Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Game Advice

2005-10-19 Thread Alias
/mailman/listinfo/flashgamecoders_proalias.com HTH, Alias On 10/19/05, Brumm, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm looking for some advice in developing my first Flash game. The game will function in a way very similar to the original Excitebike game for Nintendo. Here's a link

Re: [Flashcoders] When migrate to Flash 8?

2005-10-28 Thread Alias
Yeah, the new non-annoying library panel is almost worth the upgrade price on its own... Alias On 10/27/05, Judah Frangipane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd upgrade to Flash 8 even though you are doing Flash 6 and 7. It has a lot of little things that make development quicker. So even though you

[Flashcoders] Profiling the clients CPU

2005-10-31 Thread Alias
that *hasn't* been improved or that has always been fast? The target player is FP6 (pre 6.65), so I need an operation that will be consistently slow or fast on every player since then Has anyone done this much? Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] Bizare...AS3.0 packages have methods?

2005-10-31 Thread Alias
Yeah - if I had £1 for every time I said - hmmm, I wish I could redirect all the traces to a different function (like a screen logger) without changing my code too much... I have at least £10. :) Alias On 10/31/05, Stan Vassilev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that's one thing I always wanted

[Flashcoders] Re: Forcing Flash going to next frame while executing code? + MultiThreading in Flash?

2005-11-02 Thread Alias
to force Flash to jump to a next frame without stopping the execution of code? hi there. actually, I just wrote a class to do this~it basically takes an iterator function, and threads it over a number of frames. it's not as nice as multithreading, but it works. alias

Re: [Flashcoders] LiveMotion Woes

2005-11-03 Thread Alias
ASV *might* be able to help you... I know it has a decompile/reassemble function http://www.buraks.com/asv/ HTH, Alias On 11/3/05, Mike West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a client looking to edit several (100s) of files that were created in LiveMotion by an animator and now are dropped

Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games?

2005-11-22 Thread Alias
changes in AS3 regarding the way the screen is drawn - the displaylist sprite stuff is very useful for games work and will substantially influence the way you design your engine - depth is handled completely differently, and event handling is much more robust, among other things. HTH Alias

Re: [Flashcoders] flex 2 for games?

2005-11-22 Thread Alias
macromedia listening base in Antarctica has picked up this conversation anyway :) Cheers, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Post awaiting for approval[OT]

2005-11-22 Thread Alias
No. HTH, Alias On 11/22/05, Tiago Vale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I've sent a post to osflash and flashcoders(hope its not spamming) list but it seems its too big, can I send the example sources as attachement? -- Cheers Tiago Janz

Re: [Flashcoders] Spinning wheel

2005-11-23 Thread Alias
Check out Flade: http://www.cove.org/flade/default.aspx HTH Alias On 11/23/05, Eric E. Dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: before i code one up myself - does anyone have the basic math for a wheel of fortune type of spinning wheel? if it had a flapper that would be a bonus. otherwise i can just

[Flashcoders] FP6 can't tell between undefined null?

2005-11-25 Thread Alias
Hi Guys, quick question - Can anyone confirm whether the flash 6 player can't differentiatate between a function that returns null and on which returns undefined? Is there a difference on the bytecode level? Thanks in advance, Alias Cummins

Re: [Flashcoders] FP6 can't tell between undefined null?

2005-11-25 Thread Alias
I've never seen the === operator before - do you mean ==? Alias On 11/25/05, zwetan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone confirm whether the flash 6 player can't differentiatate between a function that returns null and on which returns undefined? Is there a difference on the bytecode

Re: [Flashcoders] where and how can I learn actionscript bytecode

2005-12-04 Thread Alias
that if this is indeed the case, the problem will look exactly the same at the bytecode level. Hope this sheds some light on your problem, Alias On 12/3/05, Boon Chew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any tools or documentation out there that will aid in learning actionscript bytecode? I ran

