FLASH: Re: flasher-digest V1 #3922 Flash as Attachment

[Robert Elding]

Thanks, it looks like EXE is the most obvious choice, although many

fire walls will instantly delete these files.  I wondered about

sending the files out as an .AVI though.  Rob

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   Re: FLASH: - PARLEZ- VOUS FRANCAIS ? -

   RE: FLASH: FLASH please help

   FLASH: flash 4: more charactres than defined in textbox

   Re: FLASH: Flash as an attachment

   [none]

   Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming

   Re: FLASH: Flash Site Check please

   RE: FLASH: OT: Please Help

   Re: FLASH: Flash Site Check please

   RE: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming

   RE: FLASH: flash 4: more charactres than defined in textbox

   Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming

   FLASH: The "Debate"

   Re: FLASH: site test

   Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming

   FLASH: Show All?

   Re: FLASH: Re: how to set getTimer ?????


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:38:06 -0400

From: "Steve Couture" <

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Subject: Re: FLASH: - PARLEZ- VOUS FRANCAIS ? -


mmm...


cette liste n'est probablement pas le bon endroit pour faire des

rencontres...




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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:42:27 +0100

From: Paul Willoughby <

paul_willoughbybeap [dot] co [dot] uk

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Subject: RE: FLASH: FLASH please help


>>tomasz wrote on 24 October 2000:


> I have been trying if statments for some time now, and F5

> seems to ignore

> them


it's a bit difficult to say without you posting the code you're using,

but

whats the bets you're checking for equality with '='when you should be

using

'=='

Check all your equality/inequality operators as they have changed in

F5!


>is there a known bug with the if statment ?


I think someone mightuv mentioned it by now...and *no-one* would be

talking

to JD ;-)


paul


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:30:55 +0200

From: "kristoff" <

kristoffkleurbeeld [dot] be

>

Subject: FLASH: flash 4: more charactres than defined in textbox


Hi all



How would I avoid flash changing figures like 90 into 89.4564138799

etc?

I setted the "restrict text length" which works, but sometimes flash

sets

the figures like above for no reason.

Even on defaults, when no value is altered yet.

Funny enough though it seems to depend on the os it's running.


See an example


http://weblab.kleurbeeld.be/bb/bb.html


Click the right tab, choose an object, click an object, see the values



    thank you, kristoff


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:50:54 -0400

From: "Gregg Caines" <

gcneometrixsystems [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash as an attachment


It's probably the EXE.  I know this cuts off anyone not on

a windows machine, but the alternatives are not much better.

You can't simply include the SWF because normal users

won't have the player for it.  You could include the SWF in

an HTML e-mail, but many mail clients don't support HTML

mail.  There is also the possibility of just providing a link to

a site with your SWF on it, and hoping that gets passed around.

I think you'll get a low distribution of a URL though: the

average person needs a full-fledged program in her/his e-mail to

actually get her/him to look at your work (Links are too

easily ignored).


I think the EXE is the best way, despite the problems.  It seems

that most of these campaigns have used the EXE in the past too.


- ---------------------------------------------------

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> Hello.  Does anyone know what the best file format to send flash out

> as (when distributing via a viral marketing email campaign to

multiple

> people) is please.  I don't want to crash any servers!  Thanks Rob


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:00:49 GMT

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Subject: [none]


Please take me off of this mailing list. I cannot handle the volume.


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:02:25 -0400

From: Helen Triolo <

designeri-technica [dot] com

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Subject: Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming


Well said, JGL!  I agree with all of this and just wanted to add that

I

didn't mean to criticize Karin or anyone else who chooses to stay with

F4.  No reason to switch if everything will be exported as F4 files

anyway, and there is much to be said for keeping the workflow (and

moneyflow) going in the best way one can  (I could take a lesson or

two

from that, as I'd always rather play around with something new and fun

like F5 than work on my paying old-tech jobs ;-)  I see the main plus

of

F5 being its value as a real programming language rather than the

unique

(albeit functional) language of F4, but that's only useful if you're

creating F5 swf's and have time to learn the dot syntax and

associative-array-syntax that F5 uses.


Regards,

Helen

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JGL wrote:

>

> Well, may I jump in too?

>

> This is all very opiniated discussion - here's mine:

>

> We've got F5 here in the office but the bulk of the work going on is

being

> authored in F4. Mainly due to the fact that all the *great* features

of 5

> are not needed in the current projects. There is also a disruptive

learning

> curve that really makes the work flow inefficient for these projects

that

> always seem to be due yesterday. Couple that with the fact that

*most*

> visitors for a while will need to DL the slightly bigger F5 player

if

> published out to 5.

