Thanks guys. I went with the preloader approach as that had the fastest startup time. I'll provide numbers in the next message.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Anatole Tartakovsky < anatole.tartakov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is an old article of what you are trying to do : > > http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/2006/09/20/flex-developers-and-the-need-to-understand-flash > There should be also article by Ted Patrick on the topic dated around the > same time. > Thank you > Anatole > > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Andriy Panas <a.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Judah, >> AFAIK, you have 2 approaches to execute the code before >> "preinitialize" event is fired. >> >> 1) Mark you class with metadata [Mixin] and put the code in need into >> method >> >> public static function init(systemManager:ISystemManager): >> >> See "HowTo create your developer ToolBox with Mixins" blog article >> >> http://www.rialvalue.com/blog/2010/05/21/howto-create-your-developer-toolbox-with-mixins/ >> >> 2) Via custom preloader class you can execute the code before >> SystemManager.intialize() method executes, >> >> See "How I (sort of) modified Flex’s SystemManager.initialize() method" >> >> http://www.visible-form.com/blog/how-i-sort-of-modified-flexs-systemmanagerinitialize-method/ >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Andriy Panas >> >> >> >> On 4 June 2010 06:57, dorkie dork from dorktown >> <dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > That's what I'd like to do. So I added an event listener to the >> application preinitialized event like so: >> > >> > <s:Application preinitialize="myHandler()" /> >> > >> > the problem is, in my application it takes a while to get to that event. >> so that's why I'm trying to find another event that happens sooner than >> that. it would be great to have systemManager, fontManager, resourceManager >> and styleManager creationComplete events so I can see what's taking so long >> in addition to redirecting if I need to. >> > >> > JP >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kerry Thompson < >> al...@cyberiantiger.biz> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. >> >>> according to this slideshow >> http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide >> 24, 25 etc >> >>> there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd >> like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on >> and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. >> >> >> >> >> >> It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not >> just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do >> the lighter load? >> >> >> >> Cordially, >> >> >> >> Kerry Thompson >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> Flexcoders Mailing List >> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >> Alternative FAQ location: >> https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 >> Search Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups >> Links >> >> >> >> > >
