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cmyck wrote :
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cpu consumption is tremendous
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even if flash is just sitting there with an open document, or even if it's hidden it consumes a considerable amount of CPU. the more documents you have open the worse.
if an app is not used or even hidden, it should be idle. i wouldn't know what it should be doing, since it's not playing or calculating anything.
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Doesn't particularly surprise me... after all, whenever Flash MX '04 is open, I was under the impression that there is a bit of code (for Product Activation) that is written to Track 0 written for the express purpose of "phoning home" to MM. Now, according to MM, that's just there to keep you honest when activating your product... perhaps a bug in the way it operates keeps it opening connections even when the app is idle? In any event, if I knew how to capture packets, I'd love to see what data is getting shuffled while MX '04 is open... just out of curiosity, do you see that kind of CPU hogging if you just have Dreamweaver MX '04 open? If not, perhaps there are just massive memory leaks in FlMX '04, or a process that doesn't idle when the app loses focus.
Just as an aside, I replicated every UI-bug that I've seen on my li'l Powerbook G3-400 on a friend's Powerbook G4-1Ghz last night, with a stock-install of Flash MX... no extra extensions loaded or anything.
Jason M. Batchelor
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cpu consumption is tremendous
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even if flash is just sitting there with an open document, or even if it's hidden it consumes a considerable amount of CPU. the more documents you have open the worse.
if an app is not used or even hidden, it should be idle. i wouldn't know what it should be doing, since it's not playing or calculating anything.
"
Doesn't particularly surprise me... after all, whenever Flash MX '04 is open, I was under the impression that there is a bit of code (for Product Activation) that is written to Track 0 written for the express purpose of "phoning home" to MM. Now, according to MM, that's just there to keep you honest when activating your product... perhaps a bug in the way it operates keeps it opening connections even when the app is idle? In any event, if I knew how to capture packets, I'd love to see what data is getting shuffled while MX '04 is open... just out of curiosity, do you see that kind of CPU hogging if you just have Dreamweaver MX '04 open? If not, perhaps there are just massive memory leaks in FlMX '04, or a process that doesn't idle when the app loses focus.
Just as an aside, I replicated every UI-bug that I've seen on my li'l Powerbook G3-400 on a friend's Powerbook G4-1Ghz last night, with a stock-install of Flash MX... no extra extensions loaded or anything.
Jason M. Batchelor
On 10/2/03 11:21 PM, in article blipvc$d12$[Email Removed],
"jbatchelor" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
"jbatchelor" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
| QUOTE |
| *DING* Anyone there? Hullo? Guess we're still out in the cold on this one, eh fellow Mac Users? To recap: Still bugs in Flash MX, no patches. Still lacking documentation for components and features of the application, no updates. Still poor performance, even on a 1Ghz Powerbook running Mac OS X 10.2.8. Is there no recourse, other than the non-toll-free "tech support" phone number that's only open until 7pm EST? |
There will be no fixes. They've moved on. Luckily most of the bugs in MX are
fixed in 2004. Unfortunately the rest of the Studio is not ready for prime
time. Something really wrong with FW and DW's handling of text on a Mac.
They removed the option to delay table redraw, so typing text is
p.....a.....i......n....
f.....u....l....l......y....
s.....l....o......w.....
""SaulB." webforumsuser"@macromedia.com wrote:
| QUOTE |
| so...Is it possible to do a mask and then rotate the mask with the bitmap image? (Like a group? |
I have no idea. What I was thinking was to "drop" the mask on top at
the last frame of the animation, just to cover the jagged edges. (I'm
not an expert, in case that wasn't obvious.)
--
Carl Fink
http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/mess...threadid=701996
This answer seems to work. It's not the the method I would have expected to get a component to do something like this.
This answer seems to work. It's not the the method I would have expected to get a component to do something like this.
Daniel,
I think you are trying to use Component Event Objects with your content buttons. I don't think you can do this unless the button makes up part of the Component itself.
I was successful in adding events to my dynamic content. The example below is the same as my previous example, requiring the empty movie clip with linkage id, etc... Note that I'm using the proper component property 'content' (rather than spContentHolder), to make reference to the scrollPaneContent instance.
scrollPane.contentPath = "ScrollPaneContent";
var scrollPaneContent = scrollPane.content;
scrollPane.content.attachMovie("Button1", "button1", 1);
scrollPane.content.button1.onPress = function () {
trace("button was clicked");
};
You can also use the Event Object, but only with Component instances.
eventListener = new Object();
eventListener.scroll = function(evtObj){
trace("event target - " + evtObj.target);
trace("event type - " + evtObj.type);
}
scrollPane.addEventListener("scroll", eventListener);
Regards,
Richard.
I think you are trying to use Component Event Objects with your content buttons. I don't think you can do this unless the button makes up part of the Component itself.