>

> Flash 5 is a great and exciting advancement in swf authoring and

really

> shows MM's ability to continue to improve upon an awesome tool.

Already

> looking forward to 6!

>

> But, there is no need to bash those that choose to stay with 4 for a

while.

> The 5 authoring environment offers more features, yes, but if your

workflow

> is smooth going with 4 and the projects are a success, why switch?

The main

> thing is to timely give the client what they want and move on. Not a

bad

> business practice and if 4 allows that . . . .

>

> JD is correct that some of the 5 bashing comes from not

understanding the

> environment, the new coding etc. Admitting that you don't understand

> something is one thing, but developers who blame the software when

really

> it's due to an inability to comprehend it isn't a good idea. In my

> experience with newly released software, I must say that for the

most part

> MM releases a fairly bug free product. And there is a usually quick

attempt

> to rectify those bugs that do crop up. Those that aren't usually are

coupled

> with poor explanation of the bug itself, or a poor explanation of

why it

> isn't a bug. I admit, it took me awhile to comprehend some of the

simple

> differences between the two players, but once I did I was able to

begin a

> process of fixing the F4 movies to play apropriatly accross the

players.

>

> On another note, the Flash community is one of the most generous I

have ever

> been apart of. Brandens Flash Coders list is certainly an asset to

F5

> authoring and as with 4, you will see a flood of examples, tutorials

and

> downloadable code at places like flashkit and company.

>

> There is nothing wrong with Flash 5 and there is certainly nothing

wrong

> with sticking with 4 if that is what is generating income for you.

>

> >... or don't. If this is how you make decisions, then really, maybe

the

> world is better off if your work doesn't get as much exposure.

>

> That wasn't very nice John ;)

>

> >but I wonder why

> many of the interfaces --  such as setting an alpha transparency in

> gradients -- have been changed and are more difficult to use when

> there was nothing wrong with them in the first place.

>

> Hi Karin, people complained it wasn't like Adobe's stuff . . . you

can't

> please everyone!

>

> >I always though Macromedia listened, but now I wonder.

>

> I think they do! But John must've been feeling mean that day.

>

> >I agree that Macromedia puts out a GREAT product, but they don't

give it

> away.

>

> A $149.00 upgrade is *very* reasonable.

>

> >It is sad when people don't want to move forward to bigger and

better

> things

> for no good reason.

>

> I'd say a good reason not to would be to continue a workflow that is

> generating income.

>

> >My other complaint is that what is written I've found so far is

written

> by programmers for progammers

>

> You have to learn to program to program :) Don't worry Jeff, there

will be a

> *ton* of tutes a examples in the coming months . . .

>

> >Macromedia did a darn good job with both the program itself and the

> documentation this time around and should be given more credit than

> they're getting. (Helen)

>

> This is true!!!

>

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:36:27 +0200

From: Thorvald Neumann <

neumanntse-online [dot] de

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Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash Site Check please


Hejsan!


Tuesday, October 24, 2000, 10:56:52 AM, sam wrote:

> Sorry couldn't be bothered to look at it because it went full screen

across

> my two monitors, with no option to minimise - probably not a major

concern

> for most though!


Full Screen? It only opened a window with 1024 x 768, which is o.k. on

my 19", so I can "work" while loading the site...


My default rez is 1280 x 1024, somtimes up to 1600 x 1280...


The site is o.k.. I guess some graphics can be optimised and perhaps

done as vector graphics, which will render smoother...


Best wishes,


   Thorvald Neumann

   Multimedia Developer


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:59:11 -0400

From: "JGL" <

infodesignthenet [dot] com

>

Subject: RE: FLASH: OT: Please Help


Yep, NS is much more unforgiving than IE, especially with tables. When

I

need to design a complex table arrangenment, I always use a wysiwyg

initially and then hand tweak it from there. Saves lotsa time and

frustration.


jgl


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Don't know if it's your problem, but Netscape is pickier about closing

tags than IE so running a validator check (eg, like homesite's) may be

a

good idea.


Regards,

Helen

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YouNet wrote:

>

> Hi everyone,

>     I am having problems with one of my sites in netscape.  What is

it

that

> makes certain tables(HTML) not show up in netscape?  Is there a tag

that

> somehow I am missing.  Everything worked fine until I had to add

some

tables

> in tables, and the "ROWSPAN" and "COLSPAN" properties.


