[SWFObject] SWFObject Digest, Knock, knock
Stephen M. Rapp
footpath at citcom.net
Thu Nov 2 05:40:07 PST 2006
I'm looking for the attachment, but not having any luck.
By the way, thanks
huck
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> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:48:33 -0500
> From: Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Ampersands and addVariable Parameters
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
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> so then you can either a) display it in an html text field, or b)
> just unescape the string.
>
> in actionscript you can unescape it with unencode() i think.
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Jim Blakeslee wrote:
>
>> Would you believe, it displays it exactly as written:
>> "Tony%20%26%20Joe%27s%20Seafood%20Place" and does not decode it.
>>
>> And, I don't see anything in the actionscript related to the
>> handling of
>> the string that looks unusual to me...
>>
>> Geoff Stearns wrote:
>>> interesting... are you doing any other processing on the string
>>> after
>>> it enters the swf?
>>>
>>> maybe you could just set the string manually inside your flash
>>> movie as
>>>
>>> Tony%20%26%20Joe%27s%20Seafood%20Place
>>>
>>> and then see how your app displays it?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Jim Blakeslee wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am doing:
>>>>
>>>> so.addVariable("mapitlabel",escape("Tony & Joe's Seafood Place"));
>>>>
>>>> but the Flash is still seeing the string as just "Tony"
>>>>
>>>> see page here:
>>>> http://www.georgetowndc.com/mapit.php?id=1102
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Geoff Stearns wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> you have to escape ant special chars:
>>>>>
>>>>> so.addVariable("url", escape("yoururlstring"));
>>>>>
>>>>> OR, if you are using double-byte chars (like most asian languages)
>>>>> you
>>>>> can use encodeURIComponent() instead of encode.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Jose R. Rodriguez (JRVisuals,LLC)
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still searching the archives on this one but...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm having problems passing a parameter in via addVariable.
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> value ( a URL containing name/value pairs) is being truncated
>>>>>> at the
>>>>>> first ampersand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>> - JR
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Jose R. Rodriguez : Founder / JRVisuals, LLC :
>>>>>> *www.JRVisuals.com
>>>>>> <http://www.jrvisuals.com/>* *||* *blog.JRVisuals.com
>>>>>> <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/JRVisuals%20LLC/
>>>>>> Application
>>>>>> %20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/blog.JRVisuals.com>_
>>>>>> _
>>>>>> 716.523.1219 mobile || 716.884.1000 office || 716.840.5909 fax
>>>>>> || Josker420 aim
>>>>>> ?Making the simple complicated is commonplace;
>>>>>> making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's
>>>>>> creativity.?
>>>>>> ?Charles Mingus
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> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:01:40 -0500
> From: "Stephen M. Rapp" <footpath at citcom.net>
> Subject: [SWFObject] Knock, knock
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
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> I'd like to introduce myself. I'm 56, father of five (10 including my
> wife's. Don't be in shock, they're all gone off now ). I live outside
> Asheville, NC, in a beautiful forest. Moved here a year ago from
> Sundance, Utah. I'm a writer and a passionate Mac hack. I'm
> interested in promoting my wife's bookmaking art and have taken up
> web design, more as a hobby then a career. I do love my computer
> though. Started on a SE in the early 80's System 6, Compuserve,
> Microphone, Word 3 and HyperCard. I fell behind in the early 90's
> with a monastic stint in Sante Fe, and when I re-emerged, it was
> System 7 and color.
>
> I'm not totally newbie. www.chfda.com but nowhere near where I'd like
> to be.
>
> Need a little direction.
>
> My first issue is fixing an Active content fix for a volunteer job I
> did for the Pisgah Forest Institute. http://
> pisgahforestinstitute.org.whsites.net/WEB/index.html
>
> I jumped through all the hoops I could, to deal with the Flash menu I
> made but it still doesn't show up in Explorer 6 -x. I've read around
> and think there's a coding fix, but I'm no where close to dropping
> snippets willy nilly.
>
> If there's a benevolent tech god out there, who could help me, the
> PFI would be grateful, and I'd appear the hero.
>
> Second, what's the gateway (book or site) to learn these deep Flash
> site codes and the related java. I've done one site (the mdr one)
> from a Flash template. It took months of trial and many errors and I
> couldn't tell you how I did it if my life counted on it, but I'd like
> to be able to do more from scratch, for fun and in the intrest of a
> couple of multi-media sites I have in mind.