I was successful in adding events to my dynamic content. The example below is the same as my previous example, requiring the empty movie clip with linkage id, etc... Note that I'm using the proper component property 'content' (rather than spContentHolder), to make reference to the scrollPaneContent instance.
scrollPane.contentPath = "ScrollPaneContent";
var scrollPaneContent = scrollPane.content;
scrollPane.content.attachMovie("Button1", "button1", 1);
scrollPane.content.button1.onPress = function () {
trace("button was clicked");
};
You can also use the Event Object, but only with Component instances.
eventListener = new Object();
eventListener.scroll = function(evtObj){
trace("event target - " + evtObj.target);
trace("event type - " + evtObj.type);
}
scrollPane.addEventListener("scroll", eventListener);
Regards,
Richard.
Actually, I guess this kinda works. If you want to use html at all with the TextArea, you can't use an embeded font...
| QUOTE |
| Thanks for the action script - when I use it, it first creates a blank browser window with just [object] in it? and then opens the fresh window - any idea why and how I can stop it happening? |
that's because you modify the syntax.
you added _blank in the 'window' options while window.open javascript function
by default is a BLANK (new window) , making double request literally , confusing the browser.
All you have to do is paste the action from my previous post and only change the
HTML target and the size , do not change anything else....
Ok I think this is very strange. I have a function that populates a scrollpane. This works fine. But after I duplicate my movieclips and they are positioned in the scroll pane calling refreshPane() causes the contents to be reloaded and my final result is only the original mc instead of my duplicated ones.
After playing with different ways of coding I've found that if i place refreshPane() before I duplicate my mcs it works perfectly. Very strange how refreshPane() resizes the scrollbar before I even duplicate my clips.
My exact code:
// results from usageBreakdown server call
function usageBreakdown_Result(rs) {
removeClips("usageClipsArray");
usageClipsArray = new Array();
spacer = sp_usageReport.content.usageClip._height;
nextPos = sp_usageReport.content.usageClip._y;
usedHoursTotal = 0;
for (i = 0; i < rs.length; i++) {
usedHoursTotal += rs.items.projectHoursUsed;
}
sp_usageReport.refreshPane();
for (i = 0; i < rs.length; i++) {
duplicateMovieClip(sp_usageReport.content.usageClip, "usageClip" + i, i+100);
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_projectName.text = rs.items.projectname;
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_hours.text = rs.items.projectHoursUsed + " hrs";
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].percentbar._xscale = Math.round((rs.items.projectHoursUsed / usedHoursTotal) * 100);
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_percent.text = Math.round((rs.items.projectHoursUsed / usedHoursTotal) * 100) + "%";
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_hours._x = sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].percentbar._x + sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].percentbar._width;
usageClipsArray[usageClipsArray.length] = sp_usageReport.content+"usageClip" + i;
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i]._y = nextPos;
nextPos += spacer;
}
sp_usageReport.content.usageClip._visible = 0;
workingAction(false);
}
After playing with different ways of coding I've found that if i place refreshPane() before I duplicate my mcs it works perfectly. Very strange how refreshPane() resizes the scrollbar before I even duplicate my clips.
My exact code:
// results from usageBreakdown server call
function usageBreakdown_Result(rs) {
removeClips("usageClipsArray");
usageClipsArray = new Array();
spacer = sp_usageReport.content.usageClip._height;
nextPos = sp_usageReport.content.usageClip._y;
usedHoursTotal = 0;
for (i = 0; i < rs.length; i++) {
usedHoursTotal += rs.items.projectHoursUsed;
}
sp_usageReport.refreshPane();
for (i = 0; i < rs.length; i++) {
duplicateMovieClip(sp_usageReport.content.usageClip, "usageClip" + i, i+100);
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_projectName.text = rs.items.projectname;
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_hours.text = rs.items.projectHoursUsed + " hrs";
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].percentbar._xscale = Math.round((rs.items.projectHoursUsed / usedHoursTotal) * 100);
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_percent.text = Math.round((rs.items.projectHoursUsed / usedHoursTotal) * 100) + "%";
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].txt_hours._x = sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].percentbar._x + sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i].percentbar._width;
usageClipsArray[usageClipsArray.length] = sp_usageReport.content+"usageClip" + i;
sp_usageReport.content["usageClip" + i]._y = nextPos;
nextPos += spacer;
}
sp_usageReport.content.usageClip._visible = 0;
workingAction(false);
}
"mori57" wrote in message...
| QUOTE |
| Doesn't particularly surprise me... after all, whenever Flash MX '04 is open, I was under the impression that there is a bit of code (for Product |
Activation) that is written to Track 0 written for the express purpose of
"phoning home" to MM. Now, according to MM, that's just there to keep you
honest when activating your product... perhaps a bug in the way it operates
keeps it opening connections even when the app is idle? In any event, if I
knew how to capture packets, I'd love to see what data is getting shuffled
while MX '04 is open... just out of curiosity, do you see that kind of CPU
hogging if you just have Dreamweaver MX '04 open? If not, perhaps there are
just massive memory leaks in FlMX '04, or a process that doesn't idle when
the app loses focus.
| QUOTE |
Jason- in regards to activation, there is absolutely no 'phoning home'
outside the initial activation request whatsoever. If you're seeing
connections open up when the app is idle I'd look at the Start page and/or
the Help update function- both can initiate external network connections for
their various update functions.