Re: [Flashcoders] Caret position coords

2006-01-02 Thread Alias
Whoa - dude, is that MFC or something? Alias On 1/2/06, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Easy... get the x,y in characters of the memo function getCharacterPosition( aMemo: TMemo ): TPoint begin Result.X := LongRec( SendMessage( aMemo.Handle, EM_GETSEL, 0, 0 ) ).Hi; Result.Y

Re: [Flashcoders] SetInterval Magic

2006-01-11 Thread Alias
.html Hope this helps, Alias On 1/11/06, Sönke Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This is a scope-issue. Try import mx.utils.Delegate ... setInterval(Delegate.create(this, func), 2000); Cheers, Sönke Hi Coders, In following code, I am creating a new dynamic movie clip

Re: [Flashcoders] FlashMattic -My Hebrew Flash Blog

2006-01-16 Thread Alias
Hi There, If you do figure out any useful solutions to the RTL issues, posting english translations of them would be much appreciated. The RTL issue is of great interest to myself, and I'm sure many other non hebrew speakers. Thanks, Alias On 1/16/06, matti bar zeev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] md5 in AS3

2006-01-17 Thread Alias
On a related note, has anyone written a message digest attack algorithm for AS3? ;) http://www.cits.rub.de/MD5Collisions/ Cheers, Alias On 1/16/06, Geoffrey Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3 Version - http://gsolo.com/temp/macromedia/flex/beta/Global/com/gsolo/encryption/MD5.z ip

Re: [Flashcoders] Stolen content

2006-01-19 Thread Alias
Links are not content. Please end this thread. Alias On 1/19/06, franto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sure, you right, it was not my examples, it's content of my blog, link which i collected from many sites, digging, storing, writing then to the post, 1 update of post when I add 1 link last 30

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC gc

2006-01-26 Thread Alias
Hi there, The garbage collection is Flash is done by reference counting, so as long as your object isn't referenced by something else that hasn't been deleted, it should be garbage collected fine. Hope this helps, Alias On 1/26/06, Ryan Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I'm coming

[Flashcoders] [Jobs] senior flash developer

2006-01-30 Thread Alias
experience If you are interested, please mail me offlist, at [EMAIL PROTECTED], with a copy of an up to date CV and a portfolio of URLs. We will not consider applicants without URLs. We consider experience and demonstrable ability to far outweigh any academic qualifications. Thanks, Alias

[Flashcoders] What native events do (AS2, but not V2) components implement?

2006-01-31 Thread Alias
to be automatically called, and others, which don't, but get implemented by the component developers themselves. Can anyone point me to a list of these? Or just let me know what they are? Cheers, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] What native events do (AS2, but not V2) components implement?

2006-01-31 Thread Alias
Hi Nathan, I'm actually talking about the level below that. I'm not using the V2 components, but creating my own from scratch. There are some more low-level events that are called by flash the IDE itself, which is what I'm looking for. Thanks, Alias On 1/31/06, Nathan Derksen [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 CPU test script

2006-02-02 Thread Alias
Flash 8 does not contain the new VM. Only flash 8.5 contains it, and if you are running flash 8.0 content, it will use the 8.0 VM. Carry on as you were, you should be fine. Alias On 2/2/06, Bart Wttewaall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I'd like to be able to tell if the user's cpu is up

Re: [Flashcoders] Unit Tesing Framework Recommendations

2006-02-08 Thread Alias
AsUnit is definitely the best. HTH, Alias On 2/8/06, Chris Velevitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interested in finding what unit testing frameworks exist for Flash and the pros and cons of each. Chris -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF to Image format at runtime.

2006-02-09 Thread Alias
If you're targeting FP8, go here: http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/10/more-fun-with-image-formats-in-as3.html If not, you're unfortunately SOL. HTH, Alias On 2/9/06, hidayath q [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I want to convert the whole SWF file into a jpg format at runtime.will a swf file

[Flashcoders] Flash on PSP!

2006-02-28 Thread Alias
Hi guys, Looks like someone's gotten a homebrew flash player working on the PSP! Looks pretty good, although apparently it's still early days. Works on 1.5 firmware. http://files.psphacks.net/details.php?file=93 Cheers, Alias ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash on PSP!

