[Flashcoders] MPG1 video compression: Best settings? CD playback?

2006-05-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi all, Anyone ever encode their video files with MPG1 for use on an interactive CD? If so, what kind of settings do you use? I found that Adobe Media Encoder works well for outputting mpg1 video files (comes with Adobe Premiere Pro). TIA. :) Cheers, Micky

Re: [Flashcoders] MPG1 video compression: Best settings? CD playback?

2006-05-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Jon Bradley wrote: It depends on what you term as a good quality. What's the dimensions, how will it be played (Quicktime, Windows Media)? Not quicktime... Windows media... actually, this is for a director project. I chose MPG1 because I read that a high number of Mac and PC users already

[Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.

2006-09-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I have a text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll from bottom of screen to top of screen... it looks like crap using motion tween. Very choppy movement, not smooth at all. Any fixes? I am assuming

[solved] Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.

2006-09-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Kurt Dommermuth wrote: You could turn it into a bitmap mc.cacheAsBitmap = true; That should help. Woot! That worked great! Thanks Kurt, you da man! :D Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My:

Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.

2006-09-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Chris, thanks for the response, I really appreciate your time. Chris Hill wrote: ...[snip]... This will convert the text to one big bitmap, and use fast pixel copying to display just the rect you want. Peace Right on! Thanks for snippet! I really appreciate it, very cool! :D Looks like

Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.

2006-09-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Vibol, thanks for your response, it is greatly appreciated. :) Vibol Hou wrote: Are you using a pixel font? I a similar issue with a large block of pixel fonts and motion+shape tweening. The only solution I found was to anti-alias the pixel font for the large block of text. Thanks for

Re: [Flashcoders] Unsubscribe me please

2006-10-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Miguel Angel Sánchez wrote: LOL Count Schemula escribió: On 10/5/06, Everett Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unsubscribe me please No. Hehe, funny. Esp. after a few beers. :) -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:Justifying Flash 8 Content

2006-10-31 Thread Micky Hulse
Merrill, Jason wrote: Video capabilities can be a big seller - also the fact most people have it now is another. The much enhanced security of the 8 player could be your Ace of Spades though. Might be hard to convince them that the blur, dropshadow, glow etc. effects you can do dynamically

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:wmode=transparent and alpha transparency

2006-11-06 Thread Micky Hulse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there cross browser issues with wmode=transparent? Hi Jim, I think this article is still relevant: http://snipurl.com/m08r It should answer your questions... or give you better ideas for what to search for via google search. Good luck, Chers, Micky --

[Flashcoders] Noob question: Text effects, apps/components?

2006-11-12 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi all, Sorry if this is noob question, but it has been several months since I have had to do fancy text effects in Flash... I am on XP pro using FP8... What is currently the best component or external app for creating flash-based text effects? Swishmax still the standard?

[Flashcoders] Flash 8: Code editors

2006-11-17 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, Just curious what you all use to write/edit your actionscripts/.as files. I thought this looked good: http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php Suggestions would be great. Many thanks. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?:

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8: Code editors

2006-11-17 Thread Micky Hulse
Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: Hands down the best Actionscript 2/3 (XML/HTML/JS/TXT) editor I've ever used. It's autocompletion and dynamic code hinting is second to none. Hi Steven, thanks for the quick response. :) Oh, nice, it will work with other langs too? I do not see php as a part

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8: Code editors

2006-11-17 Thread Micky Hulse
Muzak wrote: If you're looking for an IDE that can handle multiple languages, including server side languages, check out Eclipse and its various plugins: Great list! Thanks for sharing. :) I am definitely looking for a good code editor. I regularly code in CSS/PHP/HTML/JS... and I am now

[Flashcoders] Loading library movie clips sequentially? Best way to do this?

2006-11-29 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, Here is the scoop: I have 36 movie clips in my library that get placed on stage via actionscript... Long story short, I would like to load each clip one at a time, for example: movie_clip-01 fully loads and animates into position, then movie_clip-02 loads and animates into position,

Re: [Flashcoders] Loading library movie clips sequentially? Best way to do this?

