Re: [Flashcoders] Seeking in a Progressively Downloaded FLV - Return of

2007-02-07 Thread Johannes Nel
not in the way you are thinking. you can seek only to a point in a movie that has already been downloaded. have you looked at red5? On 2/7/07, Jeff Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: With Flash 8 am I correct in believing that if I add cue points to a FLV that I'll be able to seek within it

Re: [Flashcoders] Seeking in a Progressively Downloaded FLV - Return of

2007-02-07 Thread Johannes Nel
t seeking to > downloaded material worked but nothing new. (Our app requires the user > to be able to seek to authored cue points within a stream). > > Interesting that MP3's can seek to arbitrary points without being > downloaded. > > Jeff > > Johannes Nel wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Anyone hate flash 9 already?

2007-02-13 Thread Johannes Nel
drugs help On 2/13/07, Arseniy Shklyaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BTW. I dont know why I hate things. For example I hate my parents and I dont know why. On 2/13/07, Arseniy Shklyaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess I just tired of it. I m wrong perhaps. I m tired of coding for > sure. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Anyone hate flash 9 already?

2007-02-13 Thread Johannes Nel
for depression. it might make you like something again On 2/13/07, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: drugs help On 2/13/07, Arseniy Shklyaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW. I dont know why I hate things. For example I hate my parents and I > dont > know why.

Re: [Flashcoders] Order of events for function call

2007-03-14 Thread Johannes Nel
i understand that its a example, but using an enterframe beacon rather than multiple enterframe handlers is better and might make this kind of thing much easier to manage On 3/14/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This may be really basic but I can't understand. The following is a simp

Re: [Flashcoders] Inspectable parameters ignored in my 1st component

2007-03-14 Thread Johannes Nel
[Inspectable(defaultValue="8", type="Number")] On 3/14/07, Alexander Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Flash coders, I'm trying to create a component representing a comic-like chat bubble and while it mostly functions fine, I have a problem, that the 2 parameters here are ignored (full s

Re: [Flashcoders] Entering hex number (a color) as component parameter

2007-03-20 Thread Johannes Nel
[Style(name="myName", type="uint", format="Color")] On 3/20/07, Alexander Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello flash coders, I have a mostly working component (please see Bubble.* in http://preferans.de/flash/ ), but wonder how to make the background color to be a parameter. Currently I hav

Re: [Flashcoders] Entering hex number (a color) as component parameter

2007-03-20 Thread Johannes Nel
----- From: "Johannes Nel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Entering hex number (a color) as component parameter > [Style(name="myName", type="uint", format="Color")] >

Re: [Flashcoders] Entering hex number (a color) as component parameter

2007-03-21 Thread Johannes Nel
he checks if the component is init'd On 3/21/07, Alexander Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you and sorry - I've missed the "Color" type in Flash help. But what is the role of __hasInitialized in your example? Why can't I just: [Inspectable(defaultValue="#66",type="Color")]

Re: [Flashcoders] Entering hex number (a color) as component parameter

2007-03-22 Thread Johannes Nel
listen to that! the v2 components are sheet in flash unfortunately when compared to flex 1.5. if however you are hell bent on using the v2 framework, invalidate will be the thing to use, i would (residual memory kicking in) still have your own init flag. On 3/22/07, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-29 Thread Johannes Nel
does this apply if you bought studio 8 as well in the last 2 weeks :s On 3/29/07, Joe Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Unfortunately you can't update a European licence with a US update so I'd have to transfer my existing licences to the US. I'm actually moving to the states in a few months s

Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle

2007-03-29 Thread Johannes Nel
the problem is that when you use your uk credit card you cannot buy from the us store, so unless you have a us cc you be fooked. On 3/29/07, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (My suspicion is that it's due to decisionmaking being both at the > central and at the regional level... I think

Re: [Flashcoders] Video delivery process ...

2007-04-04 Thread Johannes Nel
a normal GET should do the trick as the caching is done with the browser. On 4/4/07, Stephen Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,How do I preload video when the target player is 7?.The delivery technique I'm using is progressive download.Should I be using a proxy SWF to load an external FLV (bec

Re: [Flashcoders] sync flv with swf

2007-04-04 Thread Johannes Nel
mail me offlist. i have a library in as3 and as2 which does this. On 4/4/07, robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Im just guessing but how about getting a percentage played of the swf using currentframe and totalframes, then using that number to target the matching playhead position in the flv.