2006-03-01 Thread Alias
Oh really? That's wierd. Why would anyone want to use that? Alias On 3/1/06, Bart Wttewaall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't bother, I've tested it and it's crap. It seems all this flashplayer does is convert the flashfile to some form of video (and taking its sweet time at that) and play

Re: [Flashcoders] RIA patent granted

2006-03-02 Thread Alias
) was around before it (and still is) Alias On 3/2/06, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 2, 2006, at 9:58 AM, elibol wrote: Our team has been aware of this situation. It's big trouble if it's to be sold to the highest bidder; ignorantly speaking, Microsoft should appear to outstand

Re: [Flashcoders] Help with shared library fonts

2006-03-14 Thread Alias
Have a look at http://www.sharedfonts.com/ HTH Alias On 3/12/06, Hypno Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *I am using Flash8* Is there a way to keep fonts in an external movie and load them dynamically into a movie when needed? The flash movie I am currently working on is a text editor

Re: [Flashcoders] Good Math script for sheet movement when dragedontable

2006-04-03 Thread Alias
-friendly. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592571611?v=glance You won't get far in flash development without a basic knowledge of trig, and besides, it starts to be fun after the first couple of years :) Hope this helps, Alias ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 class ................. private function calling...

2006-04-03 Thread Alias
: this[className].functionName(); To quote Bjarne Stroustrup (inventor of C++): Language level protection mechanisms are protection against accident, not against fraud. HTH, Alias On 4/2/06, Michael Bedar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You mean that Flash ignores private when calling from

Re: [Flashcoders] Requesting reccomendation for testing already written classes

2006-04-18 Thread Alias
It would be extremely dangerous to use a tool that did so. However, AsUnit ships with some JSFL scripts will write your empty testcase stubs for you which will save you some work. HTH Alias On 4/17/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best way to test classes that have

[Flashcoders] Wishlist email address?

2006-04-21 Thread Alias
Hi guys, Does anyone know what the new adobe email address for flash feature requests is? I'm thinking it's probably changed lately... Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search

[Flashcoders] Kerning algortihms

2006-05-26 Thread Alias
resources for this that you can point me towards? Thanks in advance, Alias ___ 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] Junior Developer Flash/Flex Salary?

2006-06-20 Thread Alias
Salary discussions are generally considered off topic on this list. However - if you would like to solicit offlist responses, I'm sure no-one will mind. Also, it might help to specify currency. Hope this helps, Alias On 6/20/06, Tristan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does 30-55K a year sound right

Re: [Flashcoders] Junior Developer Flash/Flex Salary?

2006-06-26 Thread Alias
Lee, Adjusted for currency, $30k american is only around £16.5k. The tax is probably higher in the UK though. Hth, Alias On 6/22/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Commercial experience is totally different to working experience. I've 7 years professional commercial

Re: [Flashcoders] AMES and ScrollBars

2006-06-27 Thread Alias
Check out actionstep: http://www.actionstep.org HTH Alias On 6/27/06, meerkat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Foreword: Some weeks ago I started developing with Flash. After one day I realized, that I don't like to develop with the Flash IDE at all and went over to the Open-Source way of developing

Re: [Flashcoders] vars with $

2006-08-21 Thread Alias
I disagree. We use them to denote class members, and I've found it very effective. Alias On 8/18/06, Greg Burch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using $ in flash is just wierd :). There is no special meaning - I don't think it should even be valid. On 8/18/06, Tom Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've

Re: [Flashcoders] oop question kind of...

2006-08-21 Thread Alias
AS2 uses reference counted garbage collection, so to completely delete an object, you must delete all other objects that refer to it. Calling delete on a movie clip only removes the reference to the movieclip object on the stage. HTH, Alias On 8/21/06, [b) a d i [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [Flashcoders] oop question kind of...