2006-11-29 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, Great info all! Many thanks Andy, Alain, and Rasmus. I really appreciate your time. So, it sounds like the consensus is to externally load the clips... Hehe, that makes a lot more sense. :) @Andy: Thanks for example code. That actually looks like what I would like to do... A few month back

Re: [Flashcoders] Loading library movie clips sequentially? Best way todo this?

2006-11-29 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Jason, thanks for input, I really appreciate your time and insight. Merrill, Jason wrote: ... snip ... onMotionFinished event and such things went back to normal. I only respond because you were asking for the best way to do this. - this was just my experience. For sure. The best way

Re: [Flashcoders] Loading library movie clips sequentially? Best way to do this?

2006-11-30 Thread Micky Hulse
Merrill, Jason wrote: I just keep my own static Animation class handy, which simplifies the tween and transition classes: ...snip... Instead of a static class like above, you could also write one that extends movie clip and adds animation methods. Then associate your movie clip with that class.

Re: [Flashcoders] Loading library movie clips sequentially?

2006-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Jack Doyle wrote: http://www.greensock.com/actionscript/tweenlite/ http://www.greensock.com/actionscript/PreloadAssetManager/ Good luck. Jack, you da' man! This is great, so many helpful people on this list! Many thanks Jack and all... I may be back with more questions... I love learning

[Flashcoders] Attach sub class to swf which is loaded via attachMovie()?

2006-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Just curious if it is possible to extend/apply a sub class to a swf which is loaded via attachMovie()? TIA, Cheers, M -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse

Re: [Flashcoders] Attach sub class to swf which is loaded via attachMovie()?

2006-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Excellent! Many many many thanks Yehia and EKA... I have not had any luck finding examples on the www... both examples will be great for me to learn from. :D Thanks again! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8

[Flashcoders] loadClip vs loadMovie: swf's losing control... literally

2006-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, Before I hit hay, I noticed loadClip() is causing my loaded swf to loose control... I can't seem to tell the loaded clip(s) to do anything (targMc.play(), targMc.stop(), targMc.goToFrame())... Is this normal behavior, or am I doing things wrong (can post code later if need be)? It

Re: [Flashcoders] loadClip vs loadMovie: swf's losing control... literally

2006-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Micky Hulse wrote: Just curious if my sleep deprived thinking is on the right track... if so, how do you handle similar situation? Well, I feel like a dolt... this whole day I have been banging my head on keyboard trying to figure out why I could not get totalframes, or control the inner

[Flashcoders] Book: Flash 8 reference?

2006-12-04 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, I hope all is well. ;) This book was a good purchase: ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript2/ Can someone point me to a similar book, but more recent? Most FP8 books I have found, are more geared towards project-based

Re: [Flashcoders] Book: Flash 8 reference?

2006-12-04 Thread Micky Hulse
Micky Hulse wrote: Any suggestions would be great. Off-list replies are welcome too. :) Thanks Dan and Radley, I plan on going to bookstore tomorrow... your suggestions will save me some time poking around. :) Thanks, Cheers, M -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http

Re: [Flashcoders] Book: Flash 8 reference?

2006-12-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Charles Parcell wrote: I just pick this book up a week ago and am about half way through it. I ...snip... But this is all ActionScript 3.0 stuff (but the design patterns book can be applied to AS 2.0 as well). Right on! Thanks for tips Charles, I appreciate the info/reccomendations. :) Have

Re: [Flashcoders] Good book on vectors / collisions for games

2006-12-09 Thread Micky Hulse
Paul Steven wrote: Just working on a game at the moment that involves various balls colliding. Not specific to games, but you might want to thumb through: Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move! (Foundation) (Paperback) -- by Keith Peters http://snipurl.com/14mwk Definitely

Re: [Flashcoders] 2nd Try: Urgent - IE rendering SWF larger than FF

2006-12-09 Thread Micky Hulse
Ian Thomas wrote: Try replacing your 'scale=noscale' parameter (and the param version) with 'scaleMode=noScale' You might also want to think about using: http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ Once you get the JS setup, embedding flash is a breeze. Maybe it will also fix your probs. Good

