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Re: Frame Selection Panel Chris (mudbubble)
9/8/2005 7:22:05 PM
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that was me :)
and i was just talking to MM about it yesterday. i will check this out soon ...

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Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/8/2005 11:20:38 PM
Along time ago, someone suggested that there be a panel for how many frames you
have selected, and such. During that time, the only solution I could come up
with, was using a jsfl file. However, yesterday I think it was, I learned how
to make my own panels! So, I decided to turn the Frame Selection.jsfl into a
panel! Please test it out, and give me some feedback on it...

Download:

http://www.geocities.com/saif7463/Frame_Selection.zip

Extract, Frame Selection.swf to the WindowSWF directory. This directory should
be located in the folders where Flash is installed... this directory should
either be in the Configuration folder or FirstRun folder (it was supposed to be
in Configuration, except for me, I discovered it in the FirstRun folder). Then,
open flash if it not opened, or restart it if it is. Then, go to: Window >
Other Panels > Frame Selection. Now, when you select frames it will tell you
from which frame to which frame you have selected and the total frames
selected... enjoy!
Re: Frame Selection Panel Chris (mudbubble)
9/8/2005 11:34:26 PM
pretty cool - i would suggest streamlining it - is there a need to display scene name and amount of
selected regions? just thinking out loud. Very cool - i could put this to some use.

as for compiling an MXP - you need the Extension Manager - if you have it, just go to Help >
Creating and Submitting Extensions.



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Re: Frame Selection Panel Chris (mudbubble)
9/8/2005 11:48:34 PM
yup - just discovered it.

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Re: Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/8/2005 11:50:12 PM
Re: Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/9/2005 12:00:00 AM
Just remembered a major bug in the code... if there are no documents open,
you'll be hit by an error every time you close the error dialog box... because
I used an onEnterFrame and supposed there was an open document... resulting in
a no document error thing.
Re: Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/9/2005 12:00:00 AM
Thanks for the feedback. When you say "i would suggest streamlining it ", what
do you mean by that? And no, there is no reason for the Scene name and selected
regions... just felt like adding it. Yeah, I found out about that soon after.
I'm gonna fix it up, make it an mxp.
Re: Frame Selection Panel Chris (mudbubble)
9/9/2005 12:47:10 AM
streamlining meant making it simpler by removing scene name and selected regions - i dont mind them
there, but screen real-estate is critical - even for me with 3 displays (as you know) - just a
suggestion. very cool though.

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Re: Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/10/2005 12:00:00 AM
Ok, it has been "streamlined". If you resize it to it's minimum size, it will
only show you the first region that has been selected. If you make it taller,
it will show you more regions... Same url:
http://www.geocities.com/saif7463/Frame_Selection.zip

BTW, I couldn't figure out how to remove the old panel (and another two I made
for testing)... I deleted the swfs from the WindowSWF folder... but they are
still under the menu? Do you know how to remove them?
Re: Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/10/2005 5:20:20 PM
Re: Frame Selection Panel NSurveyor
9/10/2005 11:36:41 PM
Hmm.. I tried making the Frame Selection.swf into a extension... but to no
avail. I created a file called frame_selection.mxi with the following in it.
Then I packaged and installed it... but no new panel!?! What's wrong with my
code?

<macromedia-extension
name="Frame Selection"
version="1.00"
requires-restart="true"
type="Flash Dynamic Panel">

<author name="Saif Hakim, aka NSurveyor"/>

<products>
<product name="Flash" version="7" primary="true" />
</products>
<description>
<![CDATA[This Flash Panel gives information about the selected frames in the
currently focused document.
It will show as many frame selection regions as possible. If you resize the
height and make it bigger, more regions will be shown.
The panel shows the first frame, last frame, and total selected frames for
each frame selection region.]]>
</description>
<ui-access>
<![CDATA[You can use this panel by choosing:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Window > Other Panels > Frame Selection.]]>
</ui-access>
<files>
<file source="Frame Selection.swf"
destination="$Flash/Configuration/WindowSWF" />
</files>
</macromedia-extension>
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