RE: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air

[Ashvin Savani]

Helmut, 

If I understand it correctly, it depends on usage or type of application
that you want to port to AIR. Either you can use it's native local
database (if it only deals with local database) or you can use any
remoting framework / solution which can communicate server side code. It
also depends on what exactly data transactions the application does.

Regards,

Ashvin Savani
CEO & Chief Architect,
FlashBrain - Division of Avinashi

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut
Granda
Sent: 24 April 2008 8:15 PM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air

Does anyone knows the best way to embed Flash into an adobe Air
application?
The standard way of doing it (using SWFObject, FUO, Adobe AC_R) doesnt
seem
to work when testing the air applications. I have done some research but
nothing substantial that proves the best (or working) method.

TIA...
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[Flashcoders] 3 month freelance gig in Minneapolis

[Andrew Sinning]

We (www.learningware.com) are looking for somebody with 3+ years of 
object-oriented AS2 and significant AS3 experience to work with us.  
We'll need to meet face-to-face in Minneapolis 2-3 times per week.


Please contact me off-list if interested.

Thanks!

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[Flashcoders] fscommand to trigger a 'window.close' does not work in Firefox (am i missing something?)

[BOYD SPEER]

fscommand to trigger a 'window.close'  does not work in Firefox (am i missing 
something?)
is there a setting in the browser for IE and Firefox that i need to change?

Thanks,
-Boyd

- Original Message -
From: I Go Geo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:56 am
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] byteArray x/y
To: John McCormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Flash Coders List 


> 
> John,
> 
> Your latest response (to include the if loop) should get me to 
> where I am
> going.
> 
> That was great. A good lesson in stepping back and looking at 
> problem in a
> fresh way.
> 
> Thanks,
> Terry
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John
> McCormack
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:41 AM
> To: Flash Coders List
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] byteArray x/y
> 
> 
> Terry,
> 
> // in randomize( ) in TileMap.as we have
> // a value sometimes more than 12...
> setTile(j, i, (i * numCols) + j);
> //   here ^
> 
> // But the original has a value never more than 12
> setTile(j, i, Math.floor(Math.random()*numTiles));
> //   here 
> ^^^
> // and this value is passed in as "id" and stored in map[ ][ ] inside
> function
> // setTile(row,col,id ) at Line 32 in TileMap.as
> map[row][col] = id;
> 
> // and this is used later to identify the tile to use (1 of 12) 
> in the tiles
> array
> // made up of 12 rectangular patches from the original bitmap
> // Line 28 in TileMap.as
> public function getTile (id:int):ByteArray {
>   return 
> tiles[id];// returns null if id>12
>  }
> 
> // BUT, because id>12 does not exist then thisTile receives null
> // in TileMapRenderer line 135
> thisTile = tiles.getTile(map.getTile(j, i));
> thisTile.position
> 
> and that causes the breakdown you see
> 
> Glen is right to point you to this code, it's really useful. The 
> main idea
> is shown below.
> It uses getPixels to pick out a rectangle of bytes that get 
> stored in the
> newTileSet array for using later.
> 
> // Line 73 in TileSet.as...
> public function convertBitmapToTiles (size:int,
>   data:BitmapData):Array {
>   var newTileSet:Array = new Array();
>   var numTilesH:int = data.width/size;
>   var numTilesV:int = data.height/size;
> 
>   for (var i:int = 0; i < 
> numTilesV; i++) {
> for (var j:int = 0; j 
> < numTilesH; j++) {
>   
> newTileSet.push(data.getPixels(new Rectangle(j*size, i*size,
>size, size)));
> }
>   }
>   return newTileSet;
> }
> 
> John
> 
> 
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air

[jonathan howe]

Helmut, are you talking about an AIR application made from HTML/javascript?
I for one often forget that's even an option.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> What do you mean with: "embed Flash into an adobe Air application"
>
> You want to load an swf?
>
>  The standard way of doing it (using SWFObject, FUO, Adobe AC_R) doesnt
>> seem
>> to work
>>
>
> Standard way of doing what?
>
> regards,
> Muzak
>
> - Original Message - From: "Helmut Granda" <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Flash Coders List" 
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:45 PM
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air
>
>
>  Does anyone knows the best way to embed Flash into an adobe Air
>> application?
>> The standard way of doing it (using SWFObject, FUO, Adobe AC_R) doesnt
>> seem
>> to work when testing the air applications. I have done some research but
>> nothing substantial that proves the best (or working) method.
>>
>> TIA...
>>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Math question

[Cédric Tabin]

Hello,

Which results do you want to have = 25-50-75 or 25 - 50 - 50 ?
In the first case : f(x) = (x/10)+25;
In the second cas : f(x) = (x/10)+25 if x <250 else 50

Regards,
Cedric

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Dwayne Neckles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> How to go from one number to another..
> function(x) = y
> so that x is
> 0 - 250 - 500
> and y is
> 25 - 50- 75
>
> func(0) = 25
> func(250)=50
> func(500)=50
> How would one find the equation for that...Thats satisfies that..?
>
>
> I'm doing some as and I need to figure out to go from one num to the other
> num
>
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing font?

[Pedro Kostelec]

I guess common loop with setTextFormat would take a lot of cpu, wouldn't it?


On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Gabino Travassos <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> loop
> setTextFormat()
> maybe
>
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Pedro Kostelec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Flash Coders List" 
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:49 AM
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Changing font?
>
>
>  Hi
>> How can i animate a change of font like in this page:
>> http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#harry?
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air

[Muzak]

What do you mean with: "embed Flash into an adobe Air application"

You want to load an swf?


The standard way of doing it (using SWFObject, FUO, Adobe AC_R) doesnt seem
to work 


Standard way of doing what?

regards,
Muzak

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From: "Helmut Granda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:45 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash + Air



Does anyone knows the best way to embed Flash into an adobe Air application?
The standard way of doing it (using SWFObject, FUO, Adobe AC_R) doesnt seem
to work when testing the air applications. I have done some research but
nothing substantial that proves the best (or working) method.

TIA...