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

2007-04-10 Thread Johannes Nel
" Streaming would require the use of a streaming server" http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2005/11/2/Streaming-flv-video-via-PHP-take-two "from a cost perspective this is VERY prohibitive." http://code.google.com/p/haxevideo/ http://www.osflash.org/red5 On 4/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMA

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

2007-04-10 Thread Johannes Nel
', Google Video uses streaming.' they use pseudo streaming. check the link i posted before. On 4/10/07, Cay Garrido H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Its progressive download, Google Video uses streaming... You can check it by jumping forward to a certain point in an unloaded clip and check if it l

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

2007-04-10 Thread Johannes Nel
they have a lot of servers and tons of bandwidth. progresive is just a normal http transfer. stefan richter (www.flashcomguru.com) also pointed out to me a while a go how to terminate an exisiting http download (you tell the netstream to load a file that does not exisist and handle your netstream

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

2007-04-13 Thread Johannes Nel
its been replaced by FABridge On 4/13/07, Alias™ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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

Re: [Flashcoders] Basic "class for swf"-question

2007-04-23 Thread Johannes Nel
hi this works for specifying a class to be associated with root: [code] import memorphic.as2.ummyProject.Application this.__proto__ = Application.prototype Application.apply(this,null) [/code] old hack, still a hack but works johan On 4/23/07, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In FCS 3 you'll

Re: [Flashcoders] Prefixing property names with underscore - conventions?

2006-08-10 Thread Johannes Nel
tend to use to underscrores to indicate private one to indicate protected On 8/10/06, Claus Wahlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed many class authors prefix property names with an > underscore, or 2 underscores or none at all. It's often used in concert with getter/setters to prev

Re: [Flashcoders] how to not overwrite methods, but append functionality

2006-08-11 Thread Johannes Nel
var f:Function = mc.onRollOver mx.onRollOver = function () { f(); } you might want to look at function.apply to get it too call in the right context. On 8/11/06, Matthias Dittgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but it doesn't work for me, because I don't want to get onRollOver from the superclass

Re: [Flashcoders] Strong typing vs attachMovie

2006-08-14 Thread Johannes Nel
you cast var UIClock:Clock = Clock (content.attachMovie("clock","uiclock1",1)); the cleanest way is prob to put a static create function on the class itself IMO. from the fdt template public static function create(container : MovieClip,name : String, depth : Number, init : Object) : Clo

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

2006-08-21 Thread Johannes Nel
it sounds to me that you are using the same depth or instance name for a new clip before removing the old one. On 8/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Have you tried using some kind of factory type approach > to manage your deletion/creation? yes, i use adts quite often...in f

Re: [Flashcoders] Better XML parsin

2006-08-21 Thread Johannes Nel
xpath On 8/21/06, Flash Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello everyone, There has to be a better way to parse XML. Using "for" loops seems antiquated. Could I do a "while" loop and cycle through all the possible nodes? What else is out there for parsing XML in a cleaner fashion? Cheers! fM

Re: [Flashcoders] delay when seeking in Video

2006-08-22 Thread Johannes Nel
if its a cdrom then progressive load is used and seek should in theory only be affected for a very short time. you can consider loading the video earlier, or using a interval of somekind 'and show a little load screen. i had this problem for a bit when i used the mediaplayback component, but when

Re: [Flashcoders] Misreporting instanceof operator.

2006-08-23 Thread Johannes Nel
what happens if you cast it as a movieclip? On 8/23/06, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/7/06, Jason Lutes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone suggest why a condition would be false for a test on a movie > clip using instanceof MovieClip? > > I have a function that includes the l

Re: [Flashcoders] Misreporting instanceof operator.

2006-08-23 Thread Johannes Nel
), the target is a bonified MovieClip, but as soon as progress starts, it's not anymore. On 8/23/06, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what happens if you cast it as a movieclip? > > On 8/23/06, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > O

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Misreporting instanceof operator.

2006-08-23 Thread Johannes Nel
this (which makes my stomach churn) has had the desired result. On 8/23/06, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Johannes, Welcome back to Boston! (I didn't get a chance to say so on the BFPUG list) On 8/23/06, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thats quite a

Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Misreporting instanceof operator.

2006-08-23 Thread Johannes Nel
yeah, i think i agree with peter that the problem is then that you do not extend movieclip. we can get semantic about this tonight, but only once we have a beer in hand... ;) On 8/23/06, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/23/06, Peter Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps you have

Re: [Flashcoders] Slighty OT: phone suggestions?

