I need to separate the visual part of a component from the functional part of a component, so that I'm able to replace the visual one with a new one for another platform.
Declaring an instance variable _delegate with the delegate's interface isn't a problem. But how Do I forward non-implemented method calls of the visual part to those of the delegate.
What's the equivalent of PHP's _call()?
Is it possible to use Actionscript to speed up (or slow down) a video playing? Say, having it play at twice the normal speed? If possible, can you also make it that the sound does not get all squeaky? Some Videoplayers can do that, I was wondering if it is possible to do in Flash.
View 2 RepliesIs there an already made flash based player that supports fast-forwarding & rewinding of a video file? Does it handle everything or some server-side cooperation is required?
View 1 RepliesI'm working on a website based on flash. The first time you visit the site there will be asked to fill in your name (for example: George) and then you continue to the next 'page' in the flash. The next time you visit the site, i want that the site automaticly forwards to the last page, and there is a text 'hi, *name*' (hi, George)
View 1 RepliesI know that there is a possibility to open a video file either using a flash player or html5 in a browser, but is there a possibility to open it at the certain place (lets say 60 seconds from the beginning) or automatically fast forward it after opening?
View 1 RepliesI am trying to write a function that calculates the estimated time remaining for the movie to load. I have a function written that gets that information and I run it again with a setTimeout for 1 second then take the difference... blah blah blah. My issue gets me before i can get that calculating goodness off the ground. The first time i run the function without the setTimeout it works correctly. When i use the setTimeout, it returns the boolean value "1" signifying that it ran and didn't fail. Somewhere in there it loses the value returned by the called function. Any thoughts? I'm sure this may not be the most efficient method for doing what I want, but it bugs me nonetheless why this isn't working.Here's my code:
Code:
function getDeltaBytesLoaded(target_mc) {
var sample1:Number = new Number();[code]......
What is the advantage of using a Delegate class in as2? I realize that it's old news for as3 guys. But Ive got a medium sized as2 project and Im going through my code and wondering why Im using Delegate.create sometimes. What's wrong with "apply"?I admit that I must have jumped on the Delegate bandwagon without thinking anything more than "dhuu...thats what the pros must be using".Am I right in saying that there is nothing at all wrong with simply saying "function_name.apply( this, args )"? Or am I missing something? Is it a matter of memory management? I've done a lot of research on delegation and read all kinds of blogs and scripts from little tweeks to the official.. to >200 lines. Yikes! At the end of the day I wrote my own little delegate class that worked for me (just a rewrite of Proxy without loops). But now that I go though my code I see that I might as well have just used apply because that's all Im doing with it!
Id like to be a better programmer. What am I missing and why shouldn't I do a find and replace here. Why is it better to wrap up "apply"? Will I be better readied to learn other languages?I just don't understand why I was so convinced that I needed the delegate class when I had "apply" out of the box.
I'm having trouble using the delegate.create method (my first time using it!). Here's part of a class I have...
Code:
public function SiteData(xmlFile:String) {
imagesXML = new XML();
[code]....
I have a ColorPicker Component and I want to (on its CHANGE EVENT) have the LISTENER OBJECT ( known as A) change ANOTHER OBJECT's (known as B) color, based on the ColorPicker's.selectedColor. I do this because i need OBJECT A to keep track of the colors used. Also OBJECT B is dynamic and its instance is based on USER INTERACTION thus B can equal B1 or B2 or C based on mouse click at any given time but must only be 1 at any given time. SO I'm trying to "chain" the events together using listeners/ or delegation but I'm not sure at the logic.how do i reference the objects in the event? should I just try to chain B to listen directly to the event? How can I do this without having to attach listers to the colorpicker every time?
View 8 RepliesI'm having a hard time understanding to use the Delegate class. I don't seem to understand what it does from what I read online.
Will it work for this situation? I want to rollover a menu that expands onRollover. You can then click on buttons within the rolled over portion. Is delegate for me?
I've got records being populated into our database from paypal's Instant payment notification methods...great. now i turn to our flash cs3 app to populate a component datagrid with the stored database data and to my surprise I'm unable to identify any examples on how this might even be done.
How do you connect to an mssql database from within flash cs3 to retrieve data for displaying within a flash datagrid?
I can write a cfc from coldfusion to return a dataset, but overall i'm not sure if i 'have' to learn Flex, or AIR or what to get the records 'read'.
My ActionScript 3.0 bible is vague at best and resorts to php. (which i dont know)
i have a situation like that, and my goal is to access from onRelease either to the class representation and to the onRelease callee (the caller of the release function,that is the movieclip that catch the onRelease event):[code]
View 1 Replieswhen i'm coding directly on the timeline, i usually create a var like this:
Code:
var home:MovieClip = this;
so i always have something to reference the main timeline's scope. how could i do this in a class? delegate.create gets a little confusing.
i tried a few things like the following:
Code:
class com.myClass
{
public var className:String = "myClass";
public static var version:String = "0.0.1";
[code]...
of course this is redundant because it'll scope just fine as parseNews();, but i'm just wondering why it's letting me scope it like this here and not in the onLoad declaration?