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[Flashcoders] Re: [Flash_Tiger] Math question

[Kurt Griffin]

x/10+25

On Apr 24, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Dwayne Neckles wrote:


How to go from one number to another..
function(x) = y
so that x is
0 - 250 - 500
and y is
25 - 50- 75

func(0) = 25
func(250)=50
func(500)=50
How would one find the equation for that...Thats satisfies that..?

I'm doing some as and I need to figure out to go from one num to  
the other num


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[Flashcoders] Math question

[Dwayne Neckles]

How to go from one number to another..
function(x) = y
so that x is 
0 - 250 - 500
and y is
25 - 50- 75

func(0) = 25
func(250)=50
func(500)=50
How would one find the equation for that...Thats satisfies that..?


I'm doing some as and I need to figure out to go from one num to the other num


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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing font?

[Gabino Travassos]

loop
setTextFormat()
maybe



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To: "Flash Coders List" 
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Changing font?



Hi
How can i animate a change of font like in this page:
http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#harry?



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Re: [Flashcoders] Changing font?

[jonathan howe]

I think you could, over a given interval, step through each letter in the
string, and change the TextFormat.
So you could set up a timer or a Tweener.addCaller that calls a function
updateListener(). updateListener() could then increment a counter one letter
each time it's called, and it would set the TextFormat of the field from 0
to the counter... repeat until you reach the end.

-jonathan



On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Pedro Kostelec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi
> How can i animate a change of font like in this page:
> http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#harry?
>
>
>
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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash Math Conceptualizing

[Rich Shupe]

Oops. Please ignore. This thread.

I think this was sent to the wrong list. I used the Reply button, so I'm not
sure how this happened. Probably a copy/paste error.

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[Flashcoders] Changing font?

[Pedro Kostelec]

Hi
How can i animate a change of font like in this page:
http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#harry?



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Re: [Flashcoders] RE: Flash Math Conceptualizing

[Rich Shupe]

(* indicates emphasis)

I'm swamped at the moment, but can help if you are still stuck in a day or
two.

I have an *unfinished* class exercise that does the *opposite* and I can't
help out until at least tomorrow, but it might get you started on the math
if no one else has a solution.

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[Flashcoders] BitmapData and DisplacementMapFilter

[Dwayne Neckles]

Can you guys recommend any books that goes over these classes? with examples..

import flash.geom.Matrix;

import flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter;

import flash.display.BitmapData;

import flash.geom.Point;



there is alot going on there that I gotta learn...
especially on how to make a gradient map that affects the image in the way you..

I am away of using red blue etc. but I don't know how to use it to achieve a 
specfic effect.. like lets say having a pic shrink from left to right as 
opposed to down/up
this guy
http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2006/09/fuse-displacementmapfilter-and-perspective-an-experiment/



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[Flashcoders] RE: Flash Math Conceptualizing

[Anthony Cintron]

Hi All,

I have a little dilemma, I have a flash map that needs to be done, I can't
really get the idea on how to do the math. I have a small version of the
large map. I have to drag a box around the smaller version and use that as
my navigation for the bigger version. When I drag the small box around the
bigger version displays the area I dragged over from the smaller version.
They are both in separate movieClips with different x,y coordinates. This is
what I have worked out, but it seems totally hacked. I would like to create
a cleaner version, using a much better algorithm. Any good tutorials out
there on using the Geom Point class, the documentation is so vague. Help is
much needed, thanks.

var navViewPosX:Number = -44.8;
var navViewPosY:Number = -160.2;

var percent:Number = 6.5;

function animateView()
{
var map:MovieClip = this._parent.view.map_mc;

// target X,Y
var targetX:Number = this.btn._x;
var targetY:Number = this.btn._y;

// distance between navView and target position on x,y
var navViewDX:Number = navViewPosX - targetX;
var navViewDY:Number =  navViewPosY - targetY;

map._x = navViewDX;
map._y = (navViewDY*percent);

}

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flex scrollbar skinning

[Bob Wohl]

I spent most of yesterday fighting with the skinning of the scrollbars. Was
a major headache and there doesn't seem like much in the ways of
documentation on what you can or cannot do with the skins. Seemed like every
other compile had different results. Also, how the heck do you get rid of
the white box that appears at the bottom of the vscroll and right of the
hscroll bar when both are present

If you locate any full documentation on this subject, or if anyone has a
link(i can't locate it through google), please share!

B.

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>
>   I am trying to skin a Scrollbar - using Flex 2.0.1 and am seeing some
> inconsistent results.
>
>   I have deliberately made the skins 21px wide as opposed to the standard
> 16px wide skin images supplied in the flex skins PSD / FLA files - to match
> a design for the project - as I understand the width of the arrow skins is
> supposed to force the ScrollBar's width (or height for an HScrollBar)
>
>   The problem is that Flex is not consistent at applying the layout
> properly:
>
>   For my Canvas component - it gets the track width correct, but the arrows
> are resized to 16px x 16px and the track to 16px wide for VScrollBar &
> HScrollBar
>
>   For my TextArea - it gets the VScrollBar correct, but TextArea's do not
> show an HScrollBar methinks...
> I have a custom component which extends ScrollBase for showing an
> oversized image - for this Flex gets the VScrollbar dimensions correct for
> all the elements, but the HScrollbar is drawn the same as the Canvas
> component.
>
>   I am guessing this is a bug somewhere - are there any workarounds people
> can recommend - apart from setting all my skins to the same dimensions as
> the Flex default ones?
>
>   Cheers
>
>   Glen
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[Flashcoders] Flash + Air

[Helmut Granda]

Does anyone knows the best way to embed Flash into an adobe Air application?
The standard way of doing it (using SWFObject, FUO, Adobe AC_R) doesnt seem
to work when testing the air applications. I have done some research but
nothing substantial that proves the best (or working) method.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Language translation from English to german/russian etc

[Ian Thomas]

Yup - I had much the same problem.

In the end we rolled our own solution.