Re: [Flashcoders] Extracting SWF height and width from php

2006-12-11 Thread Micky Hulse
function get_img_size($loc) { # Get the image size of the file. # Array returned gets populated with getimagesize() values: /* Array ( [0] = 60 [1] = 41 [2] = 2 [3] = width=60 height=41 [bits]

Re: [Flashcoders] loading thumbnails into a scrollable box via AS

2006-12-12 Thread Micky Hulse
Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: First, break it up into different pieces. The first piece is the XML parsing, the second piece is drawing the thumbnails, and the third piece is scrolling the thumbnails. ...snip... Thanks Steven for the post/tutorial/example, great info. :) Cheers, M --

[Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-13 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, A few weeks back I found a site that had all the different mx.transition classes setup for showing examples of each... it was a pretty basic Flash site... does this ring a bell for anyone? Anyone know of a similar site that lets you test different variations of the transition classes?

Re: [Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-13 Thread Micky Hulse
eric dolecki wrote: here is a basic one: http://www.ericd.net/blog_images/transitions.html Perfect! That is the one. If it is not too much trouble, feel free to send other example sites. :) Thanks Eric! I appreciate the help. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch:

Re: [Flashcoders] MX transitions: Website that shows examples?

2006-12-14 Thread Micky Hulse
Micky Hulse wrote: Anyone know of a similar site that lets you test different variations of the transition classes? Thanks for all the replies all, I really appreciate the advice and links. :) And yes, Fuse looks very cool. Found this vid tut site a while back that does a good job at showing

Re: [Flashcoders] firefox hangs with wmode=transparent

2007-01-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Oliver Müller wrote: This problem only occurs in Firefox - I got no problems in IE or Safari. Use SWFobject, and try opaque instead of transparent. You might find my post on Sitepoint helpful: http://snipurl.com/14tmi Good luck, Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9

Re: [Flashcoders] div over swf

2007-01-24 Thread Micky Hulse
Manolet Gmail wrote: is there anyway to makes the div appears over the swf? Use SWFobject, and try opaque wmode. You might find my post on Sitepoint helpful: http://snipurl.com/14tmi Additionally, you will probably have to play around with relative/absolute positioning and z-index... but

[Flashcoders] Invisible re-draw

2007-01-25 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello. True or false: A Flash banner will not re-draw on the screen, via browser for example, if there is no animation happening? If above is true, is it possible to make flash re-draw even without animation happening? Sorry if silly question... just trying to trouble-shoot some web probs.

Re: [Flashcoders] Invisible re-draw

2007-01-25 Thread Micky Hulse
Mick G wrote: Will updateafterevent() help? http://www.webpronews.com/webdevelopment/webapplications/wpn-27-20040521updateAfterEventExplained.html Oooh, this looks interesting. :) Thanks Mick! ;) Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/

Re: [Flashcoders] Invisible re-draw

2007-01-25 Thread Micky Hulse
Shang wrote: But I feel the Flash redraw itself all the time. your FPS decides how many times it redraw regardless of any changes. Ah, really? Even if timeline has hit a stop action and/or no animation is happening? Interesting... hmm, re-thinking my thinking here. Thanks for reply Shang,

Re: [Flashcoders] Invisible re-draw

2007-01-26 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi all, many many thanks for your responses, I really appreciate the help and input. :) eric dolecki wrote: The player draws constantly what is on stage. Vector takes more horses than bitmap (in fact unless a bitmap moves or changes, its static (won't be redrawn - hence the cacheAsBitmap

Re: [Flashcoders] Need a volunteer Flash Programmer

2007-01-31 Thread Micky Hulse
Mick G wrote: This is very small and non-profit. I cannot pay you Classic! You may wish to read this... http://positionrelative.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/craigs-pissed/ Mick! Thanks for sharing link! Good read. Adding to my delicious. :) -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch:

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV issue within IE7?

2007-02-19 Thread Micky Hulse
Not sure if this will even com close to helping: http://wiltgen.net/objecty/ GL, M Charles Parcell wrote: Anyone have suggestions on what I could possibly do to correct my FLVs not appearing in IE7? I have a project which loads in an FLV at runtime (same domain and folder even). When run in

Re: [Flashcoders] Bumpmapping!