Product Activation technical references:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/whitepapers/
http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/audit/
HTH- Scott
scott fegette
macromedia, inc.
Jason- in regards to activation, there is absolutely no 'phoning home'
I'm just posing possibilities... I'm hoping that you would not claim that a spec and a working app always match, thanks to the fact that we programmers sometimes miss a thing here or there. After all, didn't you folks have a problem with the Flash player last year continuing to eat resources even after a user left a page where a Flash movie was embedded? I'm of the opinion that the most likely suspects are the items most recently added and/or changed in the system... as it's usually the new stuff that needs the ironing out.
However, if you'd like to further explain, perhaps you can give us a few ideas about why the "Start page and/or the Help update" functionality would run continuously? Is there a way to disable or alter the intervals that the auto-update features run to reduce load on the client system?
Even better yet, has anyone compiled a list of options to turn off to maximize performance of Flash MX and Flash MX '04? Live Preview comes to mind, but that's kinda nasty to turn off unless you like running "Test Movie" a lot... which is, quite frankly, a major pain on my machine to be doing every five minutes or so...
I'm really curious, however, if DWMX04 shows the same kind of system resource usage as FlMX04 during idle periods.
Any takers out there?
Jason M. Batchelor
I'm just posing possibilities... I'm hoping that you would not claim that a spec and a working app always match, thanks to the fact that we programmers sometimes miss a thing here or there. After all, didn't you folks have a problem with the Flash player last year continuing to eat resources even after a user left a page where a Flash movie was embedded? I'm of the opinion that the most likely suspects are the items most recently added and/or changed in the system... as it's usually the new stuff that needs the ironing out.
However, if you'd like to further explain, perhaps you can give us a few ideas about why the "Start page and/or the Help update" functionality would run continuously? Is there a way to disable or alter the intervals that the auto-update features run to reduce load on the client system?
Even better yet, has anyone compiled a list of options to turn off to maximize performance of Flash MX and Flash MX '04? Live Preview comes to mind, but that's kinda nasty to turn off unless you like running "Test Movie" a lot... which is, quite frankly, a major pain on my machine to be doing every five minutes or so...
I'm really curious, however, if DWMX04 shows the same kind of system resource usage as FlMX04 during idle periods.
Any takers out there?
Jason M. Batchelor
jason,
i just did some sniffing using ettercap.
if i transfer the license this address shows up:
216.200.109.51:443 connecting via https on a 49000+ port on my box.
and this one popped up after pressing the update button in the help panel:
65.57.83.12:80 <--> 192.168.255.32:49153 silent http
i don't know what "silent" means...
i didn't see any traffic while it just sat there, or while i was working with the studio 2004 apps, though.
so this cpu eating must have another reason.
i just did some sniffing using ettercap.
if i transfer the license this address shows up:
216.200.109.51:443 connecting via https on a 49000+ port on my box.
and this one popped up after pressing the update button in the help panel:
65.57.83.12:80 <--> 192.168.255.32:49153 silent http
i don't know what "silent" means...
i didn't see any traffic while it just sat there, or while i was working with the studio 2004 apps, though.
so this cpu eating must have another reason.
Carl Fink wrote: What I was thinking was to "drop" the mask on top at
the last frame of the animation, just to cover the jagged edges.
EY! Carl!....That is a good idea!
Thank you very much for your help!
I hope see you soon in this forum...
the last frame of the animation, just to cover the jagged edges.
EY! Carl!....That is a good idea!
Thank you very much for your help!
I hope see you soon in this forum...
As long as we are talking about optimizing performance, I have to ask this question:
Do the MX04 apps on OS X generally require tons of RAM to run? I am noticing that if I open DW and Flash at the same time on my G4 with 1 GB of RAM I get very slow performance in both apps.
I assume I need more RAM. Anyone out there got good figures for appropriate amounts (not minimum requirements) of RAM for these apps?
Do the MX04 apps on OS X generally require tons of RAM to run? I am noticing that if I open DW and Flash at the same time on my G4 with 1 GB of RAM I get very slow performance in both apps.
