RE: [Flashcoders] Algo's to change the ordering of arrays

2007-01-17 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Happen to have a link to an English version? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eka Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:59 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Algo's to change the ordering of arrays Hello :) the algo

RE: [Flashcoders] Getting Frames Per Second

2007-01-23 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi Daniel, Just out of curiosity, why do you need to detect/see the framerate in your published SWF? ...Rob ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/f

RE: [Flashcoders] passing url variables to flash movie

2007-01-24 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Remove the asterisks (*) from before and after the double equals sign. The line should be: if (video1 == video) { not if (video1 *==* video) { The asterisks were probably there to highlight the correction. That is, it should be a double equal sign for an "is

RE: [Flashcoders] SCORM?

2007-01-27 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Can the video content be kept outside of the SCO package? > Does it need to be included in the manifest XML file? I would strongly urge you to include any content files that are required to be included in the manifest. Technically, you may be able to get away with not including the FLVs in t

RE: [Flashcoders] fullscreen javascript

2007-02-01 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Gustavo, You could write a Javascript function that resizes the browser window to screen size. it's not exactly the same and maximizing, but it would fill the screen. ...Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gustavo Duenas Sent: Thursday,

RE: [Flashcoders] var (eventHandler)

2007-02-06 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
} // EVENT HANDLERS function onEnterFrame():Void { this.doSomething(); } } Make more sense? HTH! ...Rob _ Rob Emenecker Hairy Dog Digital 410.694.3575 (arf) 410.694.3550 (fax) www.HairyDogDigital.com -Origin

RE: [Flashcoders] Tab Problem

2007-02-07 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Nice Steve! I'll keep this one in mind. My clients often rip up forms (either that, or my designer does)! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subjec

RE: [Flashcoders] automated response

2007-02-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Thanks for letting us know! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jessica Hensley Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:06 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] automated response I will be out of the office from 02/09-

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 standalone - no fullscreen on Linux

2007-02-16 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> fscommand('fullscreen', true) works as expected in the Linux version > of the standalone player (9.0.31.0). Though I did notice that switching > to another window seemed to kick it out of full-screen... Out of curiousity, if you then switch back to the flash player, does it return to full-scre

RE: [Flashcoders] How to read variables from file into an array.

2007-03-07 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Why TEXT and not XML? -Original Message- From: Steve Abaffy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:42 AM To: Flash Subject: [Flashcoders] How to read variables from file into an array. Hello, All the information I have found on this seems to indicate that

RE: [Flashcoders] os detection

2007-03-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> is there a way to detect a users os within flash? we are > working on some things what i will need to isolate osx > users etc. myString = System.capabilities.os; ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search th

[Flashcoders] practical limits to size of XML files?

2007-03-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi all, I have a project that I have spec'ed for developing in Flash MX 04 (or Flash 8) along with Director MX 04. The project has a large amount of data that will be read into the program. I'm trying to determine whether there are any practical limitations to using XML with Flash. The data lends

RE: [Flashcoders] Non-Unicode

2007-03-15 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi Danny, I think this same thing (or something very similar) came up on the Director DIRECT-L list in the past few months. If you don't have it, here are links for that list: To SUBSCRIBE or to UNSUBSCRIBE go to http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/direct-l.html and click on "Join or leave the list

[Flashcoders] [OT] PHP book recommendations

2007-03-22 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi all, I need (want) to get myself up to speed with PHP 4.x/5.x and MySQL. I'm experienced with ActionScript (1 and 2), JavaScript, and Lingo (Director), and have dabbled with Java. I don't need a text that goes into basic programming techniques, rather I am looking for something that is a good

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] PHP book recommendations

2007-03-23 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Save your money and point your browser at: www.php.net Yeah, know about that, but I'm a book hog and it gives my admin one more thing to keep track of for me. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the ar