2006-08-23 Thread Johannes Nel
i saw an awsome app on a nokia 6680 a couple of days ago, just sold me on the phone :) bulky as hell though (you get a nice camera with it...). i have a 7610 and that chokes a bit from time to time on flashlite 2 stuff, not unusable though. On 8/23/06, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wa

Re: Re: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Misreporting instanceof operator.

2006-08-23 Thread Johannes Nel
also what bout the content you are loading in, have you tried changing that? On 8/23/06, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Chris, I've tried that (with a bit tweaking for syntax errors) and it all works fine - instanceof returns the correct results. This is loading a clip I created fro

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Misreporting instanceof operator.

2006-08-24 Thread Johannes Nel
ha, how old school. when in doubt wait a frame or 15... On 8/24/06, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay, I have fixed the problem. I would say that this is certainly bug with Flash, but there is a work around. Thanks to Keith Peters for mentioning this to me last night. So here's the

Re: [Flashcoders] clone object

2006-08-25 Thread Johannes Nel
shouldn't you boys be going out and getting a drink on blitz's account instead of teasing each other like this? On 8/25/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you stalking me, Grden? :) > 1. I use block comments all the time - but if you think it's janky, more > power to you

Re: [Flashcoders] Class inheritance and scope

2006-08-29 Thread Johannes Nel
the compiler adds it if it ain't there On 8/29/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You should make sure to call super(); in your subclass constructors, too. BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >

Re: [Flashcoders] Class inheritance and scope

2006-08-29 Thread Johannes Nel
without being nasty now, don't be prescriptive. i was pointing something out, nothing more nothing less. before attacking my code or my habits i would advise you to know what they are and how it looks. have a nice day:) On 8/29/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And one more t

Re: [Flashcoders] Class inheritance and scope

2006-08-29 Thread Johannes Nel
f the compiler required him to call super(), he would have had more information to figure out what was wrong no. there is nothing more in that as all classes extend at least object. anyway this is pedantic. helmut: i advise you to download thinking in java by bruce eckels and read about OO, it

Re: [Flashcoders] Using Xpath in Flash Develop

2006-09-01 Thread Johannes Nel
not that i use flashdevelop, but copy it into your classpath? On 9/1/06, Jorge Antonio Diaz Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, could anyone tell me how do I: use XfactorStudio's Classes for an Xpath parse of an XML. I'm Stopped due to it. Thanks a Lot ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Slow performance of Flash 7 content in Flash Player 9

2006-09-05 Thread Johannes Nel
no, we don't have this problem and afaik player 9 is basically two players 8 and 9 with their respective vm's. or do you mean loading player 7/8 content into a 9 movie? On 9/5/06, Aaron Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Does anyone have any solid information about the performance of SWFs pu

Re: [Flashcoders] Slow performance of Flash 7 content in Flash Player9

2006-09-05 Thread Johannes Nel
; > > > > -----Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Nel > > Sent: 05 September 2006 17:06 > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Slow performance of Flash 7 content i

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex and subversion don't play nice? - slightly OT

2006-09-07 Thread Johannes Nel
write your own ant script to compile On 9/7/06, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I havent figured it out yet, but I had to stop subversion with flex because it just acted wierd and kept screwing up and preventing me from updating. But I didnt work hard enough to figure out exactly what

Re: [Flashcoders] ' Undo ' Feature in flash RIAs - any success stories?

2006-09-08 Thread Johannes Nel
read up on the memento design pattern ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe

Re: [Flashcoders] Close all brances in tree component

2006-09-12 Thread Johannes Nel
this is a cheat. reset your dataprovider. On 9/12/06, Lieven Cardoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anybody have a function to close all branches in tree component???(V2 component Flash) Thx, Lieven Cardoen ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com T

Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-12 Thread Johannes Nel
paul barnes-hogget had an argument about supply and demand in the flex/flasharena which i thought is very apt. he stated that as flex and flash is such a hot technology the demand is very high, thus with normal market factors wages tend to rise. big companies want to use the technology, but due to

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-12 Thread Johannes Nel
they use on textfield per line and just leave a space in the text itself cleverly done. this can be seen by selecting the line of text On 9/12/06, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: wierd...how do you suppose they did it here then?: http://www.mambers.com/chat/preloader.swf i thought ab

