[Flashcoders] gotoAnd* stopped working today?!?!?!?!?!?

2005-10-26 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello there, today something very, very strange happened with my flash project. What Flash should do is no big deal: In the first frame, I have this code: if (this == _root) { trace(starting solo); _root.collapse_values.sound_atmo.start(0, 999); initialize(); is_initialized

Re: [Flashcoders] how to access mcs dinamically

2005-10-28 Thread Roman Blöth
Jorge Rego wrote: Hi list, I have some MCs named mc1, mc2, mc3 ... I'm trying to access them like this: mc[number].someProperty ... but no luck! How can this be done!? just do it like this: [mc_+number].someProperty - when referencing mc's by name you have to put it in square brackets...

Re: [Flashcoders] LoadVars + sendAndLoad + PERL + FireFox = Problem

2005-11-15 Thread Roman Blöth
Philip Isaacs schrieb: I've seen this posted on a number of websites, but not many useful solutions. I built this nifty application in Flash that reads data from an Oracle database via a Perl cgi script and loads this info back into Flash. The only problem is that I use a Mac and everything

Re: [Flashcoders] Firefox flash plugin problem?

2005-12-01 Thread Roman Blöth
Van De Velde Hans schrieb: [..] FYI: Authored in Flash 8 with ActionScript 2, published to Flash 7. and looking at it with flash plugin 8 on Windows XP Pro with Firefox 1.5. Sorry, no help from me, but I can support the statement that there indeed are problems with Flash player 8 and Firefox!

Re: [Flashcoders] POST form data and receive XML?

2005-12-14 Thread Roman Blöth
Dear Mike, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Yes you can post values using loadVars and recieve an xml string back in return. I am doing so now using php to output back xml. [..] var newLoad = new LoadVars(); newLoad.sendAndLoad(whatever.php, myXml); Thanks a load! You saved me a lot of

[Flashcoders] Crossdomain data exchange

2005-12-15 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello flashcoders, this thing is driving me mad... My swf (published for flash player 7 under Flash MX) just can't load data from another domain. In our intranet the computers all have fully qualified domain names. On main.ourweb.net the swf is running (embedded in a HTML page, of course).

Re: [Flashcoders] Crossdomain data exchange

2005-12-16 Thread Roman Blöth
Chris Hill schrieb: I'd say your best bet is to use Charles to debug the interaction to make sure that the domains that you're calling are doing what you expect: Charles: http://www.xk72.com/charles/index.php Tutorial (shameless self-plug) http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=92 Record the

Re: [Flashcoders] Problems with XML

2005-12-16 Thread Roman Blöth
Jose Maria Barros schrieb: Im having some problems loading an XML file into flash. The client inserts in the databse some elements and then an ASP page creates the xml file and flash reads it. [..] Here is the code that i use in flash: //XML ementa_xml = new XML(); _root.myEmenta = new

Re: [Flashcoders] Movie Clip Loaded or not

2005-12-22 Thread Roman Blöth
Sumeet Kumar schrieb: Hi All I m using loadMovie Command to load a image in an empty Movieclip. but how to check whether the image is loaded or not. i.e mc.loadMovie (image.jpg) id = setInterval(fnCheckUploading,1) fnCheckUploading =function () { if

Re: [Flashcoders] class conflicts

2006-01-06 Thread Roman Blöth
PR Durand schrieb: Hi List Nobody answered me yesterday but I need to konw what happens please... When I generate my movie, I sometimes get a class name conflict error... but there are 3 problems in this error: - if I wait 2 or 3 minutes wihtout using flash before compiling, I don't have this

[Flashcoders] MX 2004 and keyboard shortcuts

2006-01-18 Thread Roman Blöth
Hey there, has someone ever managed to change the keyboard shortcuts for Flash's AS-editor's copy paste from ctrl-c / ctrl-v to ctrl-ins / shift ins? The menu item Edit - Keyboard Shortcuts lets me change these settings explicitly, if I switch to my own settings (cannot change these for

Re: [Flashcoders] MX 2004 and keyboard shortcuts

2006-01-18 Thread Roman Blöth
Steven Sacks schrieb: Because they're system level not application level. Well, I always thought shift-/ctrl-ins IS system level under windows. At least it works in any of my programs except macromedia So it more seems like this not-functioning is due to the application, not the system?!

