Re: FLASH: Flash 4

[dante]

I seem to recall a survey that listed the top most requested feature for

Flash v4 was

mp3/swa support.

I wouldn't mind Fractile Image Format (.fif) support as well.

or jpeg 2

(http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2246166,00.html)

thanks,

            dante



----- Original Message -----

From: Eric Smollin <

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Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:48 PM

Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash 4



> Erik wrote:

> >It's in beta right now and no one can talk about it.

>

> Original message:

> >Anybody have any info on flash 4 or know where to find info.  I looked on

> >macromedias site and saw nothing but I have heard people talking about

it.

>

>

> You are correct that it is in beta right now, but folks are definitely

> talking about it. The following was posted on the Flashpad yesterday. I

> don't know how valid the info is, the author said that it was taken from

> "one of Macromedia's chat forums." It sure makes for interesting reading:

> :-)

>

>

> "Interactivity

>

> Many of the set/get propery features (i.e. rotate, scale, visible, pos,

> alpha, last frame loaded, current frame, total frames).

> Compiler for some of the actions (test by creating movies with

> interactivity)

> If, else, loop (Actions compiler)

> Duplicate Sprite, Remove Sprite

> Load Sprite (i.e. load movie by providing a target name)

>

>

> Forms/ActionScripting

>

> Editable Text

>

> Text field support in Text Tool.

> Text field modifier added to Text Tool.

> Text fields are displayed surrounded by a dotted rectangle if borderless;

> surrounded by a black rectangle if border is activated.

> Properties dialog box accessible by "Properties" off right-mouse button

menu

> or "Modify/Text Field" from pull-down menu.

> Text fields are exported as regular text for Flash 1, 2, or 3. A warning

> will be displayed if attempted.

>

> Actions Property Page

>

> Frame Properties and Instance Properties dialogs enlarged to make

> viewing actions property page easier.

> New actions added to + popup: If, Loop, Call, Set Variable, Set Property,

> Drag Movie Clip, Duplicate Movie Clip, Trace, Comment, QuickTime.

> Expression icon buttons added to parameters for many actions; invokes

> expression editor when clicked. Flips between expression/literal when

> shift-clicked. Some actions, like If, Loop and GoTo, don't let you change

> the setting of the icon button; they are always "stuck" in expression mode

> but the button is provided to invoke the editor.

> Go To action has "Use Expression" check box which gets rid of usual Go To

> settings and displays an edit field for an Expression. This UI (user

> interface) might be changed in the near future to look more like the other

> new actions.

>

> Cut/Copy/Paste and Drag and Drop

> This stuff currently available only on Windows. Will be available on Mac

in

> future build.

> Actions may now be multiple-selected.

> Cut/Copy/Paste available in actions list box off right-mouse button menu,

or

> by hitting accelerator keys Ctrl-X Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.

> Actions that are cut/copied can be pasted as plain text into other apps.

> Drag and drop of actions. Single/multiple actions may be dragged to

another

> point in the action list and dropped. Dropped actions are inserted

> immediately after the drop target.

> Drag and Drop and Cut/Copy/Paste is disabled when it doesn't "make sense",

> for example trying to cut an If action but not its matching End If.

> On Mouse Event action now has new checkbox for "Key Press" and edit box

you

> can type a key into. Keys allowed are all ASCII characters except Control

> charactes, in addition to: <Left>, <Right>, <Home>, <End>, <Insert>,

> <Delete>, <Backspace>, <Enter>, <Up>, <Down>, <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Tab>,

> <Escape>

> List Variables added to Control menu in Test Movie mode. This lists all

> variables in every movie clip in the currenty playing movie. Omit Trace

> Actions check box added to Export Movie dialog box. Trace actions send

> output to the Output Window in the authoring tool. They have no effect in

> the Player. New Flash 4 actions will produce a warning if a movie

containing

> them is exported to Flash 1, 2, 3.

>

>

> Interactivity in the Flash Player

>

> Editable text fields.

> Standalone Mac and Windows players can download URLs "Open..." dialog on

> Windows brings up URL entry box, with "Browse" button to invoke file

browse

> dialog. Modeled after IE4. "Open Location..." and "Open File..." menu

items

> on Mac; "Open File..." browses for local file, "Open Location..." brings

up

> URL entry box.

> Modeled after IE4.5/Mac.

> New JRI and COM methods for variables, properties and calls Tab/Shift-Tab,

> arrow keys navigate between buttons, Enter/Space triggers buttons. When

> keyboard is used to navigate between buttons, a yellow rectangle is

> displayed around the currently focused button. Support for

> keyboard-activated buttons.

>

> Fixed double-click bug on Windows. We didn't handle WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK

> messages, so repeated clicks on buttons would be lost. Now every click on

a

> button will be properly handled.

>

> Flash Player now supports variables passed in on the movie's URL.

> For example: movie.swf&name=Gary will put a variable "name" containing

value

> "Gary" in the movie.

>

> HTTP GET/POST methods supported by LoadMovie and GetURL actions for

> HTML-style form support. Variables in the movie clip issuing the LoadMovie

> or GetURL can be passed to the HTTP server.

>

> New Flash 4 actions are handled."

>

>

>

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