2006-08-21 Thread Alias
. Have you tried using some kind of factory type approach to manage your deletion/creation? Can you give more information about how your objects are being corrupted? Alias On 8/21/06, [b) a d i [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried mc.removeMovieClip() ? yes...i should have mentioned

Re: [Flashcoders] oop question kind of...

2006-08-21 Thread Alias
of the MovieClip superclass, so you need to do: myMc.removeMovieClip() This is confusing because sometimes the first one works, depending on the scope you call it from. HTH Alias On 8/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried using some kind of factory type approach

Re: [Flashcoders] getting my info into flash

2006-08-22 Thread Alias
Hi Flash Guru, Try looking up amfphp/flash remoting. You could check out www.flashguru.co.uk for some tutorials on that type of thing. And maybe change your name to something else... Cheers, Alias On 8/22/06, Flash guru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I have a project a that calls

Re: [Flashcoders] Class inheritance and scope

2006-08-30 Thread Alias
If the compiler was strict about enforcing semicolons I wouldn't have to reformat all my text strings not to have any line breaks. Joy. Alias On 8/29/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And one more thing - if the compiler complained to him to call super(), then he wouldn't have

Re: [Flashcoders] empty HTML

2006-08-30 Thread Alias
Remove the _blank parameter, or try using loadVariables instead. HTH Alias On 8/30/06, Laurent CUCHET [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello When I put a button allow download I get a blanck page and the download. Is there a way to avoid the white empty html page ? The script I use

Re: [Flashcoders] Advanced hitTest Detection

2006-08-31 Thread Alias
Hi Helmut, Not sure how much use you'll get out of this, but I did a talk a while back on this subject, and the conference notes can be found here: http://londonmmug.org/downloads/presentations/20040916-London-MMUG-Alias-Cummins-Flash-games.zip What you have here is an algorithm

Re: [Flashcoders] Euler angles...

2006-09-01 Thread Alias
What are you trying to do? Do you want to tween from one 3d position/rotation to another? How are you representing your objects? Alias On 01/09/06, Seb L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... any crazy geniuses out there know how to generate euler angles for a 3D vector? Or i guess to calculate

Re: [Flashcoders] DRM for FLV

2006-09-04 Thread Alias
. Although this sounds like a challenge... Alias On 04/09/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all, i got today an email from www.onlinelib.de they say that they had develope a drm system for flv files together with our german postbank. here is the link: http://www.onlinelib.de/VCS

Re: [Flashcoders] DRM for FLV

2006-09-04 Thread Alias
that they wrote their own encoder - both the flv codecs are publicly documented. If I have time, I'll investigate this evening and see if anything else comes to light. Alias On 04/09/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi alias, thanks for your answer. on the german page they wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] [JOB] Sr. Flash/AS Programmers (4), Los Angeles, CA | 70-125k

2006-09-07 Thread Alias
Can we end this OT please? This is far more annoying than the original job post, which we've established was within the acceptable bounds of the list etiquette. Thanks, Alias On 07/09/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And a Sydney user group posting here is like jumping up on stage

Re: [Flashcoders] Job postings ok?

2006-09-07 Thread Alias
How about: Job posts are OK, as long as people only reply to them offlist? HTH Alias On 07/09/06, Mike Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised people are ok w/ job posts here. if (!codeRelatedPost) offTopic = true; Can a FlashJobPosts list be started? Job posts show us options

Re: [Flashcoders] Webcam color tracking

2006-09-12 Thread Alias
Yeah, I've done some work with it. The trick is to apply some contrast filters to reduce the colour depth, and be a bit more picky about getting your source colour. You can do the getColourBoundsRect thing, but it's still pretty inaccurate though. Alias On 12/09/06, Serge Jespers [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Webcam color tracking

2006-09-14 Thread Alias
picky about getting your source colour. You can do the getColourBoundsRect thing, but it's still pretty inaccurate though. Alias ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

Re: [Flashcoders] a question of geometry

2006-09-17 Thread Alias
Ok, are the circles all the same size, or do they have the same length? Alias On 17/09/06, Andreas R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: smart people, help a less smart one out: I'm faced with a problem similar to the seven circles theorem (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SevenCirclesTheorem.html