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:25:16 -0400

From: "Grant Davies" <

grantbluetube [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash Site Check please


I had the same problem on a PC...


cheers

Grant

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:12:32 -0400

From: "Bradshaw, Brian" <

Brian_Bradshawmcgraw-hill [dot] com

>

Subject: RE: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming


That seems like an unnecessarily mean remark.


I've been beginning with Flash 5 and even as a 5-year Director

programmer,

and a bit of experience with Flash 4 and Java, Flash 5 is difficult to

figure out. It would have been nice to get comprehensive

documentation, with

examples like Director help, to make the process of learning a

smoother one.


We have made the decision to stay with Flash 4 for the time being

because of

the learning curve involved in 5. We can't afford it right now. And we

aren't small. For an individual or a small company, it may be a valid

decision to wait on the expense of learning Flash 5 until the problems

people are mentioning have been ironed out.


I have found this list quite useful in my short time here. However, we

don't

deserve criticism for deciding to stay with Flash 4, and neither does

anyone

else.


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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 6:32 PM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming


... or don't. If this is how you make decisions, then really, maybe

the

world is better off if your work doesn't get as much exposure.


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:03:23 +0100

From: Paul Willoughby <

paul_willoughbybeap [dot] co [dot] uk

>

Subject: RE: FLASH: flash 4: more charactres than defined in textbox


kristoff wrote on 24 October 2000:


> How would I avoid flash changing figures like 90 into

> 89.4564138799 etc?


Use Int(myNumberOrVariable) to convert a number (89.4564138799) to an

integer (89). For rounding numbers, check out this old and valuable

post

from Damien Morton...


>round to nearest number is 'int(x+0.5)'

>round to nearest 10s is (int((x/10) + 0.5)*10)

>round to nearest 100s is (int((x/100) + 0.5)*100)


hth


paul


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:52:27 -0400

From: "Gregg Caines" <

gcneometrixsystems [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming


There's another good argument to be made for resisting Flash 5

development at this point (at least for me anyway).  Flash 5

content isn't playable on the same number of machines as

Flash 4 content.  I don't develop websites that use cutting-edge

technology, and I don't intend to.  I try to develop websites

that work for the greatest segment of market.  I can really

appreciate the trail-blazers, but it doesn't make sense to my

business.  I love the new changes to Flash 5, and as a java

programmer I feel right at home in the new actionscript, but the

user experience from Flash 4 to Flash 5 has not changed much.

The developer experience has changed greatly, and for that I am

really pleased, and in a few months I will probably feel

confident enough in the ubiquity of the plug-in to switch over.


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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:05:32 +1000

From: "Chayli Design" <

adminchayli [dot] com [dot] au

>

Subject: FLASH: The "Debate"


Time to come out of the closet I guess and actually post to the group.

I'll

confess first up that most of the posts go "whoooooosh" (straight over

my

head).


Being on "forced leave" from the day job last month (too much leave

accrued - sad huh) , I finally, after promising myself for over a

year,

decided to sit down and learn Flash. Having both Flash 4 and 5, I

decided to

try and learn Flash 4 first. I ploughed  my way through the Visual

Quick

Start Guide (cover to cover) and can probably manage the basics with

the

assistance of some additional tutorials I've found. My plan was to

progress

to 5 after *mastering* 4. My dilemma is that getting my head around

the

scripting side of things will be a real challenge (not even a

programmers

bootlace!). I need another book  - but one that explains not only what

to

do, but why I'm doing it.


One of my fave pastimes is *playing* with new software - but I tried

to be a

little disciplined for a change.


So having read about the differences between the 2 versions .....

should I

skip straight to 5 or persevere with 4? Are there any recommended

books

available for 5 yet?


Joyce

(ABSOLUTE newbie)


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:11:00 -0400

From: Christina Tracy <

crtsportsgig [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: site test


Guy-

Can't wait to share the link with a

few friends. What incredible music...


BUG...

I clicked through to the pool area and dropped in a

few rocks everything worked without a glitch at full

screen.

Next I clicked through to the purchase area,

then tried to reenter the site and I was unable to

return to the pool area.


This is up in my browser window and not taking me to full screen

therefore I can't reach the pool!


javascript:full_screen('dubmix.htm','MolamDub');


Christina


"

gandersonhildebrand [dot] co [dot] uk

" wrote:


> Hi list

>

> Please go to http://www.molamdub.com

>

> Any comments welcome.

>

> Thanks

>

> Guy

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:49:03 -0400

From: "Brian" <

mattonebhip [dot] infi [dot] net

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming


> But, there is no need to bash those that choose to stay with 4 for a

while.