>
> I don't plan to drop in and then disappear, I'd like to hang out and
> grow with the group. I'm willing to do the learning curve struggle,
> on my own, so I'm not the dumb kid in the club.
>
> Am I barking up the right tree?
>
> Stephen Rapp
> huck555
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> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:04:57 +1100
> From: "Aran Rhee" <aran.rhee at qdc.net.au>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Knock, knock
> To: <swfobject at lists.deconcept.com>
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> Hi Stephen.
>
> Menu page
> Attached is a very simple rewrite of your menu frame page using
> swfObject. I
> haven't changed your table mark-up etc. This will detect for flash
> version 8
> in the users machine and display the flash menu, otherwise display the
> alternative content described in the "flashcontent" <DIV>.
>
> You just need to change the name of the html file and also upload the
> swfObject.js file into the same directory.
>
> BTW - you could most likely export the menu as flash 6 or 7, as it
> doesn't
> seem to use any advanced flash 8 features, or any AS2 classes etc.
> If you
> are only using getURL commands on your buttons, flash 6 (mx) is a safe
> export version.
>
> You can use the same basic idea and put it on your banner page too.
>
>
> Book/Site
> Are you wanting to learn java or JavaScript? JavaScript is what is
> used as
> part of swfObject to do client-side scripting for browsers, where
> as Java is
> a completely different language which is used on enterprise level
> server
> side coding (and cross platform offline applications). I presume
> you mean
> JavaScript, but perhaps not as Java and flash can be combined for more
> complex web based applications (like the one I am presently working
> on)
>
> Flash books - something like "Foundation Flash 8" by friends of ed
> (http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590595424) would be a
> good place
> to start, with it's sister book on the coding side of things
> "Foundation
> actionscript for flash 8"
> (http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590596188).
>
> JavaScript - I am self taught in this area since actionscript and
> JavaScript
> are almost identical in terms of syntax, but something like
> "JavaScript: a
> beginners guide" is a good start, and is supposed to be good
> (http://www.pageresource.com/jsbook.htm)
>
>
> For flash beginners questions, there are more general lists and
> forums such
> as http://www.actionscript.org or http://www.flashkit.com etc. This is
> really a small list specifically for swfObject related questions
> (which
> your's was :), but I am unsure if you will learn the sort of
> general things
> you want to know about flash/JavaScript here. You are of course
> welcome to
> do so though.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Aran
>
> _____
>
> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
> M. Rapp
> Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 2:02 PM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: [SWFObject] Knock, knock
>
>
>
> I'd like to introduce myself. I'm 56, father of five (10 including my
> wife's. Don't be in shock, they're all gone off now ). I live outside
> Asheville, NC, in a beautiful forest. Moved here a year ago from
> Sundance,
> Utah. I'm a writer and a passionate Mac hack. I'm interested in
> promoting my
> wife's bookmaking art and have taken up web design, more as a hobby
> then a
> career. I do love my computer though. Started on a SE in the early
> 80's
> System 6, Compuserve, Microphone, Word 3 and HyperCard. I fell
> behind in the
> early 90's with a monastic stint in Sante Fe, and when I re-
> emerged, it was
> System 7 and color.
>
>
> I'm not totally newbie. www.chfda.com but nowhere near where I'd
> like to be.
>
> Need a little direction.
>
> My first issue is fixing an Active content fix for a volunteer job
> I did for
> the Pisgah Forest Institute.
> http://pisgahforestinstitute.org.whsites.net/WEB/index.html
>
>
> I jumped through all the hoops I could, to deal with the Flash menu
> I made
> but it still doesn't show up in Explorer 6 -x. I've read around and
> think
> there's a coding fix, but I'm no where close to dropping snippets
> willy
> nilly.
>
>
> If there's a benevolent tech god out there, who could help me, the
> PFI would
> be grateful, and I'd appear the hero.
>
>
> Second, what's the gateway (book or site) to learn these deep Flash
> site
> codes and the related java. I've done one site (the mdr one) from a
> Flash
> template. It took months of trial and many errors and I couldn't
> tell you
> how I did it if my life counted on it, but I'd like to be able to
> do more
> from scratch, for fun and in the intrest of a couple of multi-media
> sites I
> have in mind.
>
>
> I don't plan to drop in and then disappear, I'd like to hang out
> and grow
> with the group. I'm willing to do the learning curve struggle, on
> my own, so
> I'm not the dumb kid in the club.
>
>
> Am I barking up the right tree?
>
>
> Stephen Rapp
> huck555
>
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