I assume I need more RAM. Anyone out there got good figures for appropriate amounts (not minimum requirements) of RAM for these apps?
scott,
i am glad that some folk from MM is hanging out here.
what really concerns me most is: when will we get a straight forward answer as to where you plan on releasing a patch. or at least: is something like a patch in the works?
i am trying to get my feet wet with screen.forms. but they behave so slow, i am loosing interest in the concept. i mean, get grant skinners tutorial and hit test movie in the project panel. it takes 15 seconds to export! and it's only 3 screens (or forms). i am planning an app with about 20 to 30 forms. and i ain't got 2 minutes to wait every time i want to do a test.
and, arrrghhh, the debugger. i really thought MM might have at least gotten that one fixed. but no. some things maybe, but it's still beyond useful. use the actions selector to the right when debugging grant's example. have fun... and why can't i place a break point in an as-file? how am i supposed to debug external files in a project?
and you said mm is using opera (i bet for the help system, too)?! no wonder it crawls. i don't get it. why don't you work together with apple? they just made the fastest browser on the mac and it's called SAFARI.
and because mm is not talking to apple often enough, they'll also never get the font menu straight. for over 2 years now!
ok. rant over. ;-)
have a nice one,
philipp ringli
sichtwerk gmbh
grant's tutorial:
http://www.ultrashock.com/ff.htm?http://ww...x2004/forms.php
this one is a good read too:
http://www.markme.com/mtadmin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=3360
i am glad that some folk from MM is hanging out here.
what really concerns me most is: when will we get a straight forward answer as to where you plan on releasing a patch. or at least: is something like a patch in the works?
i am trying to get my feet wet with screen.forms. but they behave so slow, i am loosing interest in the concept. i mean, get grant skinners tutorial and hit test movie in the project panel. it takes 15 seconds to export! and it's only 3 screens (or forms). i am planning an app with about 20 to 30 forms. and i ain't got 2 minutes to wait every time i want to do a test.
and, arrrghhh, the debugger. i really thought MM might have at least gotten that one fixed. but no. some things maybe, but it's still beyond useful. use the actions selector to the right when debugging grant's example. have fun... and why can't i place a break point in an as-file? how am i supposed to debug external files in a project?
and you said mm is using opera (i bet for the help system, too)?! no wonder it crawls. i don't get it. why don't you work together with apple? they just made the fastest browser on the mac and it's called SAFARI.
and because mm is not talking to apple often enough, they'll also never get the font menu straight. for over 2 years now!
ok. rant over. ;-)
have a nice one,
philipp ringli
sichtwerk gmbh
grant's tutorial:
http://www.ultrashock.com/ff.htm?http://ww...x2004/forms.php
this one is a good read too:
http://www.markme.com/mtadmin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=3360
Hi Urami - thanks for getting back.
I haven't altered the actionscript - here's the exact code from the
button......
on (release) {
getURL
("javascript:n_name=window.open('http://www.theurl.htm','new_name1','width=7
40,height=540');void(0);");
}
any other ideas? - please let me know
as ever
--
keen to learn @ hotmail.com
"urami_" <[Email Removed]> wrote in message
news:[Email Removed]...
I haven't altered the actionscript - here's the exact code from the
button......
on (release) {
getURL
("javascript:n_name=window.open('http://www.theurl.htm','new_name1','width=7
40,height=540');void(0);");
}
any other ideas? - please let me know
as ever
--
keen to learn @ hotmail.com
"urami_" <[Email Removed]> wrote in message
news:[Email Removed]...
| QUOTE |
Thanks for the action script - when I use it, it first creates a blank browser window with just [object] in it? and then opens the fresh window - any idea why and how I can stop it happening? that's because you modify the syntax. you added _blank in the 'window' options while window.open javascript function by default is a BLANK (new window) , making double request literally , confusing the browser. All you have to do is paste the action from my previous post and only change the HTML target and the size , do not change anything else.... |
There is no "Normal" mode in Flash MX 2004.
See these threads. You are not alone in how you feel about MM and Flash MX 2004. It is uber-ridiculous for MM to expect everyone that uses their product to be expert level programmers. Sorry, but I've got projects to get in and out the door to stay afloat financially. I don't have time to learn all the functions of Actionscript.... I just need to plug a few items into Normal mode and move on.
http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/mess...l&keyword2=mode
http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/mess...l&keyword2=mode
Another big point here is that the 6 Flash books I have on my shelf reference things in Normal mode. Does MM now expect me to buy all new books too?
See these threads. You are not alone in how you feel about MM and Flash MX 2004. It is uber-ridiculous for MM to expect everyone that uses their product to be expert level programmers. Sorry, but I've got projects to get in and out the door to stay afloat financially. I don't have time to learn all the functions of Actionscript.... I just need to plug a few items into Normal mode and move on.
http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/mess...l&keyword2=mode
http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/mess...l&keyword2=mode
Another big point here is that the 6 Flash books I have on my shelf reference things in Normal mode. Does MM now expect me to buy all new books too?
"mori57" wrote...
| QUOTE |
| I'm just posing possibilities... I'm hoping that you would not claim that a spec and a working app always match, thanks to the fact that we |
programmers sometimes miss a thing here or there. After all, didn't you
folks have a problem with the Flash player last year continuing to eat
resources even after a user left a page where a Flash movie was embedded?
I'm of the opinion that the most likely suspects are the items most recently
added and/or changed in the system... as it's usually the new stuff that
needs the ironing out.
| QUOTE |
I'd generally agree with that entire statement. In the case of activation
not as much, tho- the 'spec' in this case (i.e. the published activation
white paper and security audit) was written based on how the *shipping*
products behaved and performed, and are not simply pre-dev specs. Please
confirm/validate liberally, I have no problem with being proven wrong if
that's indeed the case. ;)
But absolutely- it's almost always the most recently added/changed/modified
variables in a given config that are most suspect when things go awry.