Re: [Flashcoders] a question of geometry

2006-09-17 Thread Alias
And does the number of circles vary? Will it always be the same number? On 17/09/06, Andreas R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The circles can be any size. Alias™ wrote: Ok, are the circles all the same size, or do they have the same length? Alias On 17/09/06, Andreas R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Flashcoders] Code review, please

2006-09-25 Thread Alias
Hear hear. Patterns are no magic bullet. Alias On 25/09/06, Andreas Rønning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you aren't you should Knee jerk reaction: Nobody should use any pattern. They CAN use patterns if it benefits the project, benefits their mental health and provides for a better product

[Flashcoders] Rendering flash 8 to video

2006-10-03 Thread Alias
. so save as... really won't cut it. As I understand, the only way to do this is to export via director. Is this still the case? And if so, does whatever version of director that is still in existence support flash 8? Anyone got any leads on this? Thanks in advance, Alias

Re: [FlashCoders] Delegates and performance

2006-10-24 Thread Alias
There's nothing wrong with using the IDE if it suits you better. MTASC is cool, but you should use the right tool for the job. If that's the IDE, then that's what you should use. Alias On 22/10/06, Dimitrios Bendilas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I know that Steven. Unofrtunately I'm still

Re: [FlashCoders] Delegates and performance

2006-10-24 Thread Alias
out where I need to call Delegate.destroy()... I have a VJing app which gets more and more unreliable the longer it runs and I bet this is why. HTH, Alias On 24/10/06, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dimitrios, i was reading your article and the referenced article in which it says

Re: [FlashCoders] Delegates and performance

2006-10-24 Thread Alias
me? Yes, this is true. Every single inline function created inside the Delegate.create() method stays on memory. HTH, Alias On 24/10/06, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, exactly The garbage collector will not remove references to delegates that are still being used. Doesnt that mean

Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash Video Site.

2006-10-24 Thread Alias
Thanks for that, Muzak. However, if Ivan needed to figure out, for example, why the video wasn't working correctly on the FP9 linux alpha, we could keep talking about that, right? Yours etc. Alias On 24/10/06, Muzak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://osflash.org/flashcoders/etiquette quote

Re: [Flashcoders] New Flash Video Site.

2006-10-24 Thread Alias
Canasse makes english grammatical errors, I think that everyone should be afforded the same level of coutesy. I spend a lot of time reading this list and I don't see why people shouldn't be polite to one another. Anyway, no further comment. Alias On 24/10/06, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does

[Flashcoders] Metaliq components resources?

2006-11-06 Thread Alias
sets they come with their own special peculiarites. It would be good to check out what issues have come up/been fixed, etc. Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

Re: [Flashcoders] Freelancer Class

2006-11-08 Thread Alias
(); newObj.onLoad = myFunction; ..class continues Then you have to use this. Just sayin'. HTH Alias On 07/11/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I don't have to. But I think the code is more clear that way. Classes will not compile if you try to access variables

Re: [Flashcoders] SWF Decompiler

2006-12-14 Thread Alias
Haven't used eltima, but I'd generally recommend ASV as being the best decompiler going. http://www.buraks.com/asv/ HTH, Alias On 12/12/06, Andy Herrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, At work I've run into a situation where I need to decompile some SWFs. A few weeks ago I had looked

Re: [Flashcoders] Antialiasing BitmapData in AS2?

2007-02-04 Thread Alias
Can you throw the example image onto a web server so we can see it? The list strips out attachments :( Alias On 01/02/07, Henry Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I've been mucking about with a metablob-type thing, and have got it rendering quite nicely. However, it only renders a black

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.1

2007-02-06 Thread Alias
This book is worth checking out: http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590595580 HTH Alias On 06/02/07, Martin Klasson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Flashcoders, Do you have tips on where to find the best sources of information about Flash Lite development outside the adobe.com domain

Re: [Flashcoders] Anyone hate flash 9 already?

