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As the title says... i've used MMF2 to add a cool scrolling screenshot system to my new website for an upcoming shareware app. Only trouble I have is that it is 829kb's! Mostly my fault though as I had to have the number of colours high to make the fade out on the left and right look good enough.
http://www.phaedra-passwords.com
Product hasn't gone 'live' yet but I thought i'd show it off to you guys :)
Nice looking site and product.
About your java app, for me the arrow don't turn the wheel in the right direction. :)
I like it the way it is :) Very professional.
Thanks guys :)
What do you mean Sphax? The right arrow should move the images to the right and vice-versa. Did this not work properly for you?
I understand what Sphax means. Either way would be correct, but it just seems more natural for it to go the other way. Also, that is the way most things of this nature go.
It's like the scrollbars... The down arrow move the page upward. ;)
Yeah, I can see it from both viewpoints. If you think "I want to move the images left" and hover over the left arrow, it's fine. If you think "I want to see an image to the left" and hover over the left arrow, it feels rather strange :)
lol yeah I can understand where your coming from. As Brandon said, both ways would be fine, so I probably won't change it :)
Great job -- now how'd you do it? :)
You are right about the size, 56kers won't like you for that. ;)
Wow! That looks nice!
On the word about size, later on when the active picture object(unless it already has) gets a java runtime you could use that one to load the images, then they wouldn't need to be included in the java file :)
OK i tried running the free version, and it just opened a command prompt window for a split second and closed it. I tried deleting the file and it says it is in use. I then looked in the processes tab in the task manager and it's not there. Why is this?
@ wizkidweb: That's because I haven't uploaded the free version as yet :) My website creates a temp file from a secure location and if there isn't anything in the secure location it creates a file with nothing in it :D
@ Villy: Great idea, i'll see if it's been converted yet
The size of the Java runtime (when you do not use extension) will be smaller in the final version : around 370kb
That will be great :)
Active Picture object hasn't been converted as yet.
That's really well done. I will be doing something very similar as well for my artwork.
Great job. :)
hi, using IE i just have a grey empty square insted of the java app. any idea why?
No idea! Works in IE 7 and 6 as far as I can see... it might be that you don't have an up to date version of Java installed (http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp)
Thanks Steven, i updated java and it works great now!!
nice app.
No problem, glad you like it :)
I get a scrolling graphic problem... if i use the middle mouse button, the top of the graphic is replicated twice... i think i have the latest java?
Jason
I may be incorrect on this, but I too got that problem. So I tested it out on some other Java stuff similar to that (Google searched it), and the problem occurred again. So it seems that might just be a problem with Java.
Note: I was using Mozilla for my tests, not IE.
Quick question Steven. Did you use active objects for the scrolling thumbnails, or is there a plugin you used to generate them and the scrolling effect?
Just used an active object. I can upload the .mfa if you guys want to see the events?
I would love to see what you've done. If you could post the .mfa I would be much obliged. :)
No problem http://www.phaedra-passwords.com/dow...aedraslide.mfa
I'm sure that there is a more elegent way to do it, but I didn't have much time :)
Thanks for posting up the source.
Every example helps people understand how to accomplish certain tasks. Its a perfect example of how MMF will become a valuable tool in web developers toolkit for creating Java applets for web pages.
Thanks Steven, I appreciate it. I'll take a look at it today!
Jeff, I completely agree. I'd been away from the 'klik' scene for a while because of work obligations, but I will say one that REALLY caught my eye and brought me back here was the addition of Java compilation and HWA. You guys have done such a great job with MMF/TGF. I am very happy I upgraded to MMF2. :)
same here ! :)
No probs with posting the source. It all helps :)
I'll be working on some new tutorials soon Jeff.
Also for anyone interested in trying out Phaedra, i'm hoping to go live tomorrow and will post a topic in the open topic forum :)
Hey Steven, congratulations on your launch. :) That's awesome.
I almost started a new thread, but I figured my problem would fit well here.
I have my full gallery of artwork finished and ready, made with MMF2. When I save it out as a java applet, I open the htm file that it generates, and nothing appears except for the default text in the html. I ran another test with a different app made in MMF2, compile out to java applet, and that one works. I checked all the settings, everything is the same. I even compared it to your source Steven (thanks btw!!), and it doesn't work.
I can't post the .mfa file right now, but when I get home later this evening I will. But in the mean time, does any one have an idea of what it could be?
Yes, please post the MFA, I'll have a look at it...
Okay, sorry about the long wait there. Turns out I wasn't able to get home until today. And then I had to do some beta testing... Wew.
Anyway, here is the .mfa file.
www.geothefaust.com/MMF/gallery_01.mfa
I did some checking today as well. I deleted all the items, one at a time to narrow it down. It seems it is my main "viewer" active object. I checked out all the events and graphics, and pretty much every setting I could think of. But couldn't narrow it down further. I hope this helps.
Thank you Francois.
Your transparency events don't show correctly on my comp. If I try to run the app it crashes. If I delete the Thumbnail "Art" Transparency group however, it works. So try changing the way you've got that setup.
Steve
Cool. Will do Steve. Thanks for taking a look at it. :) I'll hopefully have an update tomorrow.
Well it seems to work deleting that group of events and compiles nicely with out it. I suppose I can use it with out all the transparency, though it was much spiffier with it.
Active object transparencies don't work in the current build of Java anyways :(
Doh... Well that's nice to know for future reference, at least with this build. Perhaps with the next or later builds will support it?
Thanks again Steven, I'm happy now that I can upload my galleries to my site. I really appreciate it.
PS - How is the launch of your password manager going?
No sales yet! But it's still early days and it's just starting to get on lots of websites around the web. A Polish mag wants me allow them to put the full version on their cover disk for free and they'll do a write-up on it and feature some of my other stuff too. So might do that.
No, setting the transparency of the objects in the events will never work in Java. You juyst do not have the functions for.
But you can create your objects with a complete alpha channel, and the semi transparence will be displayed accordingly.
When viewing your website from a mac, everything works fine!
Good job! ;)
-Mel ;)