Always best to run them each down and confirm as to whether they're
contributing to the problem.
| QUOTE |
| However, if you'd like to further explain, perhaps you can give us a few ideas about why the "Start page and/or the Help update" functionality would |
run continuously? Is there a way to disable or alter the intervals that the
auto-update features run to reduce load on the client system?
| QUOTE |
I don't think either runs continuously, it shouldn't check for Help updates
*during normal use of the app* unless you bang on the 'Update' button in the
Help panel (F1). I've been watching my network activity out of the corner
of my eye (using os 10.2.8, btw) and it hasn't tried to access updates the
last three or four times I've launched the app, so I wouldn't expect it has
any effect on overall performance.
Start page doesn't 'continuously' run (or at least - shouldn't) either. DW
and Contribute for example are using an embedded browser (Opera on Mac) to
show the start page (which is why it pings the network at launch in those
apps), in Flash MX2004 it uses a SWF instead. I believe there's still a
network ping at startup to see if an IP connection is active, but you
shouldn't see regular network activity out of the Start page. (again,
independent confirmation of this welcomed)
| QUOTE |
| Even better yet, has anyone compiled a list of options to turn off to maximize performance of Flash MX and Flash MX '04? Live Preview comes to |
mind, but that's kinda nasty to turn off unless you like running "Test
Movie" a lot... which is, quite frankly, a major pain on my machine to be
doing every five minutes or so...
| QUOTE |
Have not- but that's not a bad idea at all. Live Preview would be my first |
guess as well, anyone else have suggestions to add here? Reply to this
thread and I'll keep track of the suggestions.
| QUOTE |
| I'm really curious, however, if DWMX04 shows the same kind of system resource usage as FlMX04 during idle periods. |
For what it's worth, right now I'm showing Dreamweaver as running much
cooler than Flash at an idle (Flash around 33% CPU and Dreamweaver under 1%)
on a dual 500 G4, system 10.2.8, with 1.5GB ram installed.
HTH-
Scott
Macromedia, Inc.
Thanks, cmyck- that's what I would have expected to see in both cases,
always good to have an independent review/opinion on these matters.
-Scott
Macromedia, Inc.
"cmyck" wrote...
always good to have an independent review/opinion on these matters.
-Scott
Macromedia, Inc.
"cmyck" wrote...
| QUOTE |
| i just did some sniffing using ettercap. if i transfer the license this address shows up: 216.200.109.51:443 connecting via https on a 49000+ port on my box. and this one popped up after pressing the update button in the help panel: 65.57.83.12:80 <--> 192.168.255.32:49153 silent http i don't know what "silent" means... i didn't see any traffic while it just sat there, or while i was working with the studio 2004 apps, though. so this cpu eating must have another reason. |
"cmyck" [Email Removed] wrote:
| QUOTE |
| what really concerns me most is: when will we get a straight forward answer as to where you plan on releasing a patch. or at least: is something like a patch in the works? |
Here are top current reproducible issues:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/18889
Note the Performance Questionnaire linked off one item... some systems
are definitely slower than normal at certain operations, and we're
trying to pull info out to make it reproducible, so that any potential
change can be reliably tested. (If you can't make it happen, you can't
fix it.)
If there are significant reproducible issues then there will be an
interim updater, as always:
http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/updates/
Newsgroups tend to have a lot of chatter, though, particularly when
there's anonymity. The folks on the team are documenting what we can
nail down in a very straightforward way, and if you can show others how
to have problems then the access points are at tech support (for
conversation) and the dev team (for logging):
http://www.macromedia.com/support/
http://www.macromedia.com/go/wish
jd
I hate to sound like a broken record, but here's just one of the IDE issues that I've been experiencing since the first release of Flash MX, over a year ago.
1) Open Flash MX, and a decent-sized movie
2) Test Movie
3) While the movie is rendering, switch to another application, such as a web browser or mail app
4) Mouse around, do "stuff" in the other app, then switch back to Flash MX
5) Hopefully by now, the movie will be in test mode. Play around with the movie for a bit, then close the Test window
6) 9-out-of-10 times, all my open panels, incl. the Props and Tools windows, will have disappeared. Only way to restore them is via Window -> Panel Sets
Needless to say, this slows down workflow a great deal, if I have to keep restoring the panels every time I want to test the movie.
If necessary, I can email a movie example where I have consistently seen this occur not only on my Pismo Powerbook G3 400 (1GB RAM, ~6.5GB space open on my primary partition, Mac OS X 10.2.8), but also on my brother-in-law's Titanium Powerbook G4 1Ghz, 1GB RAM, OS X 10.2.6. Both machines have a fresh install of Flash MX.
Jason M. Batchelor
They just don't get it.