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-27 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Saw that. Now the hard decision is which of the CS3 Premium bundles to go for... Design w/ InDesign CS3 vs. Web w/ Fireworks and Contribute I haven't used Contribute and wonder how long Adobe will continue Fireworks. I still use Fireworks MX04 and Fireworks 8 often, but having InDesign is very a

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-27 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
My guess is that Flash CS3 is Flash 9... but that's literally an armchair guess. Anyone out know if that is true? -Original Message- From: Russell Sprague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:13 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] F

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-27 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Funny you mention that. I was an avid fan of Freehand way back from version 1. (Does anybody else remember Aldus?) When Adobe bought out Aldus, I thought it was the demiss of Freehand. Ironically, over the years I've levitated towards Illustrator for vector-based work and rarely use Freehand anymor

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced

2007-03-27 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> But Contribute I don't get it..since the dreamweaver can help me out to > update sites remotely...isn't better than contribute? Yes, but it's a very good tool for managing client-based updates to web sites. I often use/recommend it for sites I create where clients prefer to make content updates

RE: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
I'm surprised that any of the CS3 bundles are available via download. I would think they are only available via physical shipment due to sheer size. Back to the subject at hand, I know that UK and EU pricing typically runs higher on software, but to the extent that it is cheaper to fly to the US,

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing keyframe interval in a FLV

2007-04-03 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Even if there is a tool, I don't think it would make a difference. My guess is that FLV video is handled like any other video with regards to keyframes. That is, the "tween" frames only contain content that has changed, everything else is transparent. A keyframe, contains all of the information.

RE: [Flashcoders] Editors in use by Actionscript Programmers

2007-04-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
I'd also throw in my 2-cents worth... MultiEdit Lite ...Rob -Original Message- From: Jon Bradley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 7:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Editors in use by Actionscript Programmer

[Flashcoders] XPath online

2007-04-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hey all, Can anyone recommend a solid online reference for XPath (working with XFactorStudio XPath is Flash MX 04 Pro)? Their web site is next to non-existent, I just had to backpeddle on a project, and trying to get my bearings on XPath and their implementation of it for AS2. Thanks, Rob _

RE: [Flashcoders] Flashcoders really bad lag - just me?

2007-04-10 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Ever since the Flashcoders server went down, my posts to Flashcoders > are taking a long time to appear. Is it just me or are other people > experiencing this? I'm seeing the same thing... about a 2 hour lag time. So, by the time this message actually hits the board, there will probably be ma

[Flashcoders] [semi-OT] XPath expressions

2007-04-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi all, I've been giving myself a crash course on XPath using XFactor Studios XPath (AS2) in Flash and also with the XML Spy's built in XPath evaluator tool. I'm still having some difficulty constructing some XPath expressions to best fit my needs -- assuming that it can be done. I'm working on a

[Flashcoders] More fun with XPATH... now I want XSLT in Flash!

2007-04-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Okay, next question re: XPath in Flash Does anyone know of an XSLT implementation for Flash MX/MX04/8 ??? The end result of what I am doing is actually generating an XHTML file from the XML. I know I can use the built-in XML class and XFactor studios XPath to traverse and find what I need, b

RE: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] XPath expressions

2007-04-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Thanks Ron! I realized I was wandering off-topic with this thread. As it turns out, short of an XSLT implementation in Flash MX 04 (or Flash 8), I'm not going to get any further with transforming my input XML to the desired output XML/XHTML. I burned the night working on traversing nodes and ext

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

2007-04-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
This is a topic that's come up several times in the past on the Direct-L list. You might want to search the list archives at http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/direct-l.html ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or sea

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 ma

RE: [Flashcoders] Superscript & Subscript in Dynamic Text Fields

2007-04-18 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
If you only need numbers, an alternative is to use a Unicode font that has a full complement of superscript and subscript numbers, such as Lucida Sans Unicode or Arial Unicode. Under embedding options you either need to create a custom code page for the super/subscript characters, or simply embed t

RE: [Flashcoders] swfs taxing some browsers more than others?