2007-02-13 Thread Alias
Could you be more specific as to why one might do so? Curious, Alias On 13/02/07, Arseniy Shklyaev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone hate flash 9 already? -- -Arseniy Shklyaev ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options

[Flashcoders] Annoying, (should be simple) bitwise problem

2007-03-21 Thread Alias
)); col2 = r 16 + g 8 + b; trace(col2=+col2.toString(16)); Anyone got any idea why this isn't working right? My blue values are doing all sorts of wierd stuff - getting smaller, flipping out etc - is it a modulo problem maybe? Should be simple but this always gets me... Any help much appreciated, Alias

Re: [Flashcoders] Got milk? (the game)

2007-03-23 Thread Alias
Cheaty as in produces insufficiently randomised numbers or cheaty as in not utilising proper 3d/physics? Because I was wondering about that... Alias On 23/03/07, Joe Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That dice is cheaty! It's a dirty cheaty dice. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-27 Thread Alias
The flash 9 beta has been available on adobe labs for quite some time now. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/ HTH Alias On 28/03/07, Russell Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So is this the next version of Flash, or is it just Flash 8 with AS3 support? It would seem odd to me

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and Arabic

2007-03-28 Thread Alias
Hi Omar, How well has this worked out? Does the text display properly? Are the issues to do with RTL text input a major problem? I'd be very interested to know. Sincerely, Alias On 27/03/07, Omar Fouad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I work A lot using arabic in flash... I used to write arabic text

Re: [Flashcoders] You Tube + Progressive download of flvs

2007-04-10 Thread Alias
The youtube video player is apparently based on (or very similar to) Jeroen Wijering's free(for noncommercial use) player: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=flash_video_player HTH, Alias On 10/04/07, Sumeet Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Can any one tell me what YouTube is using

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS 3 Professional -- compile AS2 code?

2007-04-13 Thread Alias
Yes. HTH, Alias On 13/04/07, vipin chandran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, CS3 professional seems to be a good release with AS3 support. I have a question here as my company is all set for an upgradation. Will we be able to compile AS2 code in Flash CS3 Professional? Thank you, --vpn

Re: [Flashcoders] Make page ads refresh on Flash click events

2007-04-13 Thread Alias
Check out the Flash/Javascript integration kit. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashjavascript/ HTH, Alias On 13/04/07, Marlon Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a flash app that will be embedded in a page that hold three ad units. The flash app holds alot of content so its been

Re: [Flashcoders] Make page ads refresh on Flash click events

2007-04-13 Thread Alias
coming from? Are you using a commercial ad server (e.g. Tangozebra, Doubleclick, etc)? Let us know, Alias On 13/04/07, Johannes Nel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: its been replaced by FABridge On 4/13/07, Alias™ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the Flash/Javascript integration kit. http

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-18 Thread Alias
That's USD, right? $100,000 = £49,704.66 = € 73,462.297 Alias On 18/04/07, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 100-120K nice... ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-18 Thread Alias
Guru) like me and others 6 people in the country. U$32k-U$37k at year :.( We are fucked 2007/4/18, Alias™ [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That's USD, right? $100,000 = £49,704.66 = € 73,462.297 Alias On 18/04/07, Weyert de Boer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 100-120K nice

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-18 Thread Alias
Yeah, if you wanna buy a house in London you're looking at £200k - £300k minimum... So it all evens out... Alias On 18/04/07, Zeh Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here in México a Senior with these skills. U$15k-U$20k at year. A game developement manager (Flash Guru) like me and others 6

Re: [Flashcoders] Bitmap text (no anti-alias) still aliasing?