2007-02-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Ian Thomas wrote: My oh my... I stumbled over this post from one of the from the PaperVision3D team this morning: http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/flash_examples/flash_9_pv_3d_example_3d_bumpm.html Nice examples... thanks for sharing link. Impressive. So, who need Director these days? :D

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Hey all. Thanks for all the great replies... Thanks for all the help. :) Unfortunately, it looks like all my replies to your emails have bounced from the chattyfig address... not sure why. I will try to re-organize my responses and send again -- hopefully they go through this time! Thanks,

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
NOTE: All my replies to the list bounced yesterday... so I am re-sending... Sorry in advance if below email is not formatted well. Kinda frustrated that my emails bounced -- Time wasted. :( Hi Kalani, many thanks for your help! Your reply has greatly helped me. :) Kalani Bright wrote: I

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
NOTE: Not sure why bounced emails... The error was: I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. Re-sending email(s)... sorry in advance if fomatting is screwy. :( Stan Vassilev wrote: Well the future is AS3. AS3

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Note: Sorry about the funky formatting. Muzak wrote: Hi Micky, see inline reply. Hi Muzak, ditto. :) I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and found myself pondering this: Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS? That (as always) depends on your goal

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Note: Grrr, this is the one thing I hate about Thunderbird and text-only emails hard to reply/copy/paste quoted emails and retain the nice formatting. Kalani Bright wrote: As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash. If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex.

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-07 Thread Micky Hulse
Dave Watts wrote: I unsubscribed the address that was causing the bounces. Sorry for the inconvenience. Ah, no prob. :) Thanks for all of your hard work. Sorry if I spammed the list with my funk-ily formatted emails. Hehe. Btw, thanks to everyone for all of the help, I really appreciate it.

Re: [Flashcoders] Tile a vector Graphic symbol across stage horizontally?

2007-03-24 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi again. Just wanted to let folks know that my emails take many hours to hit list... so if anyone has responded I will respond asap in order to thank you. :) Seems like the list has slowed-down in last few days. Cheers, M -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch:

Re: [Flashcoders] Tile a vector Graphic symbol across stage horizontally?

2007-03-24 Thread Micky Hulse
Micky Hulse wrote: FP8: What would be the best way to tile a vector graphic symbol horizontally across the stage using AS? I have used beginBitmapFill() for a bitmap, and that works well... but what would be the best way to programatically tile a graphic symbol? Hi, I got my question figured

Re: [Flashcoders] Tile a vector Graphic symbol across stagehorizontally?

2007-03-25 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Daniel! Thanks for the quick response, I really appreciate your help. Holth, Daniel C. wrote: Hope that helps! Oh! That solution is much more elegant than the one I came up with! Thanks Daniel! I really appreciate it. :) Have a great day/night! Many thanks for the code sample, I owe

Re: [Flashcoders] Tile a vector Graphic symbol across stage horizontally?

2007-03-25 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, Micky Hulse wrote: The fill seems to use the stage as top/left as the starting registration point for my fill... I would like to have the fill start via the top/left corner of my lines above (0, 239). I ended up using a parent movie clip to do this... problem solved! :D Lol

Re: [Flashcoders] [FP8, AS2] Rules of thumb: Coding tips?

2007-07-27 Thread Micky Hulse
Hey Eric, thanks for the fast reply, I really appreciate the help. eric e. dolecki wrote: Void or void is used when the method doesn't return a value. That make sense. :) So, just to clarify further, if the function returns anything then assign the function (is this called casting a

Re: [Flashcoders] [FP8, AS2] Rules of thumb: Coding tips?

2007-07-28 Thread Micky Hulse
eric e. dolecki wrote: the compiler will point this out for you. I see now. :) Thanks Eric, you have been very helpful. I really appreciate it. Have a great day/night. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlists: http://snipurl.com/1gqpj Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8

Re: [Flashcoders] [FP8, AS2] Rules of thumb: Coding tips?