> The 5 authoring environment offers more features, yes, but if your

workflow

> is smooth going with 4 and the projects are a success, why switch?

The

main

> thing is to timely give the client what they want and move on. Not a

bad

> business practice and if 4 allows that . . . .


My main interest with Flash is creating cool-looking websites and

doing my

online cartoons.

Flash 4 does this quite nicely for me.

I have been seeking employment for the last two-and-a-half years with

anyone

who recognizes the skills and talents I have to bring to their table,

so far

all to naught. Even with Macromedia, from whom I have heard nothing.

I don't get it...My wife doesn't understand it... and my kids are

about to

see a crappy Christmas because of it.

I don't have the monetary resources to upgrade to Flash 5, even if I

wanted

to. I technically don't have a job right now.

There are all kinds of reasons any one of us doesn't do Flash 5, and

to

begrudge us that perfectly reasonable state of affairs by making

comments

about how we must want to fail by not upgrading (>>... or don't. If

this is

how you make decisions, then really, maybe the world is better off if

your

work doesn't get as much exposure<) are rude and not in keeping with

one

code of ethic I've learned in running a business: the customer is

always

right.


> >I agree that Macromedia puts out a GREAT product, but they don't

give it

> away.

>

> A $149.00 upgrade is *very* reasonable.


And it's still not free.

I can't afford that right now.


- -Brian Matthews

http://www.stonetrek.com


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:23:17 -0400

From: Tony Indelicato <

tindelicatoprismtec [dot] com

>

Subject: FLASH: Show All?


I have a quick question if anyone might be able to answer this for me

before

I start digging around...

Is there any way to increase the size of the workspace in a graphic

symbol...?????

I'm using a long string of text and it runs right off the working

area...

I'm having problems dealing with this because I have to break it apart

and

apply a gradient to it...



Regards,


TOny


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:05:36 -0400

From: tomasz <

twalentaorangetango [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: Re: how to set getTimer ?????


on 10/23/00 11:01 PM, Grant Davies at

grantbluetube [dot] com

 wrote:


hehe...I tried this and I must say it's too advanced for me, I con't

get it

to work, I'm just lost in there...help if you have time if not i'll

try to

manage.


Thanks in advance


tom

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> hehe... I wrote a generic timer class... I don't have time to do the

> tutorial right now, but that is my plan in the long run.

>

> I don't have the time right now to go through it in detail but here

is my

> action script code, I only finished it last night so it will need

> cleanup/tweeks.

>

>

> for frame 1

>

> stop();

>

> // initialize variables

> started = false;

> listener = null;

> timeOut = 0;

>

>

>

>

> function startTimer()

> {

> if (started == true)

> return;

> // _root.log(this,"Starting timer");

> started = true;

> startTime = getTimer();

> gotoAndPlay(2);

> }

>

> function stopTimer()

> {

> if (started ==false)

> return;

> // _root.log(this,"Stopping timer");

> started = false;

> stop();

> }

>

> function getElapsedTime()

> {

> timeNow = getTimer();

> return (timeNow - startTime);

> }

>

> function addListener(pListener, pTimeout)

> {

> _root.log(this,"adding listener [" + pListener +"]");

> listener = pListener;

> timeOut = pTimeout;

> startTimer();

>

> }

>

> frame 2 is empty

>

>

> now in frame 3 I have the following

>

> if (listener !=null)

> {

> // if there is a listener see if it needs to be notified of the

timer

>

> timeNow = getElapsedTime();

> if (timeNow >= timeOut)

> {

> // we hit the timeout!

> listener.handleTimer();

> }

> else

> gotoAndPlay (2);

> }

> else

> {

> gotoAndPlay (2);

> }

>

>

>

> the movie that actually needs the timer has the following action

script

>

>

> and where ever I want to set the timer (say for 4 seconds)

>

> timer.addListener(this, 4000); // this start the timer and tell it

to notify

> me when 4 seconds have passed

>

> function handleTimer()

> {

> timer.stopTimer();

> trace("Timer went off!!!)

> }

> }

>

>

>

> Grant Davies

> b l u e t u b e p r o d u c t i o n s

> http://www.bluetube.com

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of

tomasz

> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:33 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: Re: how to set getTimer ?????

>

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I have a movie clip with 25 frames, what I want to do is for the

movie to

> stop on each frame for 10 seconds and then to move to the next frame

and

> stop for another 10 seconds and so on until frame 25.

>

> Can you help me with this ?

>

> tom

>

>

>

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