2007-04-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Platform: Dell Latitude D820 Win XP SP 2 Intel Core 2 T7400 2.16GHz 2 GB RAM Firefox 2.0.0.3CPU usage 27-43% IE 6.0.2900. CPU usage 23-38% Granted a newer system, but those numbers look great. I can test out on a few older PCs and a G4 Mac once I get to the ranch. ...Rob __

RE: [Flashcoders] swfs taxing some browsers more than others?

2007-04-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> once I get to the ranch ...? Err actually my office, where I have more than my laptop available to me. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinf

RE: [Flashcoders] swfs taxing some browsers more than others?

2007-04-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
oshop. -Original Message- From: Hairy Dog Digital [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:51 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] swfs taxing some browsers more than others? Platform: Dell Latitude D820 Win XP SP 2 Intel Core 2 T7400 2.16GHz 2 G

RE: [Flashcoders] UNSUBRSCRIBE

2007-04-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
One other thing that Dave pointed out just recently is that if you're mail requires a whitelisting request response, the list software isn't going to know that! So when the unsubscribe confirmation is sent it has to have a clear path to your mailbox so that you can confirm. -Original Message-

RE: [Flashcoders] swfs taxing some browsers more than others?

2007-04-21 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Same here Nik, All I do is watch the percentages on the Task Manager. Not an exacting science, but I believe that it needs to be. I just need to reasonably simulate systems at different levels. There are places that specialize in QA testing and benchmarking. For projects that warrant it, they are

RE: [Flashcoders] SuperScript (R) with html dynamic content

2007-04-26 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Not a good answer... but in these situations a custom font is needed that has the copyright symbol in the font already superscripted. Whenever I have had to deal with super-/subscripting other than the numbers 0-9, I've resorted to creating and embedding a custom font. -Original Message

RE: [Flashcoders] SuperScript (R) with html dynamic content

2007-04-26 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
You've got a few ways to achieve this, but they all require using a program such as Fontographer to create a custom version of the desired font that contains the superscript characters. Embed the custom font in your FLA, then use the tag around to specify the different face for the superscript.

RE: [Flashcoders] drawing with mouse / pen

2007-05-02 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Just throwing my two cents worth in here... As others pointed out, drawing circles around selections is "doable", but isn't user-friendly. As I read through this the thought occurred to me. What about using a drawn oval path as a movie clip for the mouse pointer that the user clicks on a selecti

RE: [Flashcoders] border styles for TextArea component

2007-05-02 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
There is no "size" or "width" property for the RectBorder, which is what the TextArea component uses for the border. You would have to do a custom skin or theme. If this is only for this one project, you can copy the skin elements into your library. Here is the info from livedocs: http://tinyurl.c

RE: [Flashcoders] is the Flash9/CS3 delivered to anyone yet?

2007-05-07 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Can't speak for the "unbundled" version, but the CS3 version bundled with the CS3 Suites is out and shipping. I received my Web Premium bundle just over a week ago. ...Rob -Original Message- From: dave matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 1:15 PM To: flashcoders@

RE: [Flashcoders][OT] is the Flash9/CS3 delivered to anyone yet?

2007-05-10 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> I assume, I'd always be able to download the file from Adobe as well. I have had a few occassions where I've had to re-download an item. Adobe has always been very good about it. The only time I had an issue was last month when I borked my installation of Acro 6 Pro on the Mac and could not fi

[Flashcoders] wedging in a preloader -- lazy developer alert!

2007-05-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi all, Wasn't sure whether to post there here or Flash-Newbie, so I'm starting here. I've inherited a project where all Flash assets (MCs, buttons, components) are included in an FLA and setup on frameone. All code is in external class definition files, and it isn't pretty. With classes linked t

RE: [Flashcoders] wedging in a preloader -- lazy developer alert!