From the Emerging Issues page:
Macromedia surveyed users of Firefly and Flash and found that the user base did not want Macromedia to continue to invest in building out the SQL Server connector at this time. We will continue to survey users and use that guidance to inform future product directions.
From the Emerging Issues page:
Macromedia surveyed users of Firefly and Flash and found that the user base did not want Macromedia to continue to invest in building out the SQL Server connector at this time. We will continue to survey users and use that guidance to inform future product directions.
They lied.
From the Emerging Issues page:
Macromedia surveyed users of Firefly and Flash and found that the user base did not want Macromedia to continue to invest in building out the SQL Server connector at this time. We will continue to survey users and use that guidance to inform future product directions.
From the Emerging Issues page:
Macromedia surveyed users of Firefly and Flash and found that the user base did not want Macromedia to continue to invest in building out the SQL Server connector at this time. We will continue to survey users and use that guidance to inform future product directions.
Apparently that is wrong as well.
"The Macromedia Flash Data Connection Kit functionality is being enhanced
and incorporated into the new Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 product.
"
"The Macromedia Flash Data Connection Kit functionality is being enhanced
and incorporated into the new Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 product.
"
urami_ wrote:
| QUOTE |
| SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM |
Oh Urami, would you please stop that? I've already expressed that the
hosting company of this forum finds mention of their articles
acceptable, and I do wish you and others would stop posting such
objectionable and irrelevant messages when they do so.
Just relax. If you don't like it, set up a filter to killfile him. The
alternative is for the rest of us to set up a killfile for you, and I'd
prefer not to do that. Thank you.
jd
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Faster than posting: searching Flash Technotes with "scale rotate".
jd
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| QUOTE |
| Flash is the flagship Macromedia Program. Maybe they don't think it is, but obviously they have a marketing department that is clearly out of touch with the residents of planet earth. For example, after buying Studio MX 2004, they gave a freaking survey on CONTRIBUTE 2! Who cares about contribute 2?!? |
Dreamweaver is actually about twice the size of Flash:
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/ma.../earnings/q403/
(slide 5)
The main thing is (however trite it may sound) for you to be happy. Use
the tool if it's good for you. Don't if it doesn't. Suggest a concrete
improvement to the team if you can. But investing many hours a day in
being publicly unhappy to no useful effect (as some do) has no rewards
for anyone.
It's just software. This is just a newsgroup. If we can help you in your
work, then great.
jd
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"cmyck" [Email Removed] wrote:
| QUOTE |
| what really concerns me most is: when will we get a straight forward answer as to where you plan on releasing a patch. or at least: is something like a patch in the works? |
Here are top current reproducible issues:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/18889
Note the Performance Questionnaire linked off one item... some systems
are definitely slower than normal at certain operations, and we're
trying to pull info out to make it reproducible, so that any potential
change can be reliably tested. (If you can't make it happen, you can't
fix it.)
If there are significant reproducible issues then there will be an
interim updater, as always:
http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/updates/
Newsgroups tend to have a lot of chatter, though, particularly when
there's anonymity. The folks on the team are documenting what we can
nail down in a very straightforward way, and if you can show others how
to have problems then the access points are at tech support (for
conversation) and the dev team (for logging):
http://www.macromedia.com/support/
http://www.macromedia.com/go/wish
jd
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| QUOTE |
| I haven't altered the actionscript - here's the exact code from the button...... on (release) { getURL ("javascript:n_name=window.open('http://www.theurl.htm','new_name1','width=7 40,height=540');void(0);"); } |
hmm
I check on my IE and NS and works w/o problem.
In fact always have , been using it since flash 4 .
Any Iframes , frames , some unique browser ?
Or perhaps URL where the problem happen.
Let us see whether is it your end or perhaps general problem
with some particular set up.
| QUOTE |
| Dreamweaver is actually about twice the size of Flash: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/ma.../earnings/q403/ (slide 5) The main thing is (however trite it may sound) for you to be happy. Use the tool if it's good for you. Don't if it doesn't. Suggest a concrete improvement to the team if you can. But investing many hours a day in being publicly unhappy to no useful effect (as some do) has no rewards for anyone. It's just software. This is just a newsgroup. If we can help you in your work, then great. |
you really continue to prove to be quite an ass .
"It's just software. This is just a newsgroup"
It's just few hundred dollars you moron and the newsgroups is as close as anyone can get
to talk about issues. Your wish list definitely is not taken under consideration.
I forward your post to few people from Macromedia , you sure do them
lots of good with such attitude .
Twit filter ON
Regards
urami_*
<lsym>
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
</lsym>
| QUOTE |
| Oh Urami, would you please stop that? I've already expressed that the hosting company of this forum finds mention of their articles acceptable, and I do wish you and others would stop posting such objectionable and irrelevant messages when they do so. Just relax. If you don't like it, set up a filter to killfile him. The alternative is for the rest of us to set up a killfile for you, and I'd prefer not to do that. Thank you. |
Whatever , you go to my killfiles.