I am using a delegate sub-class to perform helper functions for the main app.I have passed all references to it that it needs and it works well apart from the following problem:I also want it to remove an event listener from the main pp.eg:thisStage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,preOutsideBoundsDragRelease);The compiler tells me I need a reference to "preOutsideBoundsDragRelease" within the removeEventListener statement.eg: "access of undefined property preOutsideBoundsDragRelease
View 1 Repliesi instantiate a sprite-class "panel" from my main class. then i call a function "show chooser" inside "panel" which instatiates a sprite class "chooser" with some buttons. now when one of the buttons is pressed i need to call a function inside "panel" which removes the "chooser" sprite/class and which calls a function "onChosen" in the main class.
what is the correct/best way to reference these functions so that they can be called from within the panel and/or chooser classes. i am still too much in the old thinking that a function belongs to a movieclip and can functions with _parent. i need to learn the proper way now.
I have a sendAndLoad going on in a separate class file and following guides online I've used a Delegate to handle the onLoad part, like this [code]...
View 0 RepliesHow can I get around using an instance variable in a static function that must be called by the Delegate method?
View 6 RepliesI am wanted to know how can i pass a parameter to the function which I'm calling using Delegate class. I know to pass params having static values such as true / false or a static string "hello".
Code:
var myFunc:Function = btn.onRelease = Delegate.create(tihs, releaseHandler);
myFunc.str = "hello";
function releaseHandler()
[code]....
Here str can be retrieved as 'arguments.caller.str' inside the function.But in case i want to pass the reference of the 'btn' button. Then how can i do this ?
I'm using Delegates in a new project I'm working on to call an event handler in my class with the scope of the class.
I'm having an issue referencing which button is calling this handler. Since all of my buttons are created dynamicly, this is a big problem.
I'm used to using forms and components where I had no problem with this and could reference who was calling the event handler by using - event.target
This doesn't seem to be the case with movieclips though, is there another way to do this?
I've written a class that will load multiple SWFs and then call a passed function when complete. My problem is that when all the movies have downloaded the passed function won't fire.
[AS]
// LoadChecker
// this class is passed am array and calls a function when all of the objects in the array are loaded
//
[code]....
Is it possible to delegate heavy computations to be handled asynchronously (on the user's machine)? When it's done, I could just fire an event, catch the new data, and update. I have played with this for lesser operations, by just setting up a que and only handle a few operations per frame; but is there another method? That feels like a heavy handed workaround, and it won't scale with faster/slower machines. IE: 12 operations per frame works fine on the test machine, but my machine can handle more, but won't do it because it's hard coded.
View 2 RepliesI am encountering a problem in my app only when it is run in flash player 10.1.85.3. Some earlier player versions I have tried are working fine.From what I can tell it seems related to the following:
Quote:
from here: h[url].....
When searching for objects (not strings) in Dictionary objects using the 'in' operator, if the object is not found in the Dictionary object, it will be searched for in the delegate objects. With 10.1, the toString operator will be called on the Object if not found in the Dictionary. This can cause problems with Proxy objects who need to define the callProperty function or it will generate a RTE. ...what it means "it will be searched for in the delegate objects"?
I have a Flash movie that uses Actionscript 2.0 to trigger animations. The swf and flv files are separate though - the flv is called by the swf. There are cues in the flv that fire Actionscript events. How can I get the whole thing to export? I can convert the flv to an avi but I need the animations.
View 1 RepliesI'm debugging some code and see a loop where an event is dispatched and a remote call is made for every record.Everything was working fine until there were several hundred records (700) to be a exact. Is that going to make the flash player chug? Should I move to a queued system? How many records is too many? [code]
View 1 Repliesim using a function that iterates through all nodes in an XML tree, and then calls itself again if any of the nodes it is looking at has a set of child nodes, so in other words it multi-dimensionally loops through the entire XML tree.[code]one question i have is - am i correct in my assumption that while variables declared within a function are not accessible anywhere but within that function, if a function calls itself, any loops within that function that use a variable such as "i" will be affected seeing as "i" is accessible within the function?if so, how do i get around that? currently my function loops through all the way down to last child node it can find along the first branch of the XML tree, but then doesnt continue looping through the other branches.
View 1 Replies why this isn't working. im dynamically loading a list of mp3's and when i click on them i want to play the mp3 that i clicked on (this is the thisRow.onRelease function), but it says that the "this.filename" property is undefined, but it is defined when i trace it.
Code:
function populateSongs() {
for(var i:Number = 0; i < songArr.length; i++) {
//trace(i);[code].........
I made an animation and I split it up into 3 swfs. Now I want to put them together so it plays one and then Calls the other and plays it when the first one is done and so forth.
View 1 RepliesFor some reason my flash file is not calling a php file and sending out an email including the data entered in the flash file.
I've taken out other movie clips and graphics to make this easier on everyone.
Fla File: [URL]
PHP File (in txt format for read-ablity): [URL]
Note; As you can see I've used _root.movieclip, I've tried it with out _root and still no luck.
Using Tweener, is it possible to run code in between two calls to it (Tweener)?I'm a little bit familiar with Tweener and am trying to use set ChildIndex() after one call to Tweener executes and prior to running a second Tweener.[code]I'm trying to get the sprites to switch levels in the depth chart (so to speak) so that one sprite will appear on top on the first pass but then appear behind another sprite on the second pass, but it seems like the lines of code execute while the Tweener is running, and the desired effect is not happening.
View 3 RepliesI have created a movie that calls up an MP3 (background music) with this script:
fscommand("fullscreen", true);
var mySound:Sound= new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("MyMusic.Mp3" , true);
mySound.onLoad = function() {
mySound.start();
}
The thing plays great with Player 8, however, when I play back the same .swf from Player 10, the sound plays much too fast (speeded up...how can that be????), and the quality is horrible (lots of slurps and pops and blips and beeps in there).