2007-06-13 Thread Alias
be manageable if you're aware of the constraints from the start. Hope this helps, Alias On 13/06/07, matt stuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I'm working on an application with lots of long text content using 11pt fonts. To enhance readability, I'm using Bitmap text (no anti-alias). However, in long

Re: [Flashcoders] asfunction and single param

2007-06-19 Thread Alias
If you're using firefox, trying to get around the popup blocker is a whole world of pain. Alias On 19/06/07, Raphael Villas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I'm generating a hyperlink within a textarea component. I'd like to do a getURL by generating HTML that includes the hyperlink

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Alias
Can I just mention that I was totally disgusted that the installer now refuses to install on my secondary laptop, due to it being below the minimum spec. I actually switched to using Corel Draw on that machine. I never thought I'd ever admit to that in a public forum. Alias On 19/06/07, Muzak

[Flashcoders] E4X question

2008-07-02 Thread Alias
the value of some-attribute. Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] CS3 Debugger DOES NOT WORK ON OSX?

2008-07-07 Thread Alias
it? Back in the day I would have known who to call at Macromedia to complain/whine/shout/log bug reports, but that's all gone by the wayside since The Buyout. Anyone else had this problem? Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

[Flashcoders] Drawing an arc with curveTo

2008-08-03 Thread Alias
of the matter is working out the correct coords for the control points - is there any info on computing the curvature of a line segment on a quadratic bezier? Has anyone cracked this? Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Open source Flash player petition to Adobe

2010-02-05 Thread Alias
Petition Adobe to open the player source here: http://www.openplayer.net/ Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question

2008-07-03 Thread Alias Cummins
Unfortunately, telling other people to change their entire XML structure and config doesn't usually win you a lot of friends... especially on a tight deadline. Thanks, Alias 2008/7/2 Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You might want to try following XML standards and best practices by not using

Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question

2008-07-03 Thread Alias Cummins
to find a defense for hyphenated attributes, but there still may be times when you must work with them. They are deeply annoying, all right. It was surprisingly hard to find the answer online, too. Bad Google! Thanks for all your help, Alias ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Help! Webcam + lineTo on mousemove = webcam freeze

2008-07-05 Thread Alias Cummins
draws with pen tool User releases mouse The line drawn is drawn to a bitmap Repeat. Does this make sense? It may not solve your immediate issue with the webcam, but you will definitely run into it sooner or later. Hope this helps, Alias 2008/6/29 Johnny Zen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all I am writing

Re: [Flashcoders] CS3 Debugger DOES NOT WORK ON OSX?

2008-07-07 Thread Alias Cummins
It just seems to cause CS3 to crash, regularly and randomly, so much so that it's almost totally unusable on OS X. This has happened on 2 differernt macs. Alias 2008/7/7 Kerry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know if *anyone* out there besides me actually still uses the debugger in CS3, (I

Re: [Flashcoders] CS3 Debugger DOES NOT WORK ON OSX?

2008-07-08 Thread Alias Cummins
Ok - what's been happening for me is that I press ctrl + shift + enter, and then the CS3 IDE crashes. I've encountered this on the last 3 macs I've tried it on... This seems to be an issue for larger projects. Maybe this is the reason. Alias 2008/7/7 Irv Kalb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Long time

Re: [Flashcoders] Drawing an arc with curveTo

2008-08-04 Thread Alias Cummins
Thanks Ivan, What I needed was the maths to calculate the positions of the control points - found it here: Advanced drawing methods in Macromedia Flash MX: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/adv_draw_methods.html Thanks, Alias 2008/8/4 Ivan Dembicki [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello

[Flashcoders] Automated builds - your experiences?

2009-05-12 Thread Alias Cummins
much appreciated, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Open source Flash player petition

2010-02-05 Thread Alias Cummins
Petition Adobe to open the player source here: http://www.openplayer.net/ Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Incredibly annoying and maddeningly simple task: get embedded bitmap

2010-07-20 Thread Alias Cummins
contained examples or tutorials would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Incredibly annoying and maddeningly simple task: get embedded bitmap

2010-07-20 Thread Alias Cummins
contained examples or tutorials would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] FDT, version control and project files

2011-03-11 Thread Alias Cummins
just set in my ways. Thanks in advance Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] mx.logging package?

2011-08-01 Thread Alias Cummins
Hey guys, Any idea where I can get the mx.logging package? Is it an intrinsic or what? As3 corelib is dependant on it. Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo