Any Adobe or other people who have some resources out there for
interfacing Flash 9 <-> Flex 2 apps? This seems to be a critical
area, as Flash 9 IDE release looms..
Here's some interesting info on using Flash 9, but still not a
solution to the Flex interface.
<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash9_as3_preview.html>http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash9_as3_preview.html
-Scott
On 2/16/07, slangeberg <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Mike,
I tried setting up a document class for Flash 9, but when you place
named items on stage, you get this error:
ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property square_mc on
com.cpile.flextoflash.FlexToFlashMain .
at flash.display::Sprite/flash.display:Sprite::constructChildren()
at flash.display::Sprite$iinit()
at flash.display::MovieClip$iinit()
at com.cpile.flextoflash::FlexToFlashMain$iinit()
Adobe guys, is this correct? My understanding from looking around is
that with the document class in Flash 9, you can only add items to
the stage through code. That seems to negate a lot of the advantage
of using a graphical interface... ok, so you could have a clip in
your library that has the stage set up... hmmm that may do it! I'll
write back when I have something. Otherwise, what i have sent is an
effective way to access items on the stage.
-Scott
On 2/16/07, slangeberg <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Yeah, sorry. I'm not 100%, but you should be able to reference your
loaded movie by that class type (your document class), from within
Flex. I believe another gentleman referred to that, in this thread.
Hold on, I did it, with a loader... I'll try to attach code.
The proxy is just a design idea, meaning you define an interface to
your movie in your class, instead of referencing elements within the
movie from Flex. Then, the only thing that will break your flash /
flex connection is to break that interface. For instance, your
map(?) class could have functions like:
showPlat( id:Object );
where the class implementation can decide what to do with the call,
instead of having your flex app nose through the contents. That's a
good design practice to get into:
'Always code to interfaces, not implementations.'
Ok, so here's one of those do as I say, deals.. Also, my
implementation may be a bit different here, than what we were
talking about. This was a quick fix to enable custom loading logic,
for the default Flex 2 application loading bar. In this case, I'm
actually assigning the class under the 'linkage' option of my
library clip (progress bar) to point to:
com.tc.view.preload.ProgressBarSymbol, and publishing in Flash 9.
Then, when you instantiate the class in Flex 2, you'll get a direct
link. In your case, i would suggest a document class, for the entire movie.
//I just used this class to enable me to access a loading bar quick.
If this was going to
//scale / change, I would have defined public methods to update this view.
//I swear!!
package com.tc.view.preload
{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.text.TextField;
[Embed(source="/library.swf",
symbol="com.tc.view.preload.ProgressBarSymbol")]
public class ProgressBarSymbol extends Sprite
{
public var progress_bar:MovieClip;
public var loading_text:TextField;
}
}
//And instantiated in Flex 2 by using:
var bar:ProgressBarSymbol = new ProgressBarSymbol();
this.addChild( bar );
Hope this gives ideas, not confusion!
-Scott
On 2/16/07, Mike Anderson <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Scott (in particular) :)
You mentioned a "Proxy" - what you do mean by this exactly?
Is this supposed to be some custom class that I write? If so, what
is supposed to be contained within it?
I did read up on the Document Object, and I am now doing my Flash 9
FLA files with a custom Document Class, representing the Root
Timeline. I am pretty sure I did it right, since I am getting no
compile errors.
But my question is, is the AS3 Class File I used for the Document
Object, strictly used for the FLA file? Or is this also used inside
of Flex Builder, after I bring the external SWF file in?
This is where I am getting a little confused.
All the articles I find on this topic, covers the Flash side of
things - and they never take that next step, and tell you how to
reference it inside of Flex.
If you have anything else on this topic, I'd really be grateful for your help.
Thanks,
Mike
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yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of slangeberg
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<http://ups.com>ups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Can't we access MovieClips contained in
embedded SWF's?
If you are using Flash 9, you can use a document class (I believe)
at the root level and have Flex reference it by that. Your document
class would set up an API, so you don't have to peer into the movie
itself. Basically a proxy. Sorry I don't have the implementation in
front of me, but I believe it's possible.
So, if previous code was correct, could do something like:
var platProxy:YourProxy = platObject.getChildByName('instancename')
as YourProxy
platProxy.hideAll();
platProxy.showByID( {id:'plat_xxx'} );
Just an idea!
-Scott
On 2/14/07, Mike Anderson
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh man, you are kidding me!
See, this particular SWF is a Plat Overview of a subdivision - and
there are 140 Lots, each individually defined as a unique MovieClip.
So, if I need access to each MovieClip programmatically, I will have
to define 140 variables?
Now that would be a bummer :-(
Could you clarify on that?
Thank you for the information nevertheless - I was actually going to
try the getChild method next, so that saves me some time.
Mike
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Wicks
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<http://ups.com>ups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Can't we access MovieClips contained in
embedded SWF's?
You need to get the object as a display object
var xxx:MovieClip = platObject.getChildByName('instancename') as MovieClip
Matt
On 14 Feb 2007, at 16:13, Mike Anderson wrote:
Hello all,
I have a Flash Player 9, AS3 version of a SWF that I am bringing into
Flex, using the SWFLoader Component.
Once I bring the SWF in, I am creating a MovieClip variable and
assigning to it, the SWFLoader.content. Here is a quick code example:
var platObject:MovieClip = mySWFLoader.content;
So once that assignment is made, you can execute certain built-in
methods available to any Flash Movie - for example:
platObject.play ( );
platObject.loaderIn fo.[etc]
And so on...
That is all well and good - but what about MovieClips that reside in the
Root Timeline? In this particular SWF File, I have a MovieClip called
"platMovieClip" - and I am trying to access it's properties and methods
from within Flex. For example, I'd like to toggle the visibility, so I
tried this code:
platObject.platMovi eClip._visible = false;
When I try this command, I get an error that says "the property
platMovieClip is unknown" or something to that effect...
If we can't access the assets that reside in SWF Files, then what is the
whole point of all this? Or maybe there is something that I am
overlooking - but as far as I can tell, the platObject should represent
the SWF...
Could any of you shed some light on this topic for me? This
functionality is VERY important to the success of my website launch.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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