2007-05-11 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Flash movie, and load the bulky movie in as a child. As long as it doesn't use _root all the time, it should work fine. (And even if it does, you could use _lockroot to fix that). Ian On 5/11/07, Hairy Dog Digital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Wasn't sure wheth

RE: [Flashcoders] wedging in a preloader -- lazy developer alert!

2007-05-12 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
ash movie, and load the bulky movie > in as a child. As long as it doesn't use _root all the time, it should > work fine. (And even if it does, you could use _lockroot to fix that). > > Ian > > On 5/11/07, Hairy Dog Digital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, &g

RE: [Flashcoders] wedging in a preloader -- lazy developer alert!

2007-05-12 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
That would work, but in my case, I've inherited a project that has upwards of a hundred symbols in the library, some used and some not. And a mess of symbols placed on the stage. I can create a wrapper SWF in a fraction of the time it would take digging through the existing library. -Origin

RE: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
What about utilizing two separate XML files. The first files contains the elements that predicate the loading of the second XML file. Yes, it's more than one file, but may be a more practical approach as opposed to overwriting the onLoad event handler. ...Rob ___

[Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-28 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi all, Does anyone have a desktop file searching utility they can recommend that really does search within files of any type for specific strings? The built in Windows search utility, as well as the Google Desktop Search, do not seem to search within file types such as external ActionScript file

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-28 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
2:04 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility .as files are obviously just text files... maybe there some way to add/modify known types? On 5/28/07, Hairy Dog Digital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-28 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
I know that. What I need the capacity to do is to search a directory (or directories) for files -- regardless of file type -- for specific strings, not necessarily words or phrases. The need for this became apparent when I inherited a large Flash 8 project with hundreds of class files. I inherited

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-28 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Thanks David, In your initial post I misread "text files" as "text file's"... hence my response. I'll download it and take a look at it. It still would be nice to have a general purpose desktop app that does this, but for my most immediate needs this might fit the bill. ...Rob -Original M

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-28 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Too much of a PITA going through the gyrations of defining a site then specifying a search path in Dreamweaver. -Original Message- From: Muzak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 4:19 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file s

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
works is alot easier.. - Original Message ----- From: "Hairy Dog Digital" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:26 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility > Too much of a PITA going through the gyrations of defining a site then &g

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi Keith, I have J-Edit, and to be honest, don't really use it that much, because the interface is awkward for me. I'll keep it in my bag o' tricks though! ...Rob -Original Message- From: keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 4:37 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.fig

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Thanks Bojil, I was looking at their web page and see that one of the features is file comparison/synching. Their feature list is rather impressive: search, compare, synch, reg expressions, etc. ...Rob -Original Message- From: Bojil Vassilev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, M

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
#x27; . On 5/29/07, Hairy Dog Digital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Bojil, > > I was looking at their web page and see that one of the features is > file comparison/synching. Their feature list is rather impressive: > search, compare, synch, reg expressions, e

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] desktop file searching utility

2007-05-30 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
5/29/07, Hairy Dog Digital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Windows dude... not Linux! > > > -Original Message- > From: jtgxbass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:20 PM > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: Re: [Flashcoder

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: Special font issue

2007-06-05 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Tom, This is just out of left field here, but have you tried physically removing the font files from your PC/Mac and reinstalling them? >From everything that I've read in this thread the problem seems to be that the font outlines are not getting embedded for that specific character. Also, do y

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Prof copy: missing Tree component andWebService.