You Nothing but Hypocrite , you made rules that don't apply
to choose one .
How to turn off the anti-aliasing for text oriented objects? Sometimes it looks better, w-out this feature turned on.
In article <o_Wcb.6184$[Email Removed]>,
"news.verizon.net" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
"news.verizon.net" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
| QUOTE |
| www.agddesigns.com |
I think its a decent portfolio, but there are a few things I would
change-- a skip button on the intro for starters.
also every new page that loads should have some content on it to catch
the eye, even if its a just a hello and welcome to my site message or
something... come to think of it my site probably could use a message
like that :). also I think it would be cooler if you could put your
image viewer into the main interface of the site, instead of opening a
new window for it. just use a load movie action and bring that bad boy
into a target movie clip eh?
oh and lastly, your art gallerys should cycle back to the begining when
there over instead of leting you click the button over and over
expecting something to happen :).
theres my 2 cents.
hope it helps.
W
| QUOTE |
| Whatever , you go to my killfiles. You Nothing but Hypocrite , you made rules that don't apply to choose one . |
Thank you for labeling my hard work as spam, Urami. You might be helpful
around here, but your attitude is not helping this forum.
--
--------------------------------------------
Tom Muck
author Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide
http://flash-remoting.com
"jd" wrote
| QUOTE |
I've already expressed that the hosting company of this forum finds mention of their articles acceptable, and I do wish you and others would stop posting such objectionable and irrelevant messages when they do so. |
regardless of "the hosting company of this forum finding it acceptable",
the fact is that it is blatant advertising for a paying service -
**Annual term for $200 ($16.66 per month)**
Macromedia has provided a page of Forum ettiquette -
http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/etiquette.html - that quite
clearly states -
** No advertising or solicitation is permitted on Macromedia's Online
Forums.**
and
**Macromedia reserves the right to delete or move (to a more appropriate
forum)
messages which do not follow these guidelines**
Why are these guidelines not being strictly adhered to ?
Or is it a case of "who you know" ?
the footer on each online forum page clearly states -
"These online forums are for user-to-user discussions "
this is what we (the users) want, NOT advertisements.
Are Macromedia prepared to put their house in order on this point ?
Or do we continue the Monty Pythonesque slapping with killfiles at 20 paces
:)
sincerely
Jack.
| QUOTE |
| Thank you for labeling my hard work as spam, Urami. You might be helpful around here, but your attitude is not helping this forum. |
I really could not care , if you have no common decency to use right channel
to distribute
content you ask money for in return m don't except me too dress in roses
ordinary low life cyber spammer who seek forum as place to conduct business.
Go away and stop wasting my time .
Regards
urami_*
<lsym>
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
</lsym>
The container clips will work, but you can also do what you're already
doing: just load your main movie on top of a blank movie. So start with a
blank movie to set the dimensions, framerate and background color, and then
load your main movie into level 10. Then you can load movies underneath it
without destroying it.
"itsrainin" <[Email Removed]> wrote in message
news:e7Qab.375$N94.255@lakeread02...
doing: just load your main movie on top of a blank movie. So start with a
blank movie to set the dimensions, framerate and background color, and then
load your main movie into level 10. Then you can load movies underneath it
without destroying it.
"itsrainin" <[Email Removed]> wrote in message
news:e7Qab.375$N94.255@lakeread02...
| QUOTE |
| how exactly do you use container clips? "LOQUTUS" <[Email Removed]> wrote in message news:mPbab.7947$[Email Removed]... If you are using the loadMovieNum() command, you cannot load below the movie that is in level 0. Level 0 is the lowest level and it sets the stage size, framerate, and background color. You can load into level 0, but that will destroy the current contents of level 0. May I suggest that you use container movie ckips - and load your movie into those container clips. This gives you much more control over your loaded movies. "itsrainin" <[Email Removed]> wrote in message news:7Q8ab.37184$j26.18631@lakeread02... I have a main movie that loads first, and as the person navigates the site the movies are loaded into the main movie using the loadmovie script, but when they are loaded they load on top of the main movie, how can i get them to load below the main movie, the main movie is at default layer 0 is there a way to change this so other movies can load beneath? itsrainin |
I have a similar issue on Mac OS X 10.2.8 w/Flash MX 2004 Pro. In the help panel I can see the tree/hierarchy list on the left side, and clicking a link there will show the help content on the right side of the help viewer.
However, if the help content contains links to other pages, clicking those links does nothing.
It's obvious that Flash is not using the standard system help viewer...that's a good thing in my opinion, but after looking in my Flash installation folder and seeing an "Opera" folder, I can only assume that Flash is using an embedded instance of the Opera browser to view the HTML help files.
I can right-click the links in the help content and a standard Opera context menu appears. I just can't get the links to actually load any new pages. I've tried reinstalling twice...reinstalled all of Studio MX 2004 and just reinstalled Flash MX 2004 Pro. Nothing seems to matter.
