My swf is occasionally crashing the browser (or just crashing the plugin as chrome tells me). How do I diagnose the bug? I am developing for flash player 9 using flex. Things I have tried: Turned on log files so I can see trace("...") output. However, my log files, and my swf, are ending at inconsistent termination points. Insta...
is there this kind of function available in AS3: g.fillArc(5,5,w-10,h-10,90,-360*value/limit); // JAVA ...
I have the following class that extends AdvancedDataGridItemRenderer: package { import mx.controls.advancedDataGridClasses.AdvancedDataGridItemRenderer; public class TestADGIR extends AdvancedDataGridItemRenderer { public function TestADGIR() { super(); backgro...
How do I position a child relative to its containing box? The Code: <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ thisMap.scaleX = scaleFactor; thisMap.scaleY = scaleFactor; thisMap.x = thisMap.x - thisMap.mouseX * 1.3; thisMap.y = thisMap.y - thisMap.mouseY * 1.3; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Box id="mapHolder" x="0" y="30"> ...
How do I scale an Image in Flex to fit a Canvas? My code follows: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:VBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" horizontalAlign="center" width="100" height="100" verticalGap="0" borderStyle="solid" initialize="onLoad()" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" vertical...
Is it possible to call a function asynchronously in Flex? I want to parse a file at regular intervals without blocking the rest of the application, what is the recommended approach for this? ...
I'm developing a flash (Flash 9, AS3) to connect to a server and send/receive/parse data to a chat on JavaScript/HTML. I have a structure like this: package { public class myClass { String.prototype.escapeHtml = function() { var str = this.replace(/&/g, "&"); str = str.replace(/</g, "<"); str = str.repl...
Hello guys, I have a Canvas i would like to clone. This canvas hold a Degrafa Surface with several Geometry shapes. I tried the naive approach of return ObjectUtil.copy(graph_area) as Canvas; TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert Object@63b1b51 to com.degrafa.geometry.Geometry. TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coe...
Hi. I need a function that gets two array parameters of the same length: property-names (Strings) and property-values. the function should create an object with properties so that, for an example, after calling var obj:Object = makeObject({"prop1","prop2"},{1,2}); the testing condition (obj.prop1 == 1 && obj.prop2 == 2) should be t...
Does anyone know how to programmatically bind a property to a function that isn't a getter? IE: I have a function that returns a translated string based on the identifier you pass it. How do I do this in AS3 rather than MXML? (reason being - I have a dynamic layout that I render based on XML and so have create and add all children progr...
I have a dynamic ActionScript Class that is used to send parameters to a WebService. Some of these parameters are always present, so they are public properties of the Class: package { [Bindable] public dynamic class WebServiceCriteria { public var property1:int; public var property2:String; public v...
I have a dynamic Class that is a Value Object that is used to pass arguments to a WebService. It has two public properties: package { [Bindable] public dynamic class WebServiceCriteria { public var property1:String; public var property2:String; } } I set these two properties in one part of my applicati...
I have another argument with a friend of mine. Consider having a need to design a simplistic JSON-based protocol, which is basically used to send sort of events (messages) between parties. Say, something like { event_id: 1, chat_message: "Hello" } { event_id: 2, group_id: 3, presence: "online" } ... I propose to keep this protoc...
Is there by chance a lean (meaning not xml or json) packet protocol that is implemented in both actionscript 3 and C#? It would be great if there was one that already had an implementation in both languages. If not, I may have to code one side. That being said, would it be stupid/unsafe to figure out (or find documents of) C#'s serializa...
Hi, I have Flash application (main_container.swf) that loads another swf file (page1.swf). I want to dispatch an event when page1 has finished, to tell the main_container to close page1. Is this how you dispatch an event from page1 to the main_container? parent.dispatchEvent(new Event("pageFinish", true)); Then how do you catch the...
I have a project with only a couple of graphics and lots of ActionScript 3. Anyone have any tips on reducing SWF file size? ...
Background: I'm building this photo gallery in AS3, when user clicks a thumbnail is displays text gathered from an XML file. Problem Description: Everything runs wonderful on my local machine, but when I upload the files to the server and preview the site from the server, the line spacing on the description text is way different than wh...
Hello guys, I have a canvas of variable width and height with a maximum being 2K*2K This canvas current height and width vary depending on the user screen size. Usualy smaller than 2K*2K. If the user moves an element (free moving elements like child UIcontainer) inside the canvas at position greater than the current user available H a...
I'm playing with the flash.media.Video and the Camera with Actionscript, and it bugs me that the video cam is showing a flipped video. Let me describe with an example: When I turn to my right, the video will show me turning to my left. If I held up a peace finger sign on my right hand, it appear as if I am doing it with my left. So, ho...
I'm playing around with the flash Video cam and I'm a real puppy-dog-level newbie with Actionscript, flash and the video stuff. How do I make the video showing in black and white? I would like to say make a "black and White" feature of the video. Do I have to mess with filters? ...