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Today's Topics:
1. Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability
(Jeff Mastropietro)
2. Re: Undefine a Component (Charles Parcell)
3. Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability
(Nathan Derksen)
4. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (g.wygonik)
5. Re: Remote Debugging + Flash Remoting = Frozen Browser. FP8
Bug? (Judah Frangipane)
6. Re: JavaScript to Flash Communication Compatability
(Jeff Mastropietro)
7. Re: Re: calling a static method on dynamically namedclass?
(Rich Rodecker)
8. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (Nathan Derksen)
9. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (JesterXL)
10. > Difference keying (Weyert de Boer)
11. Passing complex structure of parameters to web service with
ActionScript (Binyamin Bauman)
12. RE: Passing complex structure of parameters to webservice
with ActionScript (Adrian Lynch)
13. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (g.wygonik)
14. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (Nathan Derksen)
15. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (JesterXL)
16. Re: Singleton as associative array - yucky icky? (JesterXL)
17. Re: Re: calling a static method on dynamically namedclass?
(Jim Kremens)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:20:47 -0800
From: Jeff Mastropietro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] JavaScript to Flash Communication
Compatability
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Nathan,
Thanks, I was aware of both of the Macromedia methods, and I have
switched over to the Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit. It
has pretty poor documentation, and that is why I did not use it
initially. I need to support back to Flash 6, so ExternalInterface is
out of the question. :(
The sad news is that it still doesn't work in Opera on maemo. The
project I am working on needs to run on the new Nokia 770, which runs
maemo and uses Opera as the web browser. The flash player version is
6,0,82,0 which should be sufficient to work with my application which
now is at version 6,0,65,0. However, it seems that the LocalConnection
class is not working, and as a result the Macromedia Flash JavaScript
Integration Kit method does not work.
I've found some indication that this is a problem with the flash player
plugin for Opera on Linux, and maemo. The Macromedia page says it
support Opera on Windows and Mac, but nothing about other platforms.
Jeff
Nathan Derksen wrote:
I haven't seen an up-to-date chart either. You may be interested in
knowing that Macromedia already has two ways for you to do this. The
first is the Flash JavaScript Integration Kit:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashjavascript/
This uses legacy techniques to make what you are doing work in
versions 8 to (I believe) 6, and works in Firefox 1.0+ and Opera 8+.
The other one is the Flash 8 ExternalInterface class. I have an
example up at http://www.nathanderksen.com/blog/?p=11 and you can
find the documentation at http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/
wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?
context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00002200.html. Very slick, but the
browser support isn't as good and it only works in Flash 8.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote:
I'm working on a project using JavaScript to call functions in a
flash movie. I'm currently using the JSFCommunicator Library:
http://www.abdulqabiz.com/files/JSFC/JSFCommunicator%20Library.htm
What I would like to know is, is there a better object available?
Also, I'm guessing that all solutions are going to be dependant on
the .GetVariable and .SetVariable methods being available to
JavaScript. Does anyone know of a more up to date compatability
chart than this one?
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14159
More specifically, I need to know compatability with Mozilla and
Opera browsers.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:38:36 -0500
From: Charles Parcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Undefine a Component
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Thanks for the response but that is not really what I am looking for.
Indeed I am use a class.
I am able to revert the component back to a MC by removing all the data in
the Component Definition wizard. But the problem is that it seems to hold
onto that data (some how) even though the wizard is blank.
I was able to drill into my MC and copy all the frames and paste them into a
new MC and relink to my class file. Then I deleted the old MC. This worked
(of course) but there should be a way to remove all the component definition
data without having to rebuild the MC.
Charles P.
On 12/30/05, GregoryN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If your component is based on AS2 class - just associate another mc
with it.
If not (as I suspect :) , I'd suggest to make a little/single SWF with
only
this component and then decompile it with Flare or another tool.
You'll get an abstract code, but will be able to restore everything.
Hope this can help you.
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I was working on creating a little component based on a MC I have in my
current project. After playing a little I decided that I would wait till
the
project was done before packaging the component for my team to use.
Somewhere in the process something got mucked up. When I run my project
the
MC does not behave as it should. As a matter of fact it seems to be
holding
onto variables and values from when I was setting it up as a component
(via
the Component Definition wizard).