Ian

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Abe Pazos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One time I tried using the Strings Panel for a project and it was one of the
> worst experiences I had with Flash.
>
>  For some reason new copies of the XML files kept appearing in different
> folders in the hard drive, and often
>  old revisions of the XML where opened when switching the language, so I
> kept loosing my changes.
>  It made me loose much more time than if I had done a new FLA file for each
> language (which is not good,
>  but at least can be controllled).
>
>  Once you decide to use them, there is no option to 'disconnect this text
> field from the Strings panel'.
>  To repair the mess I did a JSFL script that copied the text field
> characteristics, deleted the original,
>  and created a new one which was not attached to the Strings panel.
>
>  Maybe I'm the only person who had problems with it, but I thought I would
> warn before someone
>  decides to base a project on it.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Abe
>
>
>
>  Glen Pike wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >   Look at the "Strings Panel" - Window->Other Panels->Strings
> >
> >   With this, you can apply ID's to each of your text fields on stage.  You
> then create separate XML files, one for each language, with the ID's and
> corresponding text, that you can "Apply" at authoring time.  (Check the help
> in the panel for more info).
> >
> >   This seems like the best way to help you with non-actionscript swapping
> of languages.
> >
> >   It's probably a bit late now, but it would have been a good idea to
> design with translation in mind - you will reduce the amount of problems
> with translated words screwing up your layout if you have translations in
> advance...
> >
> >   Dave Williamson gave a useful presentation on Localisation &
> Mobilisation at Flash On The Beach.  A blog post & presentation files are
> here.  Although it's missing his speech, the files have some useful snippets
> of code and links - especially a useful bit of AS to deal with choosing
> which font to use and fall backs...
> >
> >
> http://blog.bittube.com/2007/11/11/flash-on-the-beach-07-presentation-files/
> >
> >   HTH
> >
> >   Glen
> >
> > anuj sharma wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys
> > > I came under a scenario where I have 15 User interface screens all in
> > > English and they are designed graphically (not using Action Script code
> at
> > > all). Now my requirements is that I need to convert all of those 15
> screens
> > > to 8 more languages which include russian, german, hebrew , japanese and
> few
> > > more. I need to see how does those screens look with other languages.
> > > Does anyone know any plugin where i can just pass those swf files and
> new
> > > swf files came with converted language. Somehow like this webpage
> > >
> > > http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/Default.aspx
> > >
> > > Please let me know if there is any other way too.
> > > Any help will be highly appreciated.
> > > Thanks  a lot.
> > > Anuj
> > >
> >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Abe Pazos]

I was just doing something similar, using just PHP and jQuery.

I scan a folder with swf's, print an array in JavaScript, from
JavaScript I iterate through the array calling a function inside
validator.swf, which loads an swf it receives as a parameter.
Then validator.swf checks the instance names of objects in its
stage, looks for classes with that name, and sends the result
back to JavaScript, inserting the result into the HTML
using jQuery... oops I didn't think it was twisted when I did it =)

It could be extended to test if the exported classes implement
some methods, or something in that direction.

I mention this because with both Air and PHP you have methods
to scan folders in the disk, get file sizes, timestamps, etc.

Abe

Ian Thomas wrote:

I was wondering about some sort of bridge - how about a 'loader' swf
which you load from outside the AIR security sandbox. Talk to it via
LocalConnections - get it to load in swfs for test and report back via
LocalConnection.

That'd work, but is an ugly hack.

However - as far as I can see, you aren't actually writing to disk,
are you? So why do you need AIR? Wouldn't an ordinary Flash projector
do the job without any of these issues?

HTH,
  Ian

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:20 AM, John Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  

Yes. I have understood this when doing some research on the subject. My
 problem though is that I don't want theswfs to be installed together with
 the app (a few thousand swfs altogether). I want my AIR App to load a dir
 full of them
 and walk through them all and check if they implement a certain interface.
 I've done all these things, my only problem now
 is that I cannot cast them in AIR at all which makes the whole thing
 pointless.

 You see my problem here right? I need it to load arbitrary swfs from a
 harddrive or network share (i.e locally through the filesystem)
 and try to cast them to an interface - throw up a warning or generate a list
 of swfs that do not conform to the interface and need to
 be fixed.

 I guess this cannot be easily done, or perhaps not at all... Could it be
 possible through a sandbox bridge or something like that?

 /John

 2008/4/24 Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:



 > Hi John,
 >   Where are you loading the SWF from?
 >
 >   I think I had this problem early on with AIR, and it turned out I
 > was loading from the wrong place. If you load the .swf files from
 > within the AIR app's installed folder, then they are given full rights
 > and you will be able to cast them etc. If you load them from anywhere
 > else, they are placed into a different security sandbox and you won't
 > be able to cast them.
 >
 >  This page should help:
 > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/security_6.html
 > (see under URL schemes)
 >
 > Hope that's helpful,
 >   Ian
 >
 > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Axel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > wrote:
 > > I'm trying to develop an application using AIR for internal use at our
 > > company.
 > >
 > >  Our company uses very advanced actionscript (3.0) on the web, we load
 > for
 > > instance
 > >  several hundred or maybe more swfs sometimes into a parent swf, some
 > that
 > > are animated.
 > >
 > >  Recently we decided that we need control over these loaded animated
 > swfs -
 > > they need
 > >  to adhere to an interface so we can stop the animations from the
 > loading
 > > application when needed.
 > >  The animations can be both timeline based and script based. As long as
 > they
 > > adhere to the interface
 > >  (basically play() stop() reset() and the "running" getter should return
 > > true if playing or false if stopped) we should be just fine.
 > >
 > >  The problem is that we need people who don't really know any scripting
 > > (designers) to be able to publish these
 > >  files properly. And I guess a template goes a long way but still...
 > >
 > >  So I thought: Hey there's AIR which have local filesystem access among
 > > other things. I could build an AIR App which
 > >  loads a swf or even a whole dir of swfs and then casts the loaded swfs
 > to
 > > IAnimatedItem and throws an error if it cant.
 > >  It could also include play stop reset buttons to test every loaded swf
 > > manually to be sure it works. Nice indeed and simple
 > >  enough for most people to use...
 > >
 > >  The problem is though that I can't cast loaded swfs in AIR it seems,
 > though
 > > I can from a simple swf loading one of these items
 > >  (but then I lose filesystem dialogs etc which is why I thought of AIR
 > in
 > > the first place).
 > >
 > >  In AIR
 > >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem; (or
 > > loader.contentLoaderInfo.content as IAnimatedItem doesn't matter).
 > >
 > >  aim becomes null.
 > >
 > >  In simple Flash swf:
 > >
 > >  aim becomes IAnimatedItem.
 > >
 > >
 > >  if I do this in AIR:
 > >
 > >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem;
 > >
 > >  if(aim is IAnimatedItem){
 > > trace('is IAnimatedItem');
 > >  } els

Re: [Flashcoders] Language translation from English to german/russian etc

[Abe Pazos]

One time I tried using the Strings Panel for a project and it was one of 
the worst experiences I had with Flash.