Re: [Flashcoders] nested MC not firing event

2006-01-26 Thread Roman Blöth
Martin Wood schrieb: So you have something like this : MC_A --¬(uses mouse handlers) MC_B(also uses mouse handlers) Where A is B's parent but A has some handlers defined and none of the handlers in B will work. The way around it is to introduce a common parent to A and B which

Re: [Flashcoders] nested MC not firing event

2006-01-26 Thread Roman Blöth
Kent Humphrey schrieb: On 26 Jan 2006, at 11:01, Roman Blöth wrote: Yes, that unfortunately is the only way to go - Director btw does this much better: With Lingo you can pass every event, so it reaches all objects that want to receive them... I'm a Lingo refugee, feel my pain

Re: [Flashcoders] clearing variables from memory after use...

2006-02-01 Thread Roman Blöth
dls schrieb: Might be counting angels on a pin head here, but: if I set alot ( think hundreds) of _global variables such as: _global.state1 = Wisconsin; I assume they slow the performance of my player. Is there a way to clear them after use? (or more specifically, the ones I don't need -- I

Re: [Flashcoders] clearing variables from memory after use...

2006-02-02 Thread Roman Blöth
j.c.wichman schrieb: Hi Roman, You describe my_var =null as being useless, but this should be enough for the garbage collector to come along and reclaim an object? With respect to the static issue, what do you mean with 'static instances' ? Could u provide an example of such an object with isn't

Re: [Flashcoders] clearing variables from memory after use...

2006-02-02 Thread Roman Blöth
David Rorex schrieb: my_var = null; and delete my_var; should do exactly the same thing...delete doesn't actually delete the object, only the reference to the object. it doesn't get removed from memory until later (when the GC feels like it) Well, we observe different behaviour here: After

[Flashcoders] XML-Object: How to detect server-timeout?!

2006-02-05 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello folks, a question comes into my mind while working with XML-Objects: How do you detect when the server is not reachable? Here in my working-environment when I simply detach the testing server from the ethernet, my sendAndLoad() starts and then nothing happens any more - the receiving

Re: [Flashcoders] XML load hang...

2006-02-10 Thread Roman Blöth
David Cohn schrieb: Hey all, It seems that sometimes when I issue a load on an XML object, the onLoad function doesn't get called until something or other happens in Flash e.g. moving the mouse! Anyone see this behavior? And/or know why? This must be some side effect you're observing.

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Design patterns

2006-02-23 Thread Roman Blöth
Anggie Bratadinata schrieb: Stephane, that's a good article. [..] Take a look at this interesting interview of Erich Gamma about Design Patters (How to use): http://blog.itpub.net/post/1087/48817 And - if not already mentioned here - think about buying the book Head First - Design Patterns

[Flashcoders] once again: How to interrupt MovieClipLoader.loadClip()

2006-03-20 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello folks, I know this matter rises nearly as often as the sun, and I've read but not kept all these postings here and thought I got it, but now I'm giving it a try and it doesn't seem to work. I have a mother-mc which should preload several external swf files while the user isn't doing

Re: [Flashcoders] once again: How to interrupt MovieClipLoader.loadClip()

2006-03-21 Thread Roman Blöth
Roman Blöth schrieb: [..] In any case the MovieClipLoader finishes the loading progress currently running before handling the empty or the new download, no matter when I try to interrupt the download. Man, there must be some way to interrupt a running loadClip-progress!? Finally I found

Re: [Flashcoders] While and Var

2006-03-21 Thread Roman Blöth
Laurent CUCHET schrieb: 1) I create dynamic textfield with while option I try to create dynamic border and content without success / var dtd; var spa; var spa1; var dt = 0; while (dt=99) { dtd = var+dt; spa = dt*5; spa1 = (dt*15)+45;

Re: [Flashcoders] AS Files question

2006-03-21 Thread Roman Blöth
Patrick Jean schrieb: Greetings. I'm pretty new to the external AS files concept and I have a quick question. I made a first external class, let's call it Class A I also created a second external class. Let's call it Class B If I want to properly reference Class B from within the

Re: [Flashcoders] AS Files question

2006-03-21 Thread Roman Blöth
Patrick Jean schrieb: [..] So in my 2nd Class , I put : - import SequencerOBJ; class ComOBJ extends LoadVars { private var myTest:SequencerOBJ=new SequencerOBJ(It works); public function ComOBJ() {

Re: [Flashcoders] referencing my main movieclip in a movie clip that is above(i think)