My question is, how to you properly reinstate the MC once you have
started
adding component defining properties??
Charles P.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:54:06 -0800
From: Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] JavaScript to Flash Communication
Compatability
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Yah, I feel your pain. While I haven't had to specifically test for
Opera, I have had to deal with differences in LiveConnect between IE
and Mozilla on Mac (OS 9 and OS X) and Windows. It's truly a PITA.
A technique that I have used to pass data from JavaScript to Flash
include using a shim Flash movie that is created with JavaScript
every time a message needs to be passed, using FlashVars or URL
encoding to pass the variables into the shim clip, which would then
pass the message onto the main running Flash movie either through
LocalConnection or through SharedObject. If LocalConnection does not
work, SharedObject still should as there is no reliance on
LiveConnect that I know of. It just means the target movie needs to
poll for changes.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
On Dec 30, 2005, at 9:20 AM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote:
Nathan,
Thanks, I was aware of both of the Macromedia methods, and I have
switched over to the Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit.
It has pretty poor documentation, and that is why I did not use it
initially. I need to support back to Flash 6, so ExternalInterface
is out of the question. :(
The sad news is that it still doesn't work in Opera on maemo. The
project I am working on needs to run on the new Nokia 770, which
runs maemo and uses Opera as the web browser. The flash player
version is 6,0,82,0 which should be sufficient to work with my
application which now is at version 6,0,65,0. However, it seems
that the LocalConnection class is not working, and as a result the
Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit method does not work.
I've found some indication that this is a problem with the flash
player plugin for Opera on Linux, and maemo. The Macromedia page
says it support Opera on Windows and Mac, but nothing about other
platforms.
Jeff
Nathan Derksen wrote:
I haven't seen an up-to-date chart either. You may be interested
in knowing that Macromedia already has two ways for you to do
this. The first is the Flash JavaScript Integration Kit:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashjavascript/
This uses legacy techniques to make what you are doing work in
versions 8 to (I believe) 6, and works in Firefox 1.0+ and Opera 8+.
The other one is the Flash 8 ExternalInterface class. I have an
example up at http://www.nathanderksen.com/blog/?p=11 and you can
find the documentation at http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/
main/ wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?
context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00002200.html. Very slick, but the
browser support isn't as good and it only works in Flash 8.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote:
I'm working on a project using JavaScript to call functions in a
flash movie. I'm currently using the JSFCommunicator Library:
http://www.abdulqabiz.com/files/JSFC/JSFCommunicator%20Library.htm
What I would like to know is, is there a better object
available? Also, I'm guessing that all solutions are going to
be dependant on the .GetVariable and .SetVariable methods being
available to JavaScript. Does anyone know of a more up to date
compatability chart than this one?
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?
id=tn_14159
More specifically, I need to know compatability with Mozilla and
Opera browsers.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:55:14 -0600
From: "g.wygonik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
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lol - indeed. :-)
i'm just trying to look at possible "issues" that may come up later
on... but this scenario brings up two follow-up questions/concerns:
1 - the fact that Flash (AS2) will happily turn a class into an
associative array without any sort of warning. if a coder comes in and
uses session["foo"], it will work with no errors thrown. can i catch
this somehow? should they use this syntax throughout their modules, it
will work with no problems, but won't be "correct".
2 - can i somehow catch items being added to the class via the
ass-array method and properly add them to the Items array instead of
the root class? in other words, say a user does use the session["foo"]
method. can i intercept that call, add the item/value to the Items
array and remove it from the class? i thought about some sort of
watch, but i wouldn't know what to watch in this case...
while i'm going to be setting up a proper API for them to use, in a
way this conversation is over from a "real world" standpoint. but i'd
like to figure this out from a theoretical standpoint now.
g.
On 12/30/05, Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would say to hell with the VB coders (and I used to be one). What
if you want to change your implementation later on? What if this
functionality changes with AS3? Without an API, you open yourself up
to all sorts of fun stuff that may force the user to have to change
their code later on. Be nice to yourself and to your users. You'll be
happier in the end, and your guilt will be assuaged (rightly so)! And
when was the last time that VB/VBScript catered to anyone in the
Java, JavaScript, or ActionScript world? They use completely
different syntax, so don't fret about it.
Nathan
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:09:24 -0600
From: Judah Frangipane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Remote Debugging + Flash Remoting = Frozen
Browser. FP8 Bug?