Re: [Flashcoders] ns.onStatus calling a function

2006-09-12 Thread Johannes Nel
its a scope issue, try delegating the onstatus function On 9/12/06, Christian Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: can't I call a function inside a ns.onStatus ? ie: ns.onStatus = function(info) { if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Start") { trace(info.code); callTheFunction();

Re: [Flashcoders] extending built-in classes and scope

2006-09-17 Thread Johannes Nel
if you are extending the xml classes to get search capability look at www.xfactorstudio.com 's xpath implementation On 9/16/06, dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi list - I am trying to add some functions to built in classes. Q1) Using the prototype syntax. Is this an AS1 method, is there a bett

Re: [Flashcoders] Invert coded mask?

2006-09-21 Thread Johannes Nel
so you did this a.setMask(b). now go a.setMask(null) b.setMask(a) no? On 9/21/06, Ellen Sundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! I created a mask with setMask to mask another movieclip. I wonder if it is possible with code to invert that mask? So instead of having a circle as a mask, that circl

Re: [Flashcoders] opening flex projects in flash?

2006-09-28 Thread Johannes Nel
won't help as the flex components are differnet from the flash ones. On 9/28/06, Arul Prasad M L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: flex compiler (mxmlc) has an option that would let you 'keep' the generated AS files. if thats what would interest you? check out the docs for "keep-generated-actionscrip

Re: [Flashcoders] Event bubbling in Flash like in Flex

2006-09-28 Thread Johannes Nel
personally i use a different mechanism, but this one by ralf bokelberg is good http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000144.html On 9/28/06, Van De Velde Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi list, a question that's in my mind since for a little while now : how can you get event bubbling (cf

Re: [Flashcoders] Event bubbling in Flash like in Flex

2006-09-28 Thread Johannes Nel
but this is as2. On 9/28/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I've updated the sample with the static function initializeBubbling >>in a separate class & all is well ! Actionscript 3.0 will have event bubbling. Just FYI, not to burst your bubble. Jason Merrill Bank of America Lear

Re: [Flashcoders] Implicit setters and exceptions in AS2.0

2006-09-28 Thread Johannes Nel
exceptions in async functions cause all sorts of conundrums at times. make certain you have a strategy for handling that use case On 9/28/06, David Bellerive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Last week, I sent a message to the FlashCoders list asking if validating the values passed to setter methods (

Re: [Flashcoders] when classes die...

2006-10-03 Thread Johannes Nel
for movieclips i tend to override removemovieclip myself. just a personal pref i suppose :) On 10/3/06, Mike Keesey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The term is a "destructor"; and, no, ActionScript doesn't have destructors, only constructors. The closest it comes is MovieClip.onUnload()--if your cla

Re: [Flashcoders] when classes die...

2006-10-03 Thread Johannes Nel
onUnload is a better way to do it, make no mistake, it gets called a lot more consistantly - i do agree with that completly. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mai

Re: [Flashcoders] when classes die...

2006-10-03 Thread Johannes Nel
remove event listeners. On 10/3/06, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: onUnload is a better way to do it, make no mistake, it gets called a lot more consistantly - i do agree with that completly. -- j:pn http://www.lennel.org ___ Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Iterate over all movieclips in a timeline

2006-10-09 Thread Johannes Nel
this will only do the current frame, you cannot do the entire timeline (well you can in jsfl :) ) On 10/9/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel a bit boneheaded asking this... is there any way of iterating > over all movie clips in a timeline? for (var a in this) {

Re: [Flashcoders] Using a flex2 swc in Flash CS3

2007-05-03 Thread Johannes Nel
we took our source and just compiled the swc in the flash ide. so now we have a swc for flex and one for flash :( On 5/1/07, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do I go about using a flex 2 SWC library in Flash CS3? I tried dropping it into the components directory but no joy Anyo

Re: [Flashcoders] Any good XML api out there?

2007-05-03 Thread Johannes Nel
xpath statement to get all the artist names "./root/track/artist/text()" On 5/3/07, Johan Nyberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, what I need is basically a class that puts all the data in an associative array, or numeric, depending on if I'm storing values for individual nodes, or a "mothernode"

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 OSX - Classpath woes SOLVED

2007-05-06 Thread Johannes Nel
no side effects apart from a slower compile time On 5/6/07, Steven Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey all. Well, it was an ASO issue. I had to clear the ASO on my Windows box, then create my MXP, then bring it over to my Mac box, clear the ASO and then it worked from then on. I'm hoping th

Re: [Flashcoders] if(color == X) {} looking for method.