2007-06-05 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> The complaint is that there's no AS3 version of the Data > components and some UI Components (like the Tree) And that really bites because I use and abuse the Tree component on a regular basis in my AS2 / Flash MX04/8 projects! ___ Flashcoders@chat

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

2007-06-19 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
I would suggest having enhancements be optional installations akin to Plug-Ins or Extensions. -Original Message- From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:23 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and

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

2007-06-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Sooner or later many of us have to be brutally honest and reveal things about ourselves and our lives that we would rather keep secret. -Original Message- From: AliasT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:28 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Fl

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Development on PC vs Mac

2007-06-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
I work on both. I'm more comfortable on a Windows PC than a Mac, but that is simply due to what I'm used to. (I started on Mac's in the mid 80's, then switched up to Windows PC's in 95 when MS launched Windows 95.) In all honesty, if I was to have to pick right now, I'd give a long hard look at a

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Development on PC vs Mac

2007-06-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Would you need two licenses of Flash - one for each OS? My guess is "yes". I had this question with Director MX 04 and the word straight for Macromedia (at the time) was that the license is platform-specific. So, although I could load a copy on my primary workstation and one on my laptop, they

RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscript Optimization!

2007-07-14 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Fine, fine, he said he was joking, but I do remember a > reading document about optimizing C++ programs saying the same thing. I don't know C++, but if I try to step into my Way Back machine to my college years, variable name lengths don't mean squat in compiled (whether it's binary or byteco

RE: [Flashcoders] RE: obfuscation swf !

2007-07-19 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Wouldn't anybody who could get that far be too busy writing their own code? That's what many of us would do, but there are the others that will expend more energy to not do work (or work that *could not do*), rather than just doing it. ___ Flashcoder

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT] Changing line widths in extremely compleximported EPS

2007-08-03 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hey Michael, I don't immediately know of an automated solution; however if you are using Illustrator, you can pick an object then select all objects with the same stroke weight: Select > Same > Stroke Weight. Then change the group of selected objects to a hairline stroke weight. This does mean pic

RE: [Flashcoders] setStyle ComboBox (AS2)

2007-08-07 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Try the following and omit the new CSSStyleDeclaration(): _global.styles.rectBorderClass.setStyle("borderStyle", "solid"); _global.styles.rectBorderClass.setStyle("borderColor", 0xD35800); -Original Message- From: Mendelsohn, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2

RE: [Flashcoders] Drop Area Text Field

2007-08-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi Veiky, Not to long ago (days?) -- on this list or FlashNewbie -- someone posted a link to http://blog.greensock.com. There is a TextMetrics class that looks like it will be of great use in creating your droptarget for your exercise. Essentially, you want to create an empty movie clip to the dim

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Player and IT Security Policies

2007-08-15 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
This issue is likely with large corp and government organizations. In short, the usual answer to your question is that there is very little you can do, unless you have far too much free time on your hands. The decision to not adopt newer web technologies -- regardless of whether the decision is g

RE: [Flashcoders] acrobat detector

2007-08-22 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi Nik, As far as I know, when running from a projector, there's no way to determine Acrobat or Reader installation. I've always resorted to using Director as a wrapper (though Zinc should work just as well), to ferret out the application associated with *.pdf (and PDF_ type and CARO creator on Ma

RE: [Flashcoders] long dash

2007-08-23 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Here's my quick list of unicode characters for htmlText... string symbol -- --- \u2122 trademark (TM) symbol \u00A9 copyright (C) symbol \u2018 single opening (left) quote \u2019 single closing (right) quote \u201C double opening (left) quote \u201D

RE: [Flashcoders] long dash

2007-08-23 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
igleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] long dash In Html use tag Regards. D. Santhosh Babu - Original Message - From: Hairy Dog Digital To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:16 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] long dash Here's my quick

RE: [Flashcoders] tracking & travelling

2007-09-05 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Hi Paul, What about passing the tracking info as part of a hash variable appended to the URL, such as... http:www.somedomain.com?tag=somevalue Then on the landing page have an onLoad handler that parses the document url and calls the trackLink function? ...Rob -Original Message- From:

RE: [Flashcoders] Prevent Enter Key Playback?