2007-07-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Pedro Taranto wrote: if you want to return diferent types in one function you dont specify any return data type Ah, sounds good to me. I was not sure if it was bad practice to not specify a type. if you wanna use an auxiliary 'object' to use as a reference to another, try to use the same

Re: [Flashcoders] [FP8, AS2] Rules of thumb: Coding tips?

2007-07-29 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Alan, thanks for reply. Alan MacDougall wrote: Well, if you want to write strictly, and if you're interested in exactly what data type your method returns, you can specify a return type of Object (the parent of every other AS class): Ooooh, nice! Thanks for the code snippet and tips!

Re: [Flashcoders] Estimate FLV file size?

2007-12-23 Thread Micky Hulse
Latcho wrote: 512 Kbits / 8 bitsperbyte = streaming 64 KBytes per sec = 3840 KBytes per minute = (3840 / 1024) 3.75 MBytes Wow, thanks for that. ;) Interesting stuff. I finally had a chance to compress a vid (using settings I mentioned in first post) and the file size was compressed to

Re: [Flashcoders] Estimate FLV file size?

2007-12-26 Thread Micky Hulse
Cory Petosky wrote: To be picky about nomenclature -- ...snip... the number in mind to make sure it makes sense. :) Wow, great additional info! Thanks Cory. :) Kinda reminds me of the width always comes first for measurements. Thank you for the detailed info. I am definitely bookmarking this

Re: [Flashcoders] frameworks and flash

2008-11-14 Thread Micky Hulse
Can anyone suggest a framework that would work best for cartoon/experimental animations (vs. a website-oriented framework.) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash and MySQL

2010-01-29 Thread Micky Hulse
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: I doubt this would really catch on because FlashPlayer is client side and MySQL is server side - you would normally talk to your webserver with Flash and get server side code to do the MySQL work. What Glen says makes

[Flashcoders] Loading policy file(s): Need pro help! :)

2010-02-05 Thread Micky Hulse
I have asked this question on a few different forums with no responses... I am hoping ya'll can help! :) Example code: == package blah.blah.blah { // Imports... dynamic public class Main extends MovieClip { public function Main() {

[Flashcoders] Re: Loading policy file(s): Need pro help! :)

2010-02-08 Thread Micky Hulse
I have asked this question on a few different forums with no responses... I am hoping ya'll can help! :) Normally I do not need to specifically tell my AS3 about a policy file, but loading assets from Amazon S3 will not work without it. Is it possible to crack open the param object and throw a

Re: [Flashcoders] Hello Everyone!!

2010-04-19 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi! I am kinda new to this listing thing. I am on here cause a friend of my uses this for help with AS3. Is there a faq about how this works, so I don't waste anyones time.. Check out the policies from WebDesign-l and CSS-d: http://webdesign-l.com/policies/

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread Micky Hulse
I would love to see a Thoughts on Apple letter from Adobe. :) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread Micky Hulse
I would love to see a Thoughts on Apple letter from Adobe. :) This is close enough: http://mashable.com/2010/04/29/jon-stewart-apple/ :D ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] paper effect

2010-06-23 Thread Micky Hulse
Not sure if this will be helpful, but Indesign can output PDFs to a flip action PDF. This thread has some good info and links: http://www.listsearch.com/InDesign/Thread/index.lasso?20365#first Ofc, it sounds like you want to learn how to do it yourself. :) Thanks for that link Ryan! M

[Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, I am using this class: http://code.google.com/p/as3-multiple-file-preloader/ And I need to determine the display object type (i.e. is it MovieClip or Bitmap). trace(getQualifiedClassName(loadedDisplayObject)); Gives me this output (in a loop of 3 images and 1 swf loaded):

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Henrik! Thanks for the quick reply, I really appreciate it. :) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: It fails the empty base class test. It is an extremely bad way. Ah, I am glad I asked! :D Any tips on a better way to test display object if it is

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Glen! Many thanks for the quick reply and example code. I really appreciate it! :) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: How about up-casting: var mc:MovieClip = loadedDisplayObject as MovieClip; if(mc) {    mc.play(); } else {    //could be a bitmap,

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: Sorry, I meant downcast No worries! I appreciate the code sample and help. That did the trick. :) Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: If your downcast does not work - the as bit - your variable will be null -it does not throw exceptions. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/operators.html#as Excellent! Thanks for

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Karim! Many thanks for the reply and code sample! I really appreciate the help. :) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Karim Beyrouti ka...@kurst.co.uk wrote: attached a class that does that, hope it helps... Doh! Looks like the Flash Coders List does not allow attachments! :( Do you have a

Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?

