[SWFObject] SWFObject Digest, Knock, knock (can't view attachment)
Aran Rhee
aran.rhee at qdc.net.au
Thu Nov 2 13:09:47 PST 2006
Stephen.
It must be in your list settings, as I can see the attachement on the list.
I have sent you the attchment directly to your email.
Geoff - can you explain how to turn on attachments for people?
Cheers,
A
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> Stephen M. Rapp
> Sent: Friday, 3 November 2006 12:40 AM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWFObject Digest, Knock, knock
>
> I'm looking for the attachment, but not having any luck.
>
> By the way, thanks
>
> huck
>
> On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:05 PM, swfobject-request at lists.deconcept.com
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> > 1. Re: Ampersands and addVariable Parameters (Geoff Stearns)
> > 2. Knock, knock (Stephen M. Rapp)
> > 3. Re: Knock, knock (Aran Rhee)
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> > Message: 1
> > 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
> > Message-ID: <E150A92B-BF75-4BAF-8A72-C457CDB8C638 at deconcept.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes;
> > format=flowed
> >
> > 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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> > ------------------------------
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> > Message: 2
> > 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
> > Message-ID: <927F1F3E-34DA-48B6-B907-450B78EEE169 at citcom.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > 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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> > Message: 3
> > 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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