2007-09-14 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
You need to determine where the Enter key is causing this. Is it the event on the Object element in your HTML page or the Flash SWF. Capture the Enter key via an event.keyDown on the Object element in JavaScript in the HTML page and see if the problem still happens. -Original Message- F

RE: [Flashcoders] Independent contractors and unemployment-

2005-12-22 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Ryan's correct. As a self-employed, sole prop, I deal with this question whenever I have someone do work for. As a general rule, if they are setting their own hours, using their own equipment and tools, then I treat as an independent contractor (1099). If the person is in my shop, working the hour

RE: [Flashcoders] Removing A Delegated EventListener

2005-12-23 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Most auspicuous response timing. I was just pondering the very same question meeself. Now I don't have to. > -Original Message- > From: JesterXL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:45 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Removing A Dele

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing color of window title?

2005-12-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> RTFM. We all gave Macromedia a ton of crap about their docs > being pathetic, or 8 months too late in MX 2004. The least > we can do is show our appreciation for their hardwork in 8, > and actually put them to use. Gee Ward aren't you being a little hard on the Beaver? Maybe I missed some

RE: [Flashcoders] Changing color of window title?

2005-12-29 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> MX 2004's docs were updated too. I was one of the people who > bitched and whined about the docs, only to be frustrated when > they finally came months too late. Damn! Guess if I kept up with that stuff, I'd have known. I retract my "Ward" statement. > If I'm not the enforcer of RTFM, then w

RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing

2006-02-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> if the same job can be done cheaper in the long run, outsourcing is a good idea. Provided that "in the long run" takes into account the cost of managing the project and overseas subcontractor, quality assurance testing (and time required to correct errors), time differences and possible commu

RE: [Flashcoders] Platform Game Collision Detection

2006-02-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
This is the second time (and maybe there were others) that I saw this book recommended on Flashcoders. Holding aside game programming, how good of a job does this book with general geometry, trig, calculus, and physics? I've had several occasions where I am handling animations programmatically via

RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Concepts

2006-02-21 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Danny, > >It works, but seems fundamentally wrong, as I understood it was bad > >practise > to add methods to an object dynamically. Should I make the > class listen for clicks on the nested clip or is there > another solution? > > There's nothing wrong with adding methods to an object > dyna

RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Concepts

2006-02-21 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> I'm much the same as you, and probably not the best person to > ask! My OOP style is... shall we say 'idiosyncratic'? That's why I thought I'd expose my soft, white underbelly here on the forum. I would imagine that mine would be quirky. I'm not looking for the pinacle of OOP practices, not

RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Concepts

2006-02-21 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> 4 Rob> > > I can recommend to read > Essential ActionScript 2.0 > By Colin Moock Thanks Igor. That book's been on my shelf, since it was published. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: h

RE: [Flashcoders] OOP Concepts

2006-02-21 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Thanks for the recommendation Judah. As you might have figured out, I'm less concerned with the language that I use to learn better OOP skills, and more concerned that the language lessens the chance of getting sloppy. > -Original Message- > From: judah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent

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

2006-02-22 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Barnes and Noble brick and mortar store price: > $44 > > BarnesandNoble.com price: > $32 I've always found this to be the case. Same holds true for Books-A-Million. It's the overheads of the nice brick-and-mortar in the nice shopping areas that you're paying for. > Amazon.com price: > $26 (

[Flashcoders] access to list archives

2006-02-25 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Howdy all, I was going to search the archives for this list (as well as the FlashNewbie) and found that both of the Archive links on figleaf.com at http://www.figleaf.com/community/listserv.cfm are coming up with HTTP 404 errors. Is there any other way to get the archives? Are they down or gone?