2010-12-04 Thread Micky Hulse
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Karim Beyrouti ka...@kurst.co.uk wrote: Hopefully the line breaks here wont be too bad, pasting the code: Very nice!!! Many thanks Karim I will test it out and let you know how it goes. :) Have an excellent day/night! Cheers, Micky

[Flashcoders] Where to start: Video player with pre-roll and tracking?

2010-12-10 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, The company I worked for used to use Brightcove for their video hosting... Long story short, we ditched BC because they were just too darned expensive. My question(s): How would I go about implementing a video player that has pre-roll videos? We would probably use our ad serving

[Flashcoders] How to utilize this code: public static const: Need help understanding...

2011-01-12 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, Surfing around the net, I found this class: http://snipplr.com/view/27981/from-as2-to-as3--where-did-it-go--setrgb--mck/ The code I would like some help with: code public class MyClass { // Public static constants: public static const

Re: [Flashcoders] How to utilize this code: public staticconst: Needhelp understanding...

2011-01-12 Thread Micky Hulse
Thank you Peter and Jason! Your replies have been very helpful. :) @Peter: Ah, I am not sure why I did not think to look at the original author's website. So, it looks like leftovers from AS2 upgrade (and/or like Jason says, debugging/metadata purposes). @Jason: Thanks for the example code

[Flashcoders] Call method by name: A few questions...

2011-01-14 Thread Micky Hulse
Abbreviated AS3: == import com.google.maps.controls.*; // Setter: public function set controls($a:Array):void { _controls = $a; // Array of string method names. }; private function onMapReady($e:Event):void { // This works: _map.addControl(new ZoomControl());

Re: [Flashcoders] Call method by name: A few questions...

2011-01-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi All! Many thanks for the replies, I really appreciate the pro help. :) See inline replies below: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I'm not sure if this is what you're asking for. Doh, sorry if my question was a little convoluted and ambiguous. :( new

Re: [Flashcoders] Call method by name: A few questions...

2011-01-18 Thread Micky Hulse
Here is my latest solution: Document class: === import com.foo.util.GoogleMaps; ... _map.controls = ['PositionControl', 'ZoomControl', 'MapTypeControl', 'ScaleControl', 'OverviewMapControl']; === Here's com.foo.util.GoogleMaps: === import

[Flashcoders] Archives?

2011-04-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, Sorry to bug the list with this... When I go to visit the list archives, it looks like the most recent archive is from 2007. Maybe I am missing something? Anyone know where I can go to search through more recent archives? I would like to find a thread I started from about a year ago...

Re: [Flashcoders] Archives?

2011-04-15 Thread Micky Hulse
don't remember title of thread though. :( Thanks for your help! I greatly appreciate it! :) -- Micky Hulse Web Content Editor The Register-Guard 3500 Chad Drive Eugene, OR 97408 Phone: (541) 338-2621 Fax: (541) 683-7631 Web: http://www.registerguard.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Archives?

2011-04-15 Thread Micky Hulse
I was sent the archived message off-list. Thanks Paul! Have a great day all. Happy coding. Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Hello, About a year ago, for my work, I built a simple SWF app that loads two other SWFs. Today, a client sent us two AS3/FP10 SWF files that would not load into my app. I think I have narrowed the problem down to the TLF text. I mostly use CS3 (not by choice) so TLF text is new to me... I do

[Flashcoders] Re: TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-15 Thread Micky Hulse
Oh, one last question: 4. What exactly is that SWZ file? I have read that it speeds up the loading of your SWF via caching this file... It appears to be related to TLF text. I dunno... I think I would avoid TLF for most of my projects if I had to lug around an additional SWZ file. Then again,

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-16 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Henrik! Thank you so much for the help, I really appreciate it. :) See my replies inline below. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Long story short, the TLF library is implemented in actionscript. Said library is hosted on adobe's servers. In

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-16 Thread Micky Hulse
Wow, after having searched for Flash SafeLoader, I am finding lots of info. http://www.stevensacks.net/2010/05/28/flash-cs5-tlf-engine-causes-errors-with-loaded-swfs/ (looks like a lot of folks are not liking TLF if you read the comments.)