2007-05-10 Thread Johannes Nel
you can test for colour by taking a bitmap data snapshot and using getPixel or getPixel32 on it. On 5/10/07, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...I am wanting to run a color of instance test. I am > wondering if I can do this? > > attachMovie("shapes","shapes",num); > > if( shapes /*

Re: [Flashcoders] Slow-Running Script alert

2007-05-11 Thread Johannes Nel
using flasm you can do that with all movies from player 7 upwards, but from a user experience point of view its not nice On 5/10/07, Jobe Makar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, If a script takes more than 15 seconds to complete then you get that error. AS3/Flash 9 player allows you to modify tha

Re: [Flashcoders] Customized shape of flash player

2007-05-11 Thread Johannes Nel
wmode="transparent" On 5/11/07, Waseem Shahzad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How we can make a customized shape of flash player in the internet explorer. Not using masking. I want the flash player are show in the irregular shape not in the rectangular shape of any size. Please help. Thanx in advan

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and xpath

2007-05-16 Thread Johannes Nel
it seems you want to get the text value of a node. try this var item:String = XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(doc.firstChild, "/html/body/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'data']/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'campaign']/text() ")toString(); notice the text() On 5/16/07, Jason Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm wondering if

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and xpath

2007-05-17 Thread Johannes Nel
ml and fontEmbed is false. Is there anything that I could do to fix this? Thanks! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Nel Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:45 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] flash and xpa

Re: [Flashcoders] limits to EI and Local Connection calls

2007-05-23 Thread Johannes Nel
yes, not sure about how much it is (we tested this and i forgot again i think LC is 30kb or something) On 5/23/07, Matthew Ganz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a KB limit to passing data via an External Interface call? and for that matter, what about a local connection call? i couldn't fin

Fwd: [Flashcoders] limits to EI and Local Connection calls

2007-05-23 Thread Johannes Nel
-- Original Message - *From:* Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* Matthew Ganz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com *Sent:* Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:12 PM *Subject:* Re: [Flashcoders] limits to EI and Local Connection calls yes, not sure about how much it is (we t

Re: [Flashcoders] How to check if a URL is invalid?

2007-05-23 Thread Johannes Nel
as a side note. killing the stream (or calling stop) does not halt the progressive download. you have to pass it a url that def does not exist. On 5/23/07, Bob Wohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bruce, So you're getting a path to the flv file via xml, correct? you could create a video object,

Re: [Flashcoders] functions for other classes within a class

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Nel
use mx.utils.Delegate to assign the function this.portfolio.onInit = Delegate.create(this,portfolioOnInit); On 5/25/07, Giles Roadnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All I have this code within a class: class com.tequila.canon.PosterArtist.Controller { private var portfolio:MovieClip;

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Upgrading to Windows Vista

2007-06-04 Thread Johannes Nel
we are having some issues with flex builder's plugin version and eclipse 3.2and 3.3 on vista On 6/4/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A client is reporting problems running a flash CDROM (packaged with Zinc) on windows vista so I need to upgrade to Windows Vista to enable me to debug t

Re: [Flashcoders] EventDispatcher weirdness in AS2

2007-06-07 Thread Johannes Nel
you can remove it with the inline delegate if you only want to use it once private function onSomeEvent(evt:Object):Void { someThing.removeEventListener(EVENTNAME,arguments.callee); } On 6/7/07, James E. Booth Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another thing to note: Delegating the event as such:

Re: [Flashcoders] IE7 Crashing on FileReference.download()

2007-06-07 Thread Johannes Nel
have you checked to see what happens when she uploads in an html form? On 6/7/07, Joshua Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For 99% of our users, they can download images just fine via FileReference.download(). However, one user in particular is using IE7, Windows XP, and without fail, anytime

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Streaming causes browser crash when closing a window

2007-06-12 Thread Johannes Nel
its a problem with a netconnection, either when connnecting or innitial buffereing. sucks dunnit. On 6/12/07, Olaf Schmidtmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi coders, we are currently working on a media player for streaming video playback. The stream comes from a FMS. Our customers are working w

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Streaming causes browser crash when closing a window

2007-06-12 Thread Johannes Nel
g port 80. Our streaming server uses the standard port 1935 (rtmp) and in some configurations port 80 (rtmpt). Does anybody have any idea? Cheers Olaf On 6/12/07, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > its a problem with a netconnection, either when connnecting or innitial > buffer