RE: [Flashcoders] access to list archives

2006-02-26 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Use the links in each message footer. Thanks Dave! ___ 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 Premi

RE: [Flashcoders] [a little OT] vp6 plugin for squeeze

2006-02-26 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> i've downloaded the trial of squeeze 4.3, and I'm trying to > compress with the vp6 coded. > I have a fast pc and the compression times are tremendously > slow. At least 2 minutes to compress 20 seconds :( I tried to > compress a three minutes hires mpeg2, put a stupid > deinterlace on it an

RE: [Flashcoders] Q:Add tracking to dynamic text

2006-03-01 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> What exactly are you trying to do? The kerning property seems > to have very limited potential and if you like myself are on > a Mac the quote below will lbe disturbing. If I'm reading the original post correctly, he's trying to specify letterspacing (eg, "tracking") in dynamic text fields, n

RE: [Flashcoders] random concatenated txt question

2006-03-06 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
You're first populating myTxt_txt with a string of 19 spaces or other character, correct? Are you certain that random2() is not appending a new string to the end of the existing one? What if trimmed it down and changed it to... function random2() { yy = _root.myTxt_txt.length; initialTxt = "

RE: [Flashcoders] preloader issue?

2006-03-07 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
are your trace statements showing the expected info? > -Original Message- > From: murder design [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:46 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] preloader issue? > > I have posted this before, and gotten some fee

RE: [Flashcoders] preloader issue?

2006-03-07 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Also, double check the string concatenation. You had an ampersand in... >_root.label_txt.text = percent & " % LOADED" It should be a plus sign... >_root.label_txt.text = percent + " % LOADED" ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change y

RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-10 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
It never was official, but I was frequently called "Resident Malcontent" or "the Wiz". The later moniker had nothing to do with my abilities, it was due to the over-consumption of coffee and diet pepsi, which lead to frequent bathroom breaks. > -Original Message- > From: Kirk Roberts [m

RE: [Flashcoders] What's your job title?

2006-03-10 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Dare we ask what gender? > -Original Message- > From: JesterXL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:17 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What's your job title? > > I have a mullet, rented a truck last week, live in the > boondocks o

RE: [Flashcoders] CSS with input text

2006-03-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> You think you've got troubles: mostly I use Director... > > Seriously, though, I think text is one area where we should > expect to see some serious improvements since the Adobe > takeover. With all their pdf people on board, they must > surely have a lot of expertise to throw at this (as lon

RE: [Flashcoders] CSS with input text

2006-03-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Absolutely (although don't forget that many Xtras are > actually part of the standard Director package: text support > itself is wrapped in a standard Xtra). That's true. I'll quality my original comment by added, "Xtras not shipped with the IDE or part of an update to the IDE". In additio

RE: [Flashcoders] CSS with input text

2006-03-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> Wouldn't having full www support for html in Flash mean > building in a browser. Not too likely I think. I think many folks -- at leat myself -- just want consistent handling of HTML and CSS, not necessarily a full blown browser. This is especially true for building offline Mac/Win CD projects

RE: [Flashcoders] Un-HQX, Burn in Mac, make ISO in PC, and make copies in PC

2006-03-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
IF you make an original CD-R on the Mac, then just use Nero on the PC for CD copying, it will work okay. I do this all of the time. > -Original Message- > From: Ramon Miguel M. Tayag [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:11 AM > To: FlashCoders Programming > Subje

RE: [Flashcoders] Will this Microsoft ActiveX update affect Flash?

2006-04-08 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Now here's the question that's been rolling in my head... Does anybody know of a way to run both a patched and unpatched version of IE (Win), so that you can test both environments from a single Windows workstation (without dual booting)? It's always been my understanding that IE wants one and

RE: [Flashcoders] Will this Microsoft ActiveX update affect Flash?

2006-04-08 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
> How about launching unpatched IE in a window running VPC-XP > and patched IE in another window running Parallels-XP, both > at the same time on Intel Mac...? If you're volunteering to send me a boot camp Mac, I'd not complain ;) ___ Flashcoders@ch

RE: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft IE ...

2006-04-09 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
Personally what I would *like* to do is include a download link to Firefox in the tags! > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:13 AM > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] Active X and Microsoft I

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