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I don't think it captures that but it might be a feature that can be
added. I would ask on the Service Capture feature forum.
http://kevinlangdon.com/phpBB2/
elibol wrote:
I've got a question, is there a way to set Service Capture to detect the
requests made by the client? Is there a way to detect remote client service
activity?
H
On 12/30/05, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for your reply Judah, I accually use service capture myself!
Well, I will see to it that this debugger bug (the irony) is
acknowledged...
H
On 12/29/05, Judah Frangipane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not using cf but in my remoting endevors Service Capture has helped
many times (http://www.kevinlangdon.com/phpBB2/). It is well worth it
compared to the time spent tracking down bugs.
Judah
PS No, I do not work for them :)
elibol wrote:
Hi everyone,
I use the remote debugger all the time, and now with the release of
flash 8,
debugging an application that makes a flash remoting call (CF serving
CFC)
will either freeze or crash the subject browser. In the case that it
freezes, my application will sometimes recover if I stop the debugger.
What happens is my CPU usage maxes out when a remote function call is
made
in the application (while I'm running the remote debugger for that
application), and the "there may be an inifinite loop that's slowing
your
machine down" dialogue appears since the player mistakes the situation
as an
infinite loop.
I'm using CF with a CFC Oracle database facade; is anyone else
experiencing
the same problems as I am under either the same or different server
technologies? Has this bug been acknowledged?
Thanks so much for reading about my problem,
H
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:09:15 -0800
From: Jeff Mastropietro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] JavaScript to Flash Communication
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Nathan,
SharedObject is an option I had not considered. I imagine that the
finished interface would work as hybrid of the Macromedia Flash
JavaScript Integration Kit, and the JSFCommunicator Library with
SharedObject as the communication layer. The JSFCommunicator Library
uses the .SetVariable to send in parameters to the movie and then in the
movie a component checks for new parameters on every frame. I'll
explore that possiblity some more.
Thanks,
Jeff
Nathan Derksen wrote:
Yah, I feel your pain. While I haven't had to specifically test for
Opera, I have had to deal with differences in LiveConnect between IE
and Mozilla on Mac (OS 9 and OS X) and Windows. It's truly a PITA.
A technique that I have used to pass data from JavaScript to Flash
include using a shim Flash movie that is created with JavaScript
every time a message needs to be passed, using FlashVars or URL
encoding to pass the variables into the shim clip, which would then
pass the message onto the main running Flash movie either through
LocalConnection or through SharedObject. If LocalConnection does not
work, SharedObject still should as there is no reliance on
LiveConnect that I know of. It just means the target movie needs to
poll for changes.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
On Dec 30, 2005, at 9:20 AM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote:
Nathan,
Thanks, I was aware of both of the Macromedia methods, and I have
switched over to the Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit.
It has pretty poor documentation, and that is why I did not use it
initially. I need to support back to Flash 6, so ExternalInterface
is out of the question. :(
The sad news is that it still doesn't work in Opera on maemo. The
project I am working on needs to run on the new Nokia 770, which
runs maemo and uses Opera as the web browser. The flash player
version is 6,0,82,0 which should be sufficient to work with my
application which now is at version 6,0,65,0. However, it seems
that the LocalConnection class is not working, and as a result the
Macromedia Flash JavaScript Integration Kit method does not work.
I've found some indication that this is a problem with the flash
player plugin for Opera on Linux, and maemo. The Macromedia page
says it support Opera on Windows and Mac, but nothing about other
platforms.
Jeff
Nathan Derksen wrote:
I haven't seen an up-to-date chart either. You may be interested
in knowing that Macromedia already has two ways for you to do
this. The first is the Flash JavaScript Integration Kit:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashjavascript/
This uses legacy techniques to make what you are doing work in
versions 8 to (I believe) 6, and works in Firefox 1.0+ and Opera 8+.
The other one is the Flash 8 ExternalInterface class. I have an
example up at http://www.nathanderksen.com/blog/?p=11 and you can
find the documentation at http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/
main/ wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?
context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00002200.html. Very slick, but the
browser support isn't as good and it only works in Flash 8.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Jeff Mastropietro wrote:
I'm working on a project using JavaScript to call functions in a
flash movie. I'm currently using the JSFCommunicator Library:
http://www.abdulqabiz.com/files/JSFC/JSFCommunicator%20Library.htm
What I would like to know is, is there a better object
available? Also, I'm guessing that all solutions are going to be
dependant on the .GetVariable and .SetVariable methods being
available to JavaScript. Does anyone know of a more up to date
compatability chart than this one?