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-17 Thread Micky Hulse
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:02 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Some people think so. It's a few hundred kb. But with the RSL preloader that cost is offloaded to the Adobe hosts. You only pay for the preloader that is just a few kb. Thanks again Henrik! I really appreciate all

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-18 Thread Micky Hulse
Thanks for all the additional information Kevin and Henrik! Just out of curiosity, do you guys (or others on the list) use TLF text boxes much? You know what's interesting, I just created a new CS5 document and created a text box on the stage, and the default was Classic Text! In my previous

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-18 Thread Micky Hulse
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Just out of curiosity, do you guys (or others on the list) use TLF text boxes much? I have yet to need it. I don't to such projects. Ah, that's good to know! Thanks for the reply. :) FYI, for those curious, I

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-18 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi! Thanks for the reply Kevin, I really appreciate it. On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com wrote: I haven't had a lot of opportunity or need for it yet, but it's on the list - it's necessary for some things like international text input. I'll definately be

Re: [Flashcoders] TLF: Questions... My situation... Your thoughts?

2011-04-19 Thread Micky Hulse
Just as an update... I realized that my app was getting published as FP9... Changing to FP10 helped. :) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-20 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, I was just curious if there is a neat way to test if a class has been attached as a document class or if it has been attached to an object (i.e. library symbol). I am trying to kick the dust my AS3 braincells here... For some reason I can't think of a good way to do this. My goal: 1.

[Flashcoders] Re: Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-20 Thread Micky Hulse
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry if simple one... I am sure I am overlooking a good/easy solution here. :) Ah, this works: https://gist.github.com/933493 Specifically: public static var CLASS_REF:Class = Test; ... if (this.root

Re: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-20 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Erik, thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it. :) On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: Put a function in your document class and check if the function is defined? Hmm, sorry, I might not have explained things too well. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-21 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Henrik, thanks so much for the reply/feedback, I really appreciate it. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: The first one is if it was never added to any symbol. Ah, interesting. Good point. I am thinking that maybe I could check if typeof is

Re: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-21 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Jason! Thanks so much for the constructive feedback, I really appreciate it. :) On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: This is one of those occasional questions where I would ask, even if you could do this, why would it really be necessary

Re: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-21 Thread Micky Hulse
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: I assume that is how I would account for a timeline instance? Ah, I think I know what you mean now. I could do something like: public function Test($this:Object = null) { ... and use the passed-in value if one has

Re: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-21 Thread Micky Hulse
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: Nope. Timeline instances can, but doesn't have to, be Sprites too. And the change is in fact useless for the purpose of detecting this scenario. Ah, interesting. Thanks for the clarification! I appreciate the help.

Re: [Flashcoders] Test if class is attached to document or symbol?

2011-04-21 Thread Micky Hulse
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.com wrote: I have updated my code to use the above concept. Is that what you mean? Sorry, here's the url: https://gist.github.com/933493 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders

[Flashcoders] swf background color: Set via embed or flashvar?

2011-04-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, Stupid question, but... I have a small project that I am working on where I would like the background color of the swf be controlled by the end user. Should I build in some AS3 to position a background sprite on stage, and then set its color via flashvar, or can I depend on the embed code

Re: [Flashcoders] swf background color: Set via embed or flashvar?

2011-04-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Kevin, thanks so much for the help/reply. I really appreciate it. :) On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Kevin Newman capta...@unfocus.com wrote: As long as you don't have something obscuring the background, you can set that in the embed code using a very old bgcolor parameter: param

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