I'm running it on a 12" Powerbook G4 w/640 MB RAM. (OS v.10.2.8...the second "non-buggy" release...supposedly)
--Paul
However, if the help content contains links to other pages, clicking those links does nothing.
It's obvious that Flash is not using the standard system help viewer...that's a good thing in my opinion, but after looking in my Flash installation folder and seeing an "Opera" folder, I can only assume that Flash is using an embedded instance of the Opera browser to view the HTML help files.
I can right-click the links in the help content and a standard Opera context menu appears. I just can't get the links to actually load any new pages. I've tried reinstalling twice...reinstalled all of Studio MX 2004 and just reinstalled Flash MX 2004 Pro. Nothing seems to matter.
I'm running it on a 12" Powerbook G4 w/640 MB RAM. (OS v.10.2.8...the second "non-buggy" release...supposedly)
--Paul
That doesn't work in Flash MX 2004
You do get a list of methods that way, but no doc'n on them. Right-clicking and choosing "Help" gives me this:
"This information is not available. Documentation is regularly updated. Click the Update button to check for new documentation."
I updated, but no luck.
Jaron
You do get a list of methods that way, but no doc'n on them. Right-clicking and choosing "Help" gives me this:
"This information is not available. Documentation is regularly updated. Click the Update button to check for new documentation."
I updated, but no luck.
Jaron
Thanks so much for your help.
It works great.
Cheers!
Dustie
It works great.
Cheers!
Dustie
On 10/3/03 8:04 PM, in article bll6dc$qnp$[Email Removed], "John
Dowdell" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
Dowdell" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
| QUOTE |
| Flash is the flagship Macromedia Program. Maybe they don't think it is, but obviously they have a marketing department that is clearly out of touch with the residents of planet earth. For example, after buying Studio MX 2004, they gave a freaking survey on CONTRIBUTE 2! Who cares about contribute 2?!? Dreamweaver is actually about twice the size of Flash: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/ma.../earnings/q403/ (slide 5) |
Well, the Studio is 32 percent of the sales, so that is a lot of flash on
the market.
Dreamweaver is a little different then Flash in that it has competition with
Go Live, Front Page, and other development environments. Flash has no
competition. Flash is the only game in town. I use Dreamweaver because it is
the best. I don't have a choice with flash. Flash is only going to get more
popular as the years go by, unless MM continues the deliberate hobbling for
non programmers. Many programmers have no design skills whatsoever, and
readily admit it. This means that there could end up being a much larger
percentage of Flash 7 media being poorly designed. Flash is already
struggling for wider acceptance because of thousands of badly designed flash
websites that are difficult to navigate. Most clients cringe at the idea of
a flash website to this day.
The reason I complain is because I already bought the new studio. $500
clams. I don't even think that is too expensive for what you get. It just
sucks that with all the effort MM put into the new flash, that it will be
unusable for a chunk of it's userbase until they fix it. The attitude I am
basically getting from you is that since you already have my money, you
don't give a flying xxxx what I have to say about the software. That won't
work for the people that haven't upgraded yet.
| QUOTE |
| The main thing is (however trite it may sound) for you to be happy. Use the tool if it's good for you. Don't if it doesn't. Suggest a concrete improvement to the team if you can. But investing many hours a day in being publicly unhappy to no useful effect (as some do) has no rewards for anyone. |
For me to be happy, MM will need to fix the software. There isn't even any
action script MX 2004 books out yet, so even if I was ready to learn how to
hand code it, There are no resources for me to do so. I have a big project I
need to get done by November 1. I am going to have to use the old MX,
because I don't have the time yet to learn ActionScript and make my
deadline.
I have submitted a bug report on the MM website. I have posted a few times
in here. I don't plan to post about this on a daily basis, but I will from
time to time until MM ownes up to the problem. If they ever do. Maybe they
will just pull a "Quark" and ignore everyone like they have been so far. I
think they owe it to the paying customers to explain a workaround like they
do when there are bugs.
So, on a positive note, I love Macromedia products. I think the new
Fireworks and Dreamweaver are great. The new flash is awesome, with the
glaring exception of the expert mode. I appreciate that MM continues to
develop for the Mac, and were quick to port Studio to Mac OS X. I am very
excited about the fact that it is now possible to run Cold Fusion on the Mac
via Jrun.
Regards,
Matthew
--
Matthew E. Wells
Graphics Department
www.tmmarketing.com
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Sound.onSoundComplete
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
mySoundObject.onSoundComplete = callbackFunction
.... for further details see the Flash MX helpfiles. :-)
Daniel
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
mySoundObject.onSoundComplete = callbackFunction
.... for further details see the Flash MX helpfiles. :-)
Daniel
Hi
Im also looking for the standalone installers.
Is the only way to get them by regestring at macromedia?
Download link for FlashPlayer 7 for Windows 2000 please.
/Thomas
Im also looking for the standalone installers.
Is the only way to get them by regestring at macromedia?
Download link for FlashPlayer 7 for Windows 2000 please.
/Thomas
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