For some reason new copies of the XML files kept appearing in different 
folders in the hard drive, and often
old revisions of the XML where opened when switching the language, so I 
kept loosing my changes.
It made me loose much more time than if I had done a new FLA file for 
each language (which is not good,

but at least can be controllled).

Once you decide to use them, there is no option to 'disconnect this text 
field from the Strings panel'.
To repair the mess I did a JSFL script that copied the text field 
characteristics, deleted the original,

and created a new one which was not attached to the Strings panel.

Maybe I'm the only person who had problems with it, but I thought I 
would warn before someone

decides to base a project on it.

Regards,

Abe

Glen Pike wrote:

Hi,

   Look at the "Strings Panel" - Window->Other Panels->Strings

   With this, you can apply ID's to each of your text fields on 
stage.  You then create separate XML files, one for each language, 
with the ID's and corresponding text, that you can "Apply" at 
authoring time.  (Check the help in the panel for more info).


   This seems like the best way to help you with non-actionscript 
swapping of languages.


   It's probably a bit late now, but it would have been a good idea to 
design with translation in mind - you will reduce the amount of 
problems with translated words screwing up your layout if you have 
translations in advance...


   Dave Williamson gave a useful presentation on Localisation & 
Mobilisation at Flash On The Beach.  A blog post & presentation files 
are here.  Although it's missing his speech, the files have some 
useful snippets of code and links - especially a useful bit of AS to 
deal with choosing which font to use and fall backs...


   
http://blog.bittube.com/2007/11/11/flash-on-the-beach-07-presentation-files/ 



   HTH

   Glen

anuj sharma wrote:

Hi guys
I came under a scenario where I have 15 User interface screens all in
English and they are designed graphically (not using Action Script 
code at
all). Now my requirements is that I need to convert all of those 15 
screens
to 8 more languages which include russian, german, hebrew , japanese 
and few

more. I need to see how does those screens look with other languages.
Does anyone know any plugin where i can just pass those swf files and 
new

swf files came with converted language. Somehow like this webpage

http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/Default.aspx

Please let me know if there is any other way too.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks  a lot.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Ian Thomas]

Hi Peter,

   It's the first time I've come across sandbox bridging. It's a nifty idea.

The Flash documentation for it is here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/display/LoaderInfo.html#childSandboxBridge

But... unfortunately I think it's backwards for John's problem. It
allows a parent SWF to expose properties to a child SWF, rather than
the other way around...

Ian

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Peter B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could sandbox bridging help here?
>
>  http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/ajax/quickstart/sandbox_bridge.html
>
>  This example descibes loading local HTML files, but the same rules apply...
>
>  Pete
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Re: [Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[Sidney de Koning]

Nice one :)
What you do with removeChildAt is that you remove a child at a  
specific index (number), you get this index by using the getChildIndex  
( stringname of displayobject)


Cheers,

Sid

On Apr 24, 2008, at 4:26 PM, ACE Flash wrote:


buddy,
It works. :) removeChildAt(getChildIndex( targetToRemove )); should be
removeChild @v@

I appreciate that all of your posts in the topic .

Thanks ALL! :))



On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Sidney de Koning <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>

wrote:


try doing this, it should work:

import flash.text.TextField;
var _pValue:TextField;

function createNavigatorButton( txt:String ) {
  _pValue = new TextField();
  _pValue.text = txt;
  _pValue.backgroundColor = 0x00;
  _pValue.x = 60;
  _pValue.y = 400;
  addChild( _pValue );
}

function removeNavigatorButton( txt:String ) {
  //_pValue = "_"+pValue;
  _pValue.name = txt;
  var targetToRemove:DisplayObject =
this.getChildByName(_pValue.name);

  trace(getChildIndex( targetToRemove ) )
  removeChildAt(getChildIndex( targetToRemove ));

}

createNavigatorButton( "Flash" );
removeNavigatorButton( "Flash" );



On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Andres Garcia wrote:

this line:


_pValue = DisplayObject("_"+pValue);

has the problem you are casting from string to displayObject...

you can try something like:

createnavigatorButton(pValue:String){
  ...
  _pValue.name = pValue;
  ...

}

function removeNavigatorButton( pValue:String ) {
...
  _pValue = DisplayObject(this.getChildByName("_" + pValue));
  this.removeChild(_pValue);
...
}
On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, ACE Flash wrote:

Hi there,


I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.

I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg,
but I
got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed:
cannot
convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.


Any suggestion?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[ACE Flash]

buddy,
It works. :) removeChildAt(getChildIndex( targetToRemove )); should be
removeChild @v@

I appreciate that all of your posts in the topic .

Thanks ALL! :))



On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Sidney de Koning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> try doing this, it should work:
>
> import flash.text.TextField;
> var _pValue:TextField;
>
> function createNavigatorButton( txt:String ) {
>_pValue = new TextField();
>_pValue.text = txt;
>_pValue.backgroundColor = 0x00;
>_pValue.x = 60;
>_pValue.y = 400;
>addChild( _pValue );
> }
>
> function removeNavigatorButton( txt:String ) {
>//_pValue = "_"+pValue;
>_pValue.name = txt;
>var targetToRemove:DisplayObject =
> this.getChildByName(_pValue.name);
>
>trace(getChildIndex( targetToRemove ) )
>removeChildAt(getChildIndex( targetToRemove ));
>
> }
>
> createNavigatorButton( "Flash" );
> removeNavigatorButton( "Flash" );
>
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Andres Garcia wrote:
>
>  this line:
> >
> > _pValue = DisplayObject("_"+pValue);
> >
> > has the problem you are casting from string to displayObject...
> >
> > you can try something like:
> >
> > createnavigatorButton(pValue:String){
> >...
> >_pValue.name = pValue;
> >...
> >
> > }
> >
> > function removeNavigatorButton( pValue:String ) {
> > ...
> >_pValue = DisplayObject(this.getChildByName("_" + pValue));
> >this.removeChild(_pValue);
> > ...
> > }
> > On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, ACE Flash wrote:
> >
> >  Hi there,
> > >
> > > I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
> > > createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.
> > >
> > > I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg,
> > > but I
> > > got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed:
> > > cannot
> > > convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any suggestion?
> > >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[Sidney de Koning]