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Streaming causes browser crash when closing a window

2007-06-12 Thread Johannes Nel
n as we use the tunneled protocol (port 80) the browser crashes when closing the window. OS X seems to handle this pretty good but windows does not like it at all. It is very strange that Adobe does not seem to be aware of this behavior. Cheers Olaf On 6/12/07, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Flashcoders] clicks on flvs with alpha channels

2007-06-15 Thread Johannes Nel
if the video is not streaming you can grab the bitmapdata underneath the mouse, if it is streaming, well there are workarounds but they are not very neat On 6/15/07, kevin dowd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I am displaying an flv with an alpha channel. ( flash 8 player ) I notice that the

Re: [Flashcoders] Passing Text From Flash To ASP

2007-06-27 Thread Johannes Nel
if its a post a request.form or if its a get a request.querystring On 6/27/07, vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I was doing some R&D on sending data from flash to Access database. Got one example on the net, i tried modifying it and it worked. Now the problem is I can't pass the text fie

Re: [Flashcoders] Sending Base64 Encoded Data As XML Data

2007-07-11 Thread Johannes Nel
some servers have inbuilt max post size limits (which are mostly alterable), you could be running into that On 7/11/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would appreciate if anyone can take a look at this code and let me know if I am on the right tracks. Basically I am uploading a file t

Re: [Flashcoders] Sending Base64 Encoded Data As XML Data

2007-07-12 Thread Johannes Nel
its simple string concatenation after the base64 encoding, although you never create a xml object, which makes me wonder why do you not just send and blob text instead of xml. On 7/12/07, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the advice Johannes Does that mean my code looks ok to y

Re: [Flashcoders] Object Detection AS3

2007-07-19 Thread Johannes Nel
if(myObj.stage) will give you back if its on the siplay tree otherwise myObj.parent == parentObj On 7/19/07, Michael Trim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Flashcoders, Learning AS3 in the deep end at the moment, so excuse the questions if too newb for this list. In AS2 I may have done something

Re: [Flashcoders] Object Detection AS3

2007-07-19 Thread Johannes Nel
essage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Nel Sent: 19 July 2007 15:40 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Object Detection AS3 the problem with your approach is that if the object does exist but is not on the display tree it will f

Re: [Flashcoders] Object Detection AS3

2007-07-19 Thread Johannes Nel
the problem with your approach is that if the object does exist but is not on the display tree it will fail On 7/19/07, Sunil Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This works for me: - var myObject:Object; if (myObject) { removeChild(myObject); } ---

Re: [Flashcoders] How to Avoid "Terminate Script" Message

2007-07-26 Thread Johannes Nel
you change change the timeout of the swf before you make it a projector with a tool such as flasm On 7/26/07, Rákos Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Split the parsing process into chunks (e.g. parse maximum n nodes in a > frame). Or if your data is static and will not change (e.g. it is >

Re: [Flashcoders] Prevent flash from caching the loaded assets

2007-08-06 Thread Johannes Nel
using openAMF i tested sending back more than 3mb of data at a time to a as2/flex1.5 client On 8/6/07, Niels Endlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AS2 for the moment... > > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Ian Thomas > Verzonden: maandag

Re: [Flashcoders] array copy with random order

2007-08-13 Thread Johannes Nel
in as3 you could just dish it up using a for each loop On 8/13/07, Cedric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > There's that good old shuffleArray, don't know if that will be > sufficient: > > function shuffleArray (arr_p:Array):Array { > var len:Number = arr_p.length, mixed:Array

Re: [Flashcoders] Classes 101 [was: Version control and Flash ]

2007-08-13 Thread Johannes Nel
i have not tested it, but in an as3 (or even a flex) project when you use the fl.motion jobbies you need to extend movieclip (i read it somewhere, but thinking about it i have used them in uicomponents so... this is prob wrong) instead of sprite. thinking about it i am wrong most prob about that, b

Re: [Flashcoders] Pls suggest some good source for video streaming with media server

2007-08-14 Thread Johannes Nel
I have idea of streaming, xml, php etc. But i need some insight to use them together effectively for this thats not really streaming. 1. video uploads over hired media server through dynamic admin file upload for dynamic online video streaming live as well as from stored videos. progressive v

Re: [Flashcoders] Pls suggest some good source for video streaming with media server

