timeline

Any good tools for creating timelines?

I need to create a historical timeline starting from 1600's to the present day. I also need to have some way of showing events on the timeline so that they do not appear cluttered when many events are close together. I have tried using Visio 2007 as well as Excel 2007 Radar Charts, but I could not get the results I wanted. the timeline ...

Saving a web development project from disaster

I have seen the idea at HashRocket for their Rescue Mission that is designed to step in and recover from a failing Rails development project (whether timeline, or budget, or something else will not be met). I was wondering if other people offer this service for PHP projects, or web development projects in general. Ideally, they would b...

How to create a timeline with LaTeX?

In history-books you often have timeline, where events and periods are marked on a line in the correct relative distance to each other. How is it possible to create something similar in LaTeX? ...

Data timeline performance in Sql Server

I have a table with three columns: user varchar, status varchar , rep int status and rep get updated often and one of the requirements is: Given a datetime value view status and rep values, for each user, at the given date. I can add an updated_at datetime column to the table and insert new rows whith the same user instead of update ...

Any good Java Swing Timeline Widget?

Is anybody aware of a good Java Swing Timeline Widget with features comparable to the Janus Winforms timeline component? ...

AS3 Timeline Variable issues

I'm trying to get a dynamic movie clip from the timeline. I have a timeline of unknown length with a movie clip with instance name "blah" on one of the key frames (assumed 88 in this case). No matter what I do, I cannot get a reference to the said movie clip. Here's what I tried: trace(blah); // null trace(this.blah); // null trace(g...

Setting instance names on keyframes quickly in AS3

Right now in Flash CS3 and up (using Actionscript 3) if you have the same instance that is used in multiple keyframes in a layer, and you decide to assign or change the instance name later, you would have to go to each keyframe and set the instance name. This is a big nuisance. Is there a quicker or better way to do this? NOTE: In AS2...

What is a good tool for graphing sub-millisecond timelines?

I'm trying to produce a timeline for my real-time embedded code. I need to show all the interrupts, what triggers them, when they are serviced, how long they execute, etc. I have done the profiling and have the raw data, now I need a way to show the timeline graphically, to scale. I've been searching for a good tool, but haven't come ...

A wxPython timeline widget

Hello! I am looking for a certain wxPython widget to use in my program. I hope that something like this exists and that you might know where to find. I will try to describe the functionality I'm looking for: Imagine something like the widget that Audacity uses to display an audio track. It's a horizontal timeline, with a ruler. It is p...

ASP.NET TimeLine Control

I am looking for a free control to display events in a to-scale-timeline. I couldn't get TimeLine.NET to work. Is there anything else I could try? EDIT Any flash or javascript solution would be fine as long as I can put data into it from a database. ...

Does setting properties in AS3 prevent timeline tweens?

If I have a movieclip that has a class assigned to it and I change a property of that movieclip in code, it seems that the property can no longer be tweened on the timeline. For example, if my class sets this.x = 100, and later on the timeline I tween the position of the object, that timeline tween will not occur. Changing either scale...

How i can change a value of from a variable that is in the main timeline from other timeline?

Hi. In AS2 was easy to change a value from a variable that was in other timelines... Now i cant do the old way! Basically what i need is to change a value from a variable that is in the main timeline, from other timeline. Example: main timeline var totalA:int = 0; other timeline, after adding the eventListener to the function: p...

Timeline actions not working CS3

This is quite a simple question. I can create a brand new FLA in CS3 and add trace("hello"); to the first frame, run it, and nothing happens. I create the same file with the same frame action in CS4 and "hello" appears in the output window. It's not major because typically I don't write any timeline scripts, but if I wanted to write ...

Need button to control nested MC timeline.

Flaah CS4, AS2 I am making an interactive tour. On the main timeline I have two movieclip, "ABOUT" and "RENTALS". I would like a button, "btnFLRcafe" in the "ABOUT" movieclip to connect to "RENTALS" and start playing on the timeline at a frame named "CAFE". This is the code that I have on "btnFLRcafe": on(release){ _root.gotoAndStop(...

Flex container or scrollcontrolbase

I'm looking to build a container that can contain a stack of synchronized time-series data visualizations. This can include line charts, event schedules, and any other similar items. I want the end mxml code to look something like: <timeCanvas> <lineChart data=foo> <lineChart data=bar> <userAvailabilityChart data=baz> </timeCa...

Create a timeline from date to date in Flex/AS3

Hi, I need to create a timeline between 2 given dates, ie: 2006-01-20 - 2009-02-14 The timeline must be drawn on a given width (can be altered), ie: 600px But I need to add markers, one on year beginning, and others 4 times during the year (each 73 days aprox): Any tips? ...

Can I implement a callback with each animation step in jQuery?

I'd like to implement an animation in my site which: needs to update multiple DOM elements. each DOM element has it's own animation path (depends on their position) and still have an easing effect. If I call jQuery's animate() function for each element (with queue: false), it will make each element move slightly out of sync with the ...

simile exhibit ie7 bug

'm using to Exhibit to, pretty simply, display some data on historical events and book publication dates: http://f1shw1ck.com/timeline3/exhibit.html Everything works fine, and I have been able to get the timeline running as wanted, until I try to take control of the timeline with a timelineConfig script. After I add this, my timeline co...

Simple timeline chart with events in Flex

I am looking for a simple timeline chart, that I can display several events on over a varying timespan. I haven't found any specific charts in Flex, has anybody created or used anything along these lines? I found this, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328894/create-a-timeline-from-date-to-date-in-flex-as3, but that is only partially w...

Flash timeline script: will they be skipped?

Flash's MovieClip timeline is created in such way that can skip frames to preserve animation smoothness and audio sync. My question is, if there is ActionScript on a frame, will there be any chance the frame is skipped so the script isn't called? Or the frames that have script will never be skipped? What is the mechanism? ...