I guess I'll fill them with "_" and then replace them with " " when I need the string with spaces. Thanks for the help guys. On 30 Jan 2006,

RE: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop

2006-02-01 Thread Adrian Lynch
You're not incrementing imagesToGrab anywhere. for (...) { . imagesToGrab++; } Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: 01 February 2006 21:29 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] un

RE: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop

2006-02-01 Thread Adrian Lynch
What ARE you on about? :OD Adrian Lynch | Stuff | adrianlynch.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 01 February 2006 22:12 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] understanding the for loop By

RE: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag

2006-02-02 Thread Adrian Lynch
You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it to all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jan Schluenzen Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashco

RE: [Flashcoders] Naming conventions for AS2.0 ...

2006-02-02 Thread Adrian Lynch
As others have said, consistency is more important, but that's not to say that there are no good or bad naming conventions. Five years ago I had stupidly small names, then stupidly long names, now they're somewhere in the middle and mostly sensible and readable :O) Also, if you're working on a pr

RE: [Flashcoders] targeting duplicateMovieClip

2006-02-02 Thread Adrian Lynch
Did you find the problem? duplicateMovieClip() returns a reference to the newly duped clip, you can store this as you wish. myDupe = dupeMePleaseSomebodyDupeME.duplicateMovieClip("youCanAlsoUseThisNameHereButI TendNotTo", someDepth); Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailt

RE: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID];

2006-02-02 Thread Adrian Lynch
Try: this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie(imgID); Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Corban Baxter Sent: 02 February 2006 17:15 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] this[rfcClip].container.attachMovie[imgID]; Hey guy

RE: [Flashcoders] variables from XML -- Newbie still having trouble

2006-02-05 Thread Adrian Lynch
That does seem strange. My first thought would be that there might be some white space characters around the string in the XML. Try: trace(":" + _root.country + ":"); Or to remove the change that it's messing up somewhere between assigning to _root, try: trace(":" + myXML.firstChild.childNodes[4

[Flashcoders] Width limit on dynamically sized MC?

2006-02-05 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm creating a very long line, about 65700 pixels long. This is placed in a scroll pane. Is there a limit on the width,or height, of an MC in Flash? I've not nailed down the exact width that fails, but it's about the 65700 mark. Would that be right? Thanks. Ad

RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the swf background colour

2006-02-07 Thread Adrian Lynch
That's the thing, are you sure it's in the swf? Maybe it's just the fla. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 07 February 2006 14:34 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the swf background colour

RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the swf background colour

2006-02-07 Thread Adrian Lynch
OTECTED] On Behalf > Of Adrian Lynch > Sent: 07 February 2006 15:07 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the swf background colour > > That's the thing, are you sure it's in the swf? Maybe it's > just the fla. > > Ade > &g

RE: [Flashcoders] Is this site legit to buy the software???

2006-02-09 Thread Adrian Lynch
Second hand maybe? They do mention there's no tech support: "Registration for technical support/upgrades not available due to the reduced cost." Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles Parcell Sent: 09 February 2006 17:52 To: Flashco

RE: [Flashcoders] Outlook Address, Subject, Text

2006-02-09 Thread Adrian Lynch
If you mean in a getURL() then try: getURL("mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&body=BODY"); Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of varfoo Sent: 09 February 2006 20:55 To: Flashcoders Mailing List Subject: [Flashcoders] Outlook Address, Subject, Text

RE: [Flashcoders] SWF and URL

2006-02-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
Create a container swf with your own getURL and load the other into it. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eduardo Barbosa Sent: 10 February 2006 12:55 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] SWF and URL Hi all, Would be gr

RE: [Flashcoders] Stage.width not working in IE

2006-02-11 Thread Adrian Lynch
Not sure about the differences across broswers, but can we see some code. It might be something else you're doing? Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of GregoryN Sent: 11 February 2006 13:30 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Fl

RE: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before the video whilekeeping .FLV external

2006-02-13 Thread Adrian Lynch
Maybe not the best solution, but if they get the file name from the flashVars, then pass it in another way, LoadVars, XML, Remoting... Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jamay Liu Sent: 13 February 2006 16:15 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.fig

RE: [Flashcoders] Ensuring commercial is played before thevideo while keeping .FLV external

2006-02-13 Thread Adrian Lynch
Way off topic, yes, but way out of line too. >From the info given you have no idea of the business or what they are trying to achieve. Your assumption is arrogant. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Miles Thompson Sent: 13 February 2006

RE: [Flashcoders] Rotating a mc around a custom pivotpoint

2006-02-13 Thread Adrian Lynch
It was on Flashcoders or Flashnewbie a few days ago. http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/54.cfm Is that the link you were after? Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bart Wttewaall Sent: 13 February 2006 17:31 To: Flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] using AS to set the height and width of a new browserwindow

2006-02-13 Thread Adrian Lynch
Try using javascript: http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/win_open.html getURL("javascript:window.open('html/myHTMLpg.htm', 'myNewWindow', 'width=400,height=600')", "_blank"); Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dwayn

RE: [Flashcoders] A Tool to Inject AS to First Frame of SWF

2006-02-16 Thread Adrian Lynch
You could pass it in twice, clickTag=something&clickTAG=something Not pretty though. Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Giotta Sent: 16 February 2006 15:28 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] A Tool to Inject AS

RE: [Flashcoders] Loading Swf files in site (protecting bandwith fromother sites)

2006-02-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
I've only heard of this in regards to images, but it's termed hotlinking. There's bound to be a bunch of solutions to it. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=prevent+hotlinking&btnG=Google+Search &meta= Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf

RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8 thebook

2006-02-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
amazon.co.uk has it for ?25.84. Typical! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 22 February 2006 15:26 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8 thebook Based on your r

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