try doing this, it should work:

import flash.text.TextField;
var _pValue:TextField;

function createNavigatorButton( txt:String ) {
_pValue = new TextField();
_pValue.text = txt;
_pValue.backgroundColor = 0x00;
_pValue.x = 60;
_pValue.y = 400;
addChild( _pValue );
}

function removeNavigatorButton( txt:String ) {
//_pValue = "_"+pValue;
_pValue.name = txt;
var targetToRemove:DisplayObject = this.getChildByName(_pValue.name);

trace(getChildIndex( targetToRemove ) )
removeChildAt(getChildIndex( targetToRemove ));

}

createNavigatorButton( "Flash" );
removeNavigatorButton( "Flash" );


On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Andres Garcia wrote:


this line:

_pValue = DisplayObject("_"+pValue);

has the problem you are casting from string to displayObject...

you can try something like:

createnavigatorButton(pValue:String){
...
_pValue.name = pValue;
...

}

function removeNavigatorButton( pValue:String ) {
...
_pValue = DisplayObject(this.getChildByName("_" + pValue));
this.removeChild(_pValue);
...
}
On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, ACE Flash wrote:


Hi there,

I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.

I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg,  
but I
got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed:  
cannot

convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.


Any suggestion?

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Re: [Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[Andres Garcia]

this line:

_pValue = DisplayObject("_"+pValue);

has the problem you are casting from string to displayObject...

you can try something like:

createnavigatorButton(pValue:String){
...
_pValue.name = pValue;
...

}

function removeNavigatorButton( pValue:String ) {
...
_pValue = DisplayObject(this.getChildByName("_" + pValue));
this.removeChild(_pValue);
...
}
On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:30 AM, ACE Flash wrote:


Hi there,

I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.

I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg,  
but I
got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed:  
cannot

convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.


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[Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[ACE Flash]

Hi there,

I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.

I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg, but I
got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot
convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.


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Re: [Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[Sidney de Koning]

He ACE,

Try casting your string _pValue to a Sprite or MovieClip, because you  
cannot add a string to the displaylist.


Cheers,

Sidney

On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:30 PM, ACE Flash wrote:


Hi there,

I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.

I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg,  
but I
got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed:  
cannot

convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.


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Re: [Flashcoders] Removing a displayObject by using removeChild()

[Sidney de Koning]

When you add it i mean ofcourse. Just like you do when removing it.

On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:30 PM, ACE Flash wrote:


Hi there,

I would like to define a variable, so I could pass any name to
createNavigatorButton and using removeNavigatorButton to remove it.

I wrote a simple code here  http://www.privatepaste.com/e8tI4OgtHg,  
but I
got an error msg => TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed:  
cannot

convert "_Flash" to flash.display.DisplayObject.


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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Ian Thomas]

Jim,
   That's a great suggestion. :-)

Ian

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Jim Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Apparently, if you load the .swf as a byteArray then you can then use a
>  loader to load that as a swf, in the context of your application.
>  Normally that would be considered a potentially bad thing, but in your
>  case it looks like it could be exactly what you want to do.
>
>  Hth.
>
>
>
>  -Original Message-
>  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
>  Eriksson
>  Sent: 24 April 2008 09:21
>  To: Flash Coders List
>  Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...
>
>  Yes. I have understood this when doing some research on the subject. My
>  problem though is that I don't want theswfs to be installed together
>  with
>  the app (a few thousand swfs altogether). I want my AIR App to load a
>  dir
>  full of them
>  and walk through them all and check if they implement a certain
>  interface.
>  I've done all these things, my only problem now
>  is that I cannot cast them in AIR at all which makes the whole thing
>  pointless.
>
>  You see my problem here right? I need it to load arbitrary swfs from a
>  harddrive or network share (i.e locally through the filesystem)
>  and try to cast them to an interface - throw up a warning or generate a
>  list
>  of swfs that do not conform to the interface and need to
>  be fixed.
>
>  I guess this cannot be easily done, or perhaps not at all... Could it be
>  possible through a sandbox bridge or something like that?
>
>  /John
>
>  2008/4/24 Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>  > Hi John,
>  >   Where are you loading the SWF from?
>  >
>  >   I think I had this problem early on with AIR, and it turned out I
>  > was loading from the wrong place. If you load the .swf files from
>  > within the AIR app's installed folder, then they are given full rights
>  > and you will be able to cast them etc. If you load them from anywhere
>  > else, they are placed into a different security sandbox and you won't
>  > be able to cast them.
>  >
>  >  This page should help:
>  > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/security_6.html
>  > (see under URL schemes)
>  >
>  > Hope that's helpful,
>  >   Ian
>  >
>  > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Axel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  > wrote:
>  > > I'm trying to develop an application using AIR for internal use at
>  our
>  > > company.
>  > >
>  > >  Our company uses very advanced actionscript (3.0) on the web, we
>  load
>  > for
>  > > instance
>  > >  several hundred or maybe more swfs sometimes into a parent swf,
>  some
>  > that
>  > > are animated.
>  > >
>  > >  Recently we decided that we need control over these loaded animated
>  > swfs -
>  > > they need
>  > >  to adhere to an interface so we can stop the animations from the
>  > loading
>  > > application when needed.
>  > >  The animations can be both timeline based and script based. As long
>  as
>  > they
>  > > adhere to the interface
>  > >  (basically play() stop() reset() and the "running" getter should
>  return
>  > > true if playing or false if stopped) we should be just fine.
>  > >
>  > >  The problem is that we need people who don't really know any
>  scripting
>  > > (designers) to be able to publish these
>  > >  files properly. And I guess a template goes a long way but still...
>  > >
>  > >  So I thought: Hey there's AIR which have local filesystem access
>  among
>  > > other things. I could build an AIR App which
>  > >  loads a swf or even a whole dir of swfs and then casts the loaded
>  swfs
>  > to
>  > > IAnimatedItem and throws an error if it cant.
>  > >  It could also include play stop reset buttons to test every loaded
>  swf
>  > > manually to be sure it works. Nice indeed and simple
>  > >  enough for most people to use...
>  > >
>  > >  The problem is though that I can't cast loaded swfs in AIR it
>  seems,
>  > though
>  > > I can from a simple swf loading one of these items
>  > >  (but then I lose filesystem dialogs etc which is why I thought of
>  AIR
>  > in
>  > > the first place).
>  > >
>  > >  In AIR
>  > >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem; (or
>  > > loader.contentLoaderInfo.content as IAnimatedItem doesn't matter).
>  > >
>  > >  aim becomes null.
>  > >
>  > >  In simple Flash swf:
>  > >
>  > >  aim becomes IAnimatedItem.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  if I do this in AIR:
>  > >
>  > >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem;
>  > >
>  > >  if(aim is IAnimatedItem){
>  > > trace('is IAnimatedItem');
>  > >  } else {
>  > > trace('is NOT IAnimatedItem');
>  > >  }
>  > >
>  > >  this traces 'is NOT IAnimatedItem';
>  > >
>  > >  **
>  > >
>  > >  in simple Flash swf the same traces:
>  > >
>  > >  'is IAnimatedItem';
>  > >
>  > >  **
>  > >
>  > >  Also, doing a describeType in AIR OR Flash swf actually says it
>  DOES
>  > > implement IAnimatedItem. But, as I said, only in normal
>  > >  flash 