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm? id=tn_14159
More specifically, I need to know compatability with Mozilla and
Opera browsers.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:14:17 -0800
From: Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method on dynamically
namedclass?
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yeah, that works, but you are calling the static create() method through the
name of the class itself. Say I have a number of classes (MyClass1,
MyOtherClass, AnotherClass) and I be able to alter which class to call the
create method on. I'm thinking there's got to be a way to do something
like:
//set the name of the class to call the create() method on
var classToCall = "MyClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
//change the name of the class to call create() on
classToCall = "MyOtherClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
again
classToCall = "AnotherClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
On 12/29/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hrm... how about:
class com.packageName.MyClass
{
public static function create():MyClass
{
var inst:MyClass = new MyClass();
return inst;
}
public function toString():String
{
return "[MyClass]";
}
}
import com.packageName.MyClass;
trace(MyClass.create());
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Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:35 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method on dynamically
namedclass?
hmm i tried storing a reference to the class in a variable, like
var myClass = com.packageName.MyClass
myClass.create()
and i got this message:
Static members can only be accessed directly through classes
there's gotta be a way to pull this off.
On 12/29/05, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know you can instantiate objects by doing:
var myObj = new _global[className]();
var className = "TestClass";
but is it possible to call a static method of a class in a similar way?
Im trying these two ways, and its not working for me:
_global[iconName].create()
_global[iconName]().create()
if I try and do a trace on the class like trace( _global[iconName]) i
get
undefined. The icon classes are subclasses of movieclip so that might
make
a difference.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:20:44 -0800
From: Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
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Well, consider how an object can be manipulated.
var myObject:Object = new Object();
myObject.foo = "bar";
or
var myObject:Object = new Object();
myObject["foo"] = "bar";
Those are equivalent syntaxes. Everything basically inherits from
Object, so this is valid syntax throughout, including your custom
classes. Basically, you are accessing (and apparently creating)
properties on the fly, with no type checking, and no compiler
validation as to whether the property being accessed actually exists.
You can see a bit more of this if you consider the XML class:
var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML.foo = "bar";
In this case, foo is not a valid property of the XML class, so the
compiler spits out an error. However, if you do this:
var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML["foo"] = "bar";
the compiler happily allows it, and a trace on myXML.foo reveals the
value "bar".
One more thing, the LoadVars class takes advantage of the fact that
the class is just a collection of properties. It allows for the
arbitrary addition of properties using both syntaxes:
var myLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
myLV.foo = "bar";
myLV["baz"] -= "quux";
myLV.sendAndLoad("foo.jsp");
In many respects, LoadVars is doing what you want to do with your
Session class.
Fun, eh!
Regarding number 2, that is what getters and setters are normally
for. With arbitrary properties, someone correct me if I am wrong, but
I don't think there is a way of intercepting them all, just specific
ones that you have defined.
Nathan
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On Dec 30, 2005, at 9:55 AM, g.wygonik wrote:
lol - indeed. :-)
i'm just trying to look at possible "issues" that may come up later
on... but this scenario brings up two follow-up questions/concerns:
1 - the fact that Flash (AS2) will happily turn a class into an
associative array without any sort of warning. if a coder comes in and
uses session["foo"], it will work with no errors thrown. can i catch
this somehow? should they use this syntax throughout their modules, it
will work with no problems, but won't be "correct".
2 - can i somehow catch items being added to the class via the
ass-array method and properly add them to the Items array instead of
the root class? in other words, say a user does use the session["foo"]
method. can i intercept that call, add the item/value to the Items
array and remove it from the class? i thought about some sort of
watch, but i wouldn't know what to watch in this case...
while i'm going to be setting up a proper API for them to use, in a
way this conversation is over from a "real world" standpoint. but i'd
like to figure this out from a theoretical standpoint now.
g.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:31:48 -0500
From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
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Correct. __resolve can catch arbitrary function calls, but not arbritary
variable assignments.
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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky icky?