2007-08-14 Thread Johannes Nel
http://www.wowzamedia.com/index.html On 8/14/07, Jer Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Confused lurker... > > Red 5 check. FMS check. WOZA == ?? > > On 8/14/07, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I have idea of streaming, xml,

Re: [Flashcoders] AS 2.0 constructor inheritance

2007-08-14 Thread Johannes Nel
the constructer gets invoked automatically (and its the only function which does all other overrides this is not the case for) but the super class's constructer is being called without arguments so whats happening on a code level is this super(); On 8/14/07, Alan MacDougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [Flashcoders] Issues with Limelight/Streaming Video

2007-08-14 Thread Johannes Nel
charles doe snot say anothing past the innitial connection also port 80 you need to use the rtmpt protocol On 8/14/07, Sean Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Will, > > Sounds like their RTMP port is allowing you to handshake but it's not > pushing any kind of data. > > Have you tried using Char

Re: [Flashcoders] Will Flash cache streaming mp3s?

2007-08-16 Thread Johannes Nel
what you are describing sounds like a load and not streaming. streaming is when something like fms or red5 comes into play, but downloading it via http://lala.com/lala.mp3, yes it should cache depending on how you query it (a query string will cause some issues with using the cached version if the

Re: [Flashcoders] Intro to OOP using ActionScript

2007-08-20 Thread Johannes Nel
i think teaching someone OOP from the begining is not a bad idea, you are still teching them to code but around classes. you do not need to introduce more advanced concepts until later. the best free book i think is thinking in java by bruce eckel and should be easily adaptable for your needs. i a

Re: [Flashcoders] General question about data management

2007-08-31 Thread Johannes Nel
storing the xml in memory is fine, personally i prefer using models, that way when the xml changes i just need to update the query which retrieves it and the function which writes xml again. also in the flex2 paradigm with databinding models are better to work with than xml IMO. On 8/31/07, Paul S

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 -> Serial?

2007-09-10 Thread Johannes Nel
i doubt it. you can get around this with a simple app and apolo, but directly from an adobe product On 9/10/07, eric e. dolecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am curious if anyone has seen an AS3 class or knows how to go about > having > AS3 talk to a serial port (like Zinc). Is this possib

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components

2005-11-14 Thread Johannes Nel
why On 11/14/05, Hindman, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nope ... > > http://www.dwuser.com/flexcomponents/ > > -- Jeff Hindman > > -Original Message- > From: Pete Hotchkiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:43 AM > To: 'Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components

2005-11-14 Thread Johannes Nel
hat i just felt like yanking ya chain :) On 11/14/05, Dustin Krysak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe in case there are aspects of a project developed in both flash > and flex? > > Not sure otherwise. > > > > On 14-Nov-05, at 12:45 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: > &

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components

2005-11-14 Thread Johannes Nel
nday, November 14, 2005 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components > > > Maybe in case there are aspects of a project developed in both flash > and flex? > > Not sure otherwise. > > > > On 14-Nov-05, at 12:45 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: &g

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components

2005-11-14 Thread Johannes Nel
Now, post Flex > 1.5 > it's "all Flex apps look the same". > > Mars needs women. Flex needs UI designers. > > - Original Message - > From: "Johannes Nel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" > Sent: Mon

Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components

2005-11-14 Thread Johannes Nel
05 21:06 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components > > I find just the opposite; I think it's easier in Flex. > > I'm with you, though. The pendulum has swung too far to the other side. > Pre-Flash MX, it was &qu

Re: [Flashcoders] Seeking Using Collections tutorial

2005-11-16 Thread Johannes Nel
what do you mean collections - an array with a custom api? what are you trying to acheive? in flex, for databinding purposes i just need two methods public function get length():Number public function getItemAt(i:Number):yourType so that would be a good start for an api On 11/16/05, Steven Loe

Re: [Flashcoders] Xml editor

2005-11-22 Thread Johannes Nel
eclipse + oxygen. the cool thing about oxygen is that some people have figured out how to get mxml hinting in it as well On 11/22/05, Patrick Matte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What software do you people use for editing xml for your flash projects ? > > > __

Re: [Flashcoders] Better flash to Learn

2005-11-24 Thread Johannes Nel
the component framework in flash 8 and mx 2004 is the same, and understanding that will give you much greater understanding of how flex works. flex 1.5 does not support the features introduced in flash 8 like bitmap api etc, but those are in flex2 again so i would go with flash 8, know that flash 8

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