Re: [Flashcoders] How does 'Compress movie' publish setting work?

[Ian Thomas]

It compresses the main body of the SWF file - all the code, assets,
etc - everything apart from the header - using the Zip format.

I don't know why you'd turn it off. :-)

Cheers,
   Ian

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Alistair Colling
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> Just out of interest really :)
>  And why would you switch it off?
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[Flashcoders] How does 'Compress movie' publish setting work?

[Alistair Colling]

Just out of interest really :)
And why would you switch it off?
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RE: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Jim Hayes]

Apparently, if you load the .swf as a byteArray then you can then use a
loader to load that as a swf, in the context of your application.
Normally that would be considered a potentially bad thing, but in your
case it looks like it could be exactly what you want to do.

Hth.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
Eriksson
Sent: 24 April 2008 09:21
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

Yes. I have understood this when doing some research on the subject. My
problem though is that I don't want theswfs to be installed together
with
the app (a few thousand swfs altogether). I want my AIR App to load a
dir
full of them
and walk through them all and check if they implement a certain
interface.
I've done all these things, my only problem now
is that I cannot cast them in AIR at all which makes the whole thing
pointless.

You see my problem here right? I need it to load arbitrary swfs from a
harddrive or network share (i.e locally through the filesystem)
and try to cast them to an interface - throw up a warning or generate a
list
of swfs that do not conform to the interface and need to
be fixed.

I guess this cannot be easily done, or perhaps not at all... Could it be
possible through a sandbox bridge or something like that?

/John

2008/4/24 Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi John,
>   Where are you loading the SWF from?
>
>   I think I had this problem early on with AIR, and it turned out I
> was loading from the wrong place. If you load the .swf files from
> within the AIR app's installed folder, then they are given full rights
> and you will be able to cast them etc. If you load them from anywhere
> else, they are placed into a different security sandbox and you won't
> be able to cast them.
>
>  This page should help:
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/security_6.html
> (see under URL schemes)
>
> Hope that's helpful,
>   Ian
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Axel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > I'm trying to develop an application using AIR for internal use at
our
> > company.
> >
> >  Our company uses very advanced actionscript (3.0) on the web, we
load
> for
> > instance
> >  several hundred or maybe more swfs sometimes into a parent swf,
some
> that
> > are animated.
> >
> >  Recently we decided that we need control over these loaded animated
> swfs -
> > they need
> >  to adhere to an interface so we can stop the animations from the
> loading
> > application when needed.
> >  The animations can be both timeline based and script based. As long
as
> they
> > adhere to the interface
> >  (basically play() stop() reset() and the "running" getter should
return
> > true if playing or false if stopped) we should be just fine.
> >
> >  The problem is that we need people who don't really know any
scripting
> > (designers) to be able to publish these
> >  files properly. And I guess a template goes a long way but still...
> >
> >  So I thought: Hey there's AIR which have local filesystem access
among
> > other things. I could build an AIR App which
> >  loads a swf or even a whole dir of swfs and then casts the loaded
swfs
> to
> > IAnimatedItem and throws an error if it cant.
> >  It could also include play stop reset buttons to test every loaded
swf
> > manually to be sure it works. Nice indeed and simple
> >  enough for most people to use...
> >
> >  The problem is though that I can't cast loaded swfs in AIR it
seems,
> though
> > I can from a simple swf loading one of these items
> >  (but then I lose filesystem dialogs etc which is why I thought of
AIR
> in
> > the first place).
> >
> >  In AIR
> >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem; (or
> > loader.contentLoaderInfo.content as IAnimatedItem doesn't matter).
> >
> >  aim becomes null.
> >
> >  In simple Flash swf:
> >
> >  aim becomes IAnimatedItem.
> >
> >
> >  if I do this in AIR:
> >
> >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem;
> >
> >  if(aim is IAnimatedItem){
> > trace('is IAnimatedItem');
> >  } else {
> > trace('is NOT IAnimatedItem');
> >  }
> >
> >  this traces 'is NOT IAnimatedItem';
> >
> >  **
> >
> >  in simple Flash swf the same traces:
> >
> >  'is IAnimatedItem';
> >
> >  **
> >
> >  Also, doing a describeType in AIR OR Flash swf actually says it
DOES
> > implement IAnimatedItem. But, as I said, only in normal
> >  flash swfs is it castable to an IAnimatedItem. Why? Does this have
> > something to do with the AIR security model and does anyone
> >  know how I can achieve what I want in AIR?
> >
> >
> >  /John
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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Peter B]

Could sandbox bridging help here?

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/ajax/quickstart/sandbox_bridge.html

This example descibes loading local HTML files, but the same rules apply...

Pete
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Re: [Flashcoders] Language translation from English to german/russian etc

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

I wasn't saying the grammar was incorrect (it is correct), but the 
subject is dodgy. It's not "pop-culture poem", unless you call Hentai 
Under-age Anime as pop-culture - well, I suppose it is in Japan, sadly.


Kenneth Kawamoto
http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/

Kerry Thompson wrote:

Kenneth Kawamoto wrote:


I don't know where you got it from, but perhaps it's good that you got
dodgy translation because your Japanese text itself is well dodgy (not
in grammatical sense).


I figured there would be a Japanese speaker who would catch that ^_^

I copied and pasted it from a Japanese Web site. It's a little pop-culture 
poem, kind of impressionistic, and poems don't play by the grammar rules. 
Perhaps I chose an extreme case to make my point--poems seldom translate 
well--but the English gibberish it output certainly shows the limits of machine 
translation.

Even though I chose a pop poem, it's from a Japanese Web site, based in Japan, and run by a Japanese company in Japan. I can't vouch for the grammar--I speak Chinese, but not Japanese--but I still stand by my position that machine translation is nowhere near ready for prime time. 


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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Ian Thomas]

I was wondering about some sort of bridge - how about a 'loader' swf
which you load from outside the AIR security sandbox. Talk to it via
LocalConnections - get it to load in swfs for test and report back via
LocalConnection.

That'd work, but is an ugly hack.

However - as far as I can see, you aren't actually writing to disk,
are you? So why do you need AIR? Wouldn't an ordinary Flash projector
do the job without any of these issues?

HTH,
  Ian

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:20 AM, John Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes. I have understood this when doing some research on the subject. My
>  problem though is that I don't want theswfs to be installed together with
>  the app (a few thousand swfs altogether). I want my AIR App to load a dir
>  full of them
>  and walk through them all and check if they implement a certain interface.
>  I've done all these things, my only problem now
>  is that I cannot cast them in AIR at all which makes the whole thing
>  pointless.
>
>  You see my problem here right? I need it to load arbitrary swfs from a
>  harddrive or network share (i.e locally through the filesystem)
>  and try to cast them to an interface - throw up a warning or generate a list
>  of swfs that do not conform to the interface and need to
>  be fixed.
>
>  I guess this cannot be easily done, or perhaps not at all... Could it be
>  possible through a sandbox bridge or something like that?
>
>  /John
>
>  2008/4/24 Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
>
>  > Hi John,
>  >   Where are you loading the SWF from?
>  >
>  >   I think I had this problem early on with AIR, and it turned out I
>  > was loading from the wrong place. If you load the .swf files from
>  > within the AIR app's installed folder, then they are given full rights
>  > and you will be able to cast them etc. If you load them from anywhere
>  > else, they are placed into a different security sandbox and you won't
>  > be able to cast them.
>  >
>  >  This page should help:
>  > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/security_6.html
>  > (see under URL schemes)
>  >
>  > Hope that's helpful,
>  >   Ian
>  >
>  > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Axel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  > wrote:
>  > > I'm trying to develop an application using AIR for internal use at our
>  > > company.
>  > >
>  > >  Our company uses very advanced actionscript (3.0) on the web, we load
>  > for
>  > > instance
>  > >  several hundred or maybe more swfs sometimes into a parent swf, some
>  > that
>  > > are animated.
>  > >
>  > >  Recently we decided that we need control over these loaded animated
>  > swfs -
>  > > they need
>  > >  to adhere to an interface so we can stop the animations from the
>  > loading
>  > > application when needed.
>  > >  The animations can be both timeline based and script based. As long as
>  > they
>  > > adhere to the interface
>  > >  (basically play() stop() reset() and the "running" getter should return
>  > > true if playing or false if stopped) we should be just fine.
>  > >
>  > >  The problem is that we need people who don't really know any scripting
>  > > (designers) to be able to publish these
>  > >  files properly. And I guess a template goes a long way but still...
>  > >
>  > >  So I thought: Hey there's AIR which have local filesystem access among
>  > > other things. I could build an AIR App which
>  > >  loads a swf or even a whole dir of swfs and then casts the loaded swfs
>  > to
>  > > IAnimatedItem and throws an error if it cant.
>  > >  It could also include play stop reset buttons to test every loaded swf
>  > > manually to be sure it works. Nice indeed and simple
>  > >  enough for most people to use...
>  > >
>  > >  The problem is though that I can't cast loaded swfs in AIR it seems,
>  > though
>  > > I can from a simple swf loading one of these items
>  > >  (but then I lose filesystem dialogs etc which is why I thought of AIR
>  > in
>  > > the first place).
>  > >
>  > >  In AIR
>  > >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem; (or
>  > > loader.contentLoaderInfo.content as IAnimatedItem doesn't matter).
>  > >
>  > >  aim becomes null.
>  > >
>  > >  In simple Flash swf:
>  > >
>  > >  aim becomes IAnimatedItem.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  if I do this in AIR:
>  > >
>  > >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem;
>  > >
>  > >  if(aim is IAnimatedItem){
>  > > trace('is IAnimatedItem');
>  > >  } else {
>  > > trace('is NOT IAnimatedItem');
>  > >  }
>  > >
>  > >  this traces 'is NOT IAnimatedItem';
>  > >
>  > >  **
>  > >
>  > >  in simple Flash swf the same traces:
>  > >
>  > >  'is IAnimatedItem';
>  > >
>  > >  **
>  > >
>  > >  Also, doing a describeType in AIR OR Flash swf actually says it DOES
>  > > implement IAnimatedItem. But, as I said, only in normal
>  > >  flash swfs is it castable to an IAnimatedItem. Why? Does this have
>  > > something to do with the AIR security model and does anyone
>  > >  know how I can achieve what I want in

Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[John Eriksson]

Yes. I have understood this when doing some research on the subject. My
problem though is that I don't want theswfs to be installed together with
the app (a few thousand swfs altogether). I want my AIR App to load a dir
full of them
and walk through them all and check if they implement a certain interface.
I've done all these things, my only problem now
is that I cannot cast them in AIR at all which makes the whole thing
pointless.

You see my problem here right? I need it to load arbitrary swfs from a
harddrive or network share (i.e locally through the filesystem)
and try to cast them to an interface - throw up a warning or generate a list
of swfs that do not conform to the interface and need to
be fixed.

I guess this cannot be easily done, or perhaps not at all... Could it be
possible through a sandbox bridge or something like that?

/John

2008/4/24 Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi John,
>   Where are you loading the SWF from?
>
>   I think I had this problem early on with AIR, and it turned out I
> was loading from the wrong place. If you load the .swf files from
> within the AIR app's installed folder, then they are given full rights
> and you will be able to cast them etc. If you load them from anywhere
> else, they are placed into a different security sandbox and you won't
> be able to cast them.
>
>  This page should help:
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/security_6.html
> (see under URL schemes)
>
> Hope that's helpful,
>   Ian
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Axel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > I'm trying to develop an application using AIR for internal use at our
> > company.
> >
> >  Our company uses very advanced actionscript (3.0) on the web, we load
> for
> > instance
> >  several hundred or maybe more swfs sometimes into a parent swf, some
> that
> > are animated.
> >
> >  Recently we decided that we need control over these loaded animated
> swfs -
> > they need
> >  to adhere to an interface so we can stop the animations from the
> loading
> > application when needed.
> >  The animations can be both timeline based and script based. As long as
> they
> > adhere to the interface
> >  (basically play() stop() reset() and the "running" getter should return
> > true if playing or false if stopped) we should be just fine.
> >
> >  The problem is that we need people who don't really know any scripting
> > (designers) to be able to publish these
> >  files properly. And I guess a template goes a long way but still...
> >
> >  So I thought: Hey there's AIR which have local filesystem access among
> > other things. I could build an AIR App which
> >  loads a swf or even a whole dir of swfs and then casts the loaded swfs
> to
> > IAnimatedItem and throws an error if it cant.
> >  It could also include play stop reset buttons to test every loaded swf
> > manually to be sure it works. Nice indeed and simple
> >  enough for most people to use...
> >
> >  The problem is though that I can't cast loaded swfs in AIR it seems,
> though
> > I can from a simple swf loading one of these items
> >  (but then I lose filesystem dialogs etc which is why I thought of AIR
> in
> > the first place).
> >
> >  In AIR
> >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem; (or
> > loader.contentLoaderInfo.content as IAnimatedItem doesn't matter).
> >
> >  aim becomes null.
> >
> >  In simple Flash swf:
> >
> >  aim becomes IAnimatedItem.
> >
> >
> >  if I do this in AIR:
> >
> >  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem;
> >
> >  if(aim is IAnimatedItem){
> > trace('is IAnimatedItem');
> >  } else {
> > trace('is NOT IAnimatedItem');
> >  }
> >
> >  this traces 'is NOT IAnimatedItem';
> >
> >  **
> >
> >  in simple Flash swf the same traces:
> >
> >  'is IAnimatedItem';
> >
> >  **
> >
> >  Also, doing a describeType in AIR OR Flash swf actually says it DOES
> > implement IAnimatedItem. But, as I said, only in normal
> >  flash swfs is it castable to an IAnimatedItem. Why? Does this have
> > something to do with the AIR security model and does anyone
> >  know how I can achieve what I want in AIR?
> >
> >
> >  /John
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Re: [Flashcoders] Question about the AIR security model...

[Ian Thomas]

Hi John,
   Where are you loading the SWF from?

   I think I had this problem early on with AIR, and it turned out I
was loading from the wrong place. If you load the .swf files from
within the AIR app's installed folder, then they are given full rights
and you will be able to cast them etc. If you load them from anywhere
else, they are placed into a different security sandbox and you won't
be able to cast them.

  This page should help:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/security_6.html
(see under URL schemes)

Hope that's helpful,
   Ian

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Axel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to develop an application using AIR for internal use at our
> company.
>
>  Our company uses very advanced actionscript (3.0) on the web, we load for
> instance
>  several hundred or maybe more swfs sometimes into a parent swf, some that
> are animated.
>
>  Recently we decided that we need control over these loaded animated swfs -
> they need
>  to adhere to an interface so we can stop the animations from the loading
> application when needed.
>  The animations can be both timeline based and script based. As long as they
> adhere to the interface
>  (basically play() stop() reset() and the "running" getter should return
> true if playing or false if stopped) we should be just fine.
>
>  The problem is that we need people who don't really know any scripting
> (designers) to be able to publish these
>  files properly. And I guess a template goes a long way but still...
>
>  So I thought: Hey there's AIR which have local filesystem access among
> other things. I could build an AIR App which
>  loads a swf or even a whole dir of swfs and then casts the loaded swfs to
> IAnimatedItem and throws an error if it cant.
>  It could also include play stop reset buttons to test every loaded swf
> manually to be sure it works. Nice indeed and simple
>  enough for most people to use...
>
>  The problem is though that I can't cast loaded swfs in AIR it seems, though
> I can from a simple swf loading one of these items
>  (but then I lose filesystem dialogs etc which is why I thought of AIR in
> the first place).
>
>  In AIR
>  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem; (or
> loader.contentLoaderInfo.content as IAnimatedItem doesn't matter).
>
>  aim becomes null.
>
>  In simple Flash swf:
>
>  aim becomes IAnimatedItem.
>
>
>  if I do this in AIR:
>
>  var aim:IAnimatedItem = loader.content as IAnimatedItem;
>
>  if(aim is IAnimatedItem){
> trace('is IAnimatedItem');
>  } else {
> trace('is NOT IAnimatedItem');
>  }
>
>  this traces 'is NOT IAnimatedItem';
>
>  **
>
>  in simple Flash swf the same traces:
>
>  'is IAnimatedItem';
>
>  **
>
>  Also, doing a describeType in AIR OR Flash swf actually says it DOES
> implement IAnimatedItem. But, as I said, only in normal
>  flash swfs is it castable to an IAnimatedItem. Why? Does this have
> something to do with the AIR security model and does anyone
>  know how I can achieve what I want in AIR?
>
>
>  /John
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