Well, consider how an object can be manipulated.
var myObject:Object = new Object();
myObject.foo = "bar";
or
var myObject:Object = new Object();
myObject["foo"] = "bar";
Those are equivalent syntaxes. Everything basically inherits from
Object, so this is valid syntax throughout, including your custom
classes. Basically, you are accessing (and apparently creating)
properties on the fly, with no type checking, and no compiler
validation as to whether the property being accessed actually exists.
You can see a bit more of this if you consider the XML class:
var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML.foo = "bar";
In this case, foo is not a valid property of the XML class, so the
compiler spits out an error. However, if you do this:
var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML["foo"] = "bar";
the compiler happily allows it, and a trace on myXML.foo reveals the
value "bar".
One more thing, the LoadVars class takes advantage of the fact that
the class is just a collection of properties. It allows for the
arbitrary addition of properties using both syntaxes:
var myLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
myLV.foo = "bar";
myLV["baz"] -= "quux";
myLV.sendAndLoad("foo.jsp");
In many respects, LoadVars is doing what you want to do with your
Session class.
Fun, eh!
Regarding number 2, that is what getters and setters are normally
for. With arbitrary properties, someone correct me if I am wrong, but
I don't think there is a way of intercepting them all, just specific
ones that you have defined.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
On Dec 30, 2005, at 9:55 AM, g.wygonik wrote:
lol - indeed. :-)
i'm just trying to look at possible "issues" that may come up later
on... but this scenario brings up two follow-up questions/concerns:
1 - the fact that Flash (AS2) will happily turn a class into an
associative array without any sort of warning. if a coder comes in and
uses session["foo"], it will work with no errors thrown. can i catch
this somehow? should they use this syntax throughout their modules, it
will work with no problems, but won't be "correct".
2 - can i somehow catch items being added to the class via the
ass-array method and properly add them to the Items array instead of
the root class? in other words, say a user does use the session["foo"]
method. can i intercept that call, add the item/value to the Items
array and remove it from the class? i thought about some sort of
watch, but i wouldn't know what to watch in this case...
while i'm going to be setting up a proper API for them to use, in a
way this conversation is over from a "real world" standpoint. but i'd
like to figure this out from a theoretical standpoint now.
g.
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:00:26 +0100
From: Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Flashcoders] > Difference keying
To: Flashcoders mailing list <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
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Hello!
I would like to key away the background of video footage or a live
webcam video stream. The idea is to use the first frame of the video
stream as the clean plate for the key. Meaning background without any of
the foreground elements. Only I thought maybe it's a good idea to ask
first at the mailing list before reinventing the wheel. My question is
does anyone here already happen to have such a example working in Flash 8?
Thanks.
Yours,
Weyert de Boer
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:02:53 -0500
From: Binyamin Bauman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Flashcoders] Passing complex structure of parameters to web
service with ActionScript
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
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I have been cracking my head against this for days. I am trying to consume
a web service that requires a complex structure of parameters to be passed
with every call. See attached screenshot for WSDL structure. I am trying
to use WebService classes to make the call as follows. Let me know if you
can tell me what I am doing wrong, I will pay!
Thanks,
Ben
//create parameter object
params = {
request:{
reqHeader:{
organization: "Blah",
department: "thigny",
application: "wierdo",
userID: "viga",
messageID: "blinga",
timeStamp: Date,
locale: "pisa"
},
businessHeader:{
B2BPartnerID: 3,
B2BPartnerUser: "miss",
B2BPartnerPassword: "why",
partnerOrderID: "ya",
partnerTransactionID: "maybe",
callBackURL: "itcouldbe",
preallocatedServiceAccount: "string",
preallocatedGABKey: "grizzle"
},
getSubscriberInfoRequestHeader:{
subLocator:{
externalSystemID: "bling",
externalCustomerID:
"stringy",
externalSalesChannel: "hi",
externalClientReference:
"Hi",
subscriberID: "hind",
serviceAccount: "Hilasd",
email: "emails",
firstName: "Dave",
lastName: "fizzled",
tn: "12345"
}
}
}
}
//make the call
itamarResultObj = itamar.GetSubscriberInfo(params);
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:11:18 -0000
From: "Adrian Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Passing complex structure of parameters to
webservice with ActionScript
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I don't know the answer, but you owe me £4.50 just for reading your email
:OD
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Binyamin
Bauman
Sent: 30 December 2005 19:03
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Passing complex structure of parameters to
webservice with ActionScript
I have been cracking my head against this for days. I am trying to consume
a web service that requires a complex structure of parameters to be passed
with every call. See attached screenshot for WSDL structure. I am trying
to use WebService classes to make the call as follows. Let me know if you
can tell me what I am doing wrong, I will pay!