2006-03-21 Thread Roman Blöth
Jose Maria Barros schrieb: Hi...i know that is a newbie question, but..here it goes: I have a swf A. When i press a button in it, i load an external swf B into swf A. When i click a button in swf A , i wanted to swf B reach a variable that is in an movieclip that is in swf A. I tried this in

Re: [Flashcoders] referencing my main movieclip in a movie clip that is above(i think)

2006-03-22 Thread Roman Blöth
Jose Maria Barros schrieb: Hello Roman. I tried this in my swf B: this._parent.animBotoes_mc.gotoAndStop(link); but...it doesnt work... so is animBotoes_mc the parent? Then you can't write it like above, since animBotoes_mc does not contain animBotoes_mc, I assume... Regards, Roman. --

[Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Crash in player 7, fine in player 8

2006-04-04 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello folks, once again flash strikes my mind: I've made a small test movie to test my ClipLoader-class, which stores and handles loading queues using a MovieClipLoader. To make a stress test I queue 5 larger swf files for loading on button press (made another button for testing a

Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Crash in player 7, fine in player 8

2006-04-04 Thread Roman Blöth
Martin Weiser schrieb: i got similar problem, not possible to access MovieClip.getBytes...() methods, and also affecting progress value of movieClipLoader onProgress event . Maybe show more of your script O.k., seems like I have hit a spot. ;) One addition to the phenomenons we're

Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Crash in player 7, fine in player 8

2006-04-04 Thread Roman Blöth
O.k., we've some sort of cure for strange loadClip-behaviors: Between onLoadInit and the next call to loadClip we set a delay of about 500ms (using a setInterval which then invoces the next loadClip) and now we have no crashes any more. That is: When (pre-) loading several external files in

Re: [Flashcoders] MovieClipLoader - Warning / onLoadComplete vs. onLoadInit

2006-04-04 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello again, some final words about this thread: One part of our problems we had with the MovieClipLoader has been our handling of events. So after having tested our thing some billion times and burning several brain cells I want to issue a warning: Beware of onLoadComplete! If possible,

Re: [Flashcoders] Font jumping cross platform

2006-04-26 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello there, Adrian Penn schrieb: I've also experienced this problem or something very similar. I was given a handful of .fla files for a project a while back. All of these files were authored on a Mac. When we opened them on a PC - many of the text fields looked substantially

[Flashcoders] MD5, escape and ASP.NET-urlEncode

2006-08-14 Thread Roman Blöth
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[Flashcoders] Searching for screensaver-maker

2006-11-06 Thread Roman Blöth
Hi folks, I'm currently looking for a tool for creating Win- (and possibly OS/X-) Screensavers out of Flash movies. The important thing here is: The tool should be able to create a subdirectory-structure with many files, since this time the Flash movie I shall make must read many XML-files

[Flashcoders] Strange phenomenon: FLV / Flash 7 not showing

2006-11-07 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello flashcoders, a strange phenomenon happens here on a client's computer: I've built a TV-set in Flash, playing 6 different FLV videos (Flash version 7). This all seems to work fine -- in our office. On the client's computer (several computers have been tested there) the videos just don't

Re: [Flashcoders] Strange phenomenon: FLV / Flash 7 not showing

2006-11-07 Thread Roman Blöth
Hans Wichman schrieb: Hi, dumm question probably, but I'l ask it anyway: have you ruled out wrong paths ed? Does meta info show up, status info etc, or nothing at all? Well, wrong paths are ruled out -- the version the client is viewing is exactly the same as the version I'm using on my

[Flashcoders] Aaargh - how to put an image into a fl.controls.List?!

2009-06-29 Thread Roman Blöth
Hello folks, since hours now I'm trying to put an image into my List... I have built some small AS3-app that reads some data frorm an external source and populates the DataProvider for my List. One of the fields of each entry is called iconSource and contains the link name of a small PNG

[Flashcoders] [Solved] Aaargh - how to put an image into a fl.controls.List?!

2009-06-30 Thread Roman Blöth
Dear Kenneth, dear list, Kenneth Kawamoto schrieb: It should work if you create a MovieClip in the Library and place your PNG inside, then use the MovieClip Class name as icon. In fact this now works! The button within the MovieClip shows up on my List. I thank you a thousand times - couldn't

[Flashcoders] [SOLVED:] Multiple colors for text inside DataGrid-CellRenderer?

2009-11-04 Thread Roman Blöth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Glen, Glen Pike schrieb: I adapted the example on the following page to show you a quick test: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_UsingComponentsAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9c65b32-7f4a.html I changed the