Thanks,
Ben
//create parameter object
params = {
request:{
reqHeader:{
organization: "Blah",
department: "thigny",
application: "wierdo",
userID: "viga",
messageID: "blinga",
timeStamp: Date,
locale: "pisa"
},
businessHeader:{
B2BPartnerID: 3,
B2BPartnerUser: "miss",
B2BPartnerPassword: "why",
partnerOrderID: "ya",
partnerTransactionID: "maybe",
callBackURL: "itcouldbe",
preallocatedServiceAccount: "string",
preallocatedGABKey: "grizzle"
},
getSubscriberInfoRequestHeader:{
subLocator:{
externalSystemID: "bling",
externalCustomerID:
"stringy",
externalSalesChannel: "hi",
externalClientReference:
"Hi",
subscriberID: "hind",
serviceAccount: "Hilasd",
email: "emails",
firstName: "Dave",
lastName: "fizzled",
tn: "12345"
}
}
}
}
//make the call
itamarResultObj = itamar.GetSubscriberInfo(params);
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:16:27 -0600
From: "g.wygonik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
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On 12/30/05, Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Those are equivalent syntaxes. Everything basically inherits from
Object, so this is valid syntax throughout, including your custom
classes. Basically, you are accessing (and apparently creating)
properties on the fly, with no type checking, and no compiler
validation as to whether the property being accessed actually exists.
while that is true, i thought that was what the "dynamic" keyword was
to allow, and without it, you'd get some sort of error...
In many respects, LoadVars is doing what you want to do with your
Session class.
well, in ways, yes - in ways, no. it's doing the same on-the-fly
variable assignment, but doesn't have any other methods (like
"addItem") that would put keys/values into a specific class member.
it seems that LoadVars just iterates over the object and outputs any
property it finds (which is why "onLoad=function" used to appear in
LoadVars data).
i was doing iterations over both the class object and the Items
member. i'd obviously prefer just to have one place for all props.
Regarding number 2, that is what getters and setters are normally
for. With arbitrary properties, someone correct me if I am wrong, but
I don't think there is a way of intercepting them all, just specific
ones that you have defined.
indeed there's none that i know of... but i've seen some folks do some
strange things with Flash here ;-)
as Jesse pointed out, __resolve won't work with variable assignments -
so AFAIK, there's no nice way to handle this.
g.
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:24:18 -0800
From: Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
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format=flowed
On 12/30/05, Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
while that is true, i thought that was what the "dynamic" keyword was
to allow, and without it, you'd get some sort of error...
That's the theory, but as the XML example shows, using the
associative array syntax gets around the compile-time checking for that.
In many respects, LoadVars is doing what you want to do with your
Session class.
well, in ways, yes - in ways, no. it's doing the same on-the-fly
variable assignment, but doesn't have any other methods (like
"addItem") that would put keys/values into a specific class member.
it seems that LoadVars just iterates over the object and outputs any
property it finds (which is why "onLoad=function" used to appear in
LoadVars data).
i was doing iterations over both the class object and the Items
member. i'd obviously prefer just to have one place for all props.
Yah, that's why it is so much cleaner just to have an associative
array as a private property within your class, and create addItem(),
getItem(), and removeItem() methods to manage that associative array.
That way you also don't have to worry about the names of added
properties possibly colliding with existing property/method names
within the class.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:34:08 -0500
From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
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Flash won't bitch when you do this:
my_xml["owner"]
Flex 1 & 1.5 will give you a warning.
Flex 2 bitches if owner isn't public.
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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky icky?
On 12/30/05, Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
while that is true, i thought that was what the "dynamic" keyword was
to allow, and without it, you'd get some sort of error...
That's the theory, but as the XML example shows, using the
associative array syntax gets around the compile-time checking for that.
In many respects, LoadVars is doing what you want to do with your
Session class.
well, in ways, yes - in ways, no. it's doing the same on-the-fly
variable assignment, but doesn't have any other methods (like
"addItem") that would put keys/values into a specific class member.
it seems that LoadVars just iterates over the object and outputs any
property it finds (which is why "onLoad=function" used to appear in
LoadVars data).
i was doing iterations over both the class object and the Items
member. i'd obviously prefer just to have one place for all props.
Yah, that's why it is so much cleaner just to have an associative
array as a private property within your class, and create addItem(),
getItem(), and removeItem() methods to manage that associative array.
That way you also don't have to worry about the names of added
properties possibly colliding with existing property/method names
within the class.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:39:02 -0500
From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky
icky?
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I forget what MTASC does.... I think it throws a warning too.
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky icky?
Flash won't bitch when you do this:
my_xml["owner"]
Flex 1 & 1.5 will give you a warning.
Flex 2 bitches if owner isn't public.
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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Singleton as associative array - yucky icky?
On 12/30/05, Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
while that is true, i thought that was what the "dynamic" keyword was
to allow, and without it, you'd get some sort of error...
That's the theory, but as the XML example shows, using the
associative array syntax gets around the compile-time checking for that.
In many respects, LoadVars is doing what you want to do with your
Session class.
well, in ways, yes - in ways, no. it's doing the same on-the-fly
variable assignment, but doesn't have any other methods (like
"addItem") that would put keys/values into a specific class member.
it seems that LoadVars just iterates over the object and outputs any
property it finds (which is why "onLoad=function" used to appear in
LoadVars data).
i was doing iterations over both the class object and the Items
member. i'd obviously prefer just to have one place for all props.
Yah, that's why it is so much cleaner just to have an associative
array as a private property within your class, and create addItem(),
getItem(), and removeItem() methods to manage that associative array.
That way you also don't have to worry about the names of added
properties possibly colliding with existing property/method names
within the class.
Nathan
http://www.nathanderksen.com
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:45:49 -0500
From: Jim Kremens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method on dynamically
namedclass?
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"//set the name of the class to call the create() method on
var classToCall = "MyClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
//change the name of the class to call create() on
classToCall = "MyOtherClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
again
classToCall = "AnotherClass";
_global[classToCall].create();"
I'm not currently on a machine where I can test, but that should work
as long as you
declare the classes somewhere first. I sometimes have a class that I
use to do just that:
class Dependencies {
public function Dependencies() {
//list fully declared class names here
com.class1;
com.class2;
com.class3;
}
}
var d: Dependencies = new Dependencies();
//even better to make it a singleton....
As long as you've listed the fully declared class names somewhere in
your compiled swf, Flash will be able to provide dynamic access to
them. If you don't list them, it will not allow you to instantiate
them out of thin air.
So, once you've done the above,
classToCall = class1;
_global[classToCall].create();
should work just fine.
Jim Kremens
On 12/30/05, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
yeah, that works, but you are calling the static create() method through the
name of the class itself. Say I have a number of classes (MyClass1,
MyOtherClass, AnotherClass) and I be able to alter which class to call the
create method on. I'm thinking there's got to be a way to do something
like:
//set the name of the class to call the create() method on
var classToCall = "MyClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
//change the name of the class to call create() on
classToCall = "MyOtherClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
again
classToCall = "AnotherClass";
_global[classToCall].create();
On 12/29/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hrm... how about:
class com.packageName.MyClass
{
public static function create():MyClass
{
var inst:MyClass = new MyClass();
return inst;
}
public function toString():String
{
return "[MyClass]";
}
}
import com.packageName.MyClass;
trace(MyClass.create());
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: calling a static method on dynamically
namedclass?
hmm i tried storing a reference to the class in a variable, like
var myClass = com.packageName.MyClass
myClass.create()
and i got this message:
Static members can only be accessed directly through classes
there's gotta be a way to pull this off.
On 12/29/05, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know you can instantiate objects by doing:
var myObj = new _global[className]();
var className = "TestClass";
but is it possible to call a static method of a class in a similar way?
Im trying these two ways, and its not working for me:
_global[iconName].create()
_global[iconName]().create()
if I try and do a trace on the class like trace( _global[iconName]) i
get
undefined. The icon classes are subclasses of movieclip so that might
make
a difference.
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