RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area ofamasked SWF
Why not place a movie clip, behind the bottom-most background layer (or, make it invisible) that is the same size as the desired size(or visible height width) you wish the swf to be read as, by the main stage (assuming that is what you are trying to do)? That way, if your swf is really 800 X 600, you can have the main stage call the swf to see what the desired size is of the incoming swf, (400 X 300) and do with that information whatever it is you are trying to do. (I dunno if that makes any sense?) Heck, I'm not even sure if what you are attempting to do can be done that way, or not - I'm still trying to get a handle on ActionScript, myself! I sure wish they would stop re-writing/updating ActionScript it long enough for the slower of us to catch on! :-P Also, what about _lockroot? If it's a matter of your ext. swfs being re-sized because they are being imported onto the stage, perhaps using _lockroot might prevent that (although, I am not sure if that actually controls the stage size of the swf ,or not). Michael Hood Internal Applications Dev ADMS/ CMS/ Armory [Original Message] From: Hershell Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Date: 4/18/2007 3:21:39 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area ofamasked SWF To center the visible part on stage, center the mask on stage. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of matt stuehler Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:30 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of amasked SWF All, It looks like this has been asked before, but I couldn't find an answer. I'm creating a Flash app that loads several SWFs. Those SWFs contain use masks. I'd like to be able to find the VISIBLE height and width of those SWFs; however _width and _height return the size of ALL the masked content. In other words, if the SWF has a stage size of 400x300, and a mask of 400x300, but the total size of the SWF is 800x600 (e.g., b/c of off-stage content, or stuff that's not visible thru the mask), then _width returns 800, and _height returns 600. I can see why that's sometimes useful, but in this particular application, I need to know the VISIBLE size. For example, I'd like to be able to center the VISIBLE part of the SWF on the stage. Is there any way to figure that out? Cheers, Matt Stuehler ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area ofamasked SWF
All, I've come up with a solution - it's not perfect, but it's pretty robust and reliable. If anyone is following this thread and would like more detail, send me an email. Cheers, Matt Stuehler On 4/19/07, Michael Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not place a movie clip, behind the bottom-most background layer (or, make it invisible) that is the same size as the desired size(or visible height width) you wish the swf to be read as, by the main stage (assuming that is what you are trying to do)? That way, if your swf is really 800 X 600, you can have the main stage call the swf to see what the desired size is of the incoming swf, (400 X 300) and do with that information whatever it is you are trying to do. (I dunno if that makes any sense?) Heck, I'm not even sure if what you are attempting to do can be done that way, or not - I'm still trying to get a handle on ActionScript, myself! I sure wish they would stop re-writing/updating ActionScript it long enough for the slower of us to catch on! :-P Also, what about _lockroot? If it's a matter of your ext. swfs being re-sized because they are being imported onto the stage, perhaps using _lockroot might prevent that (although, I am not sure if that actually controls the stage size of the swf ,or not). Michael Hood Internal Applications Dev ADMS/ CMS/ Armory [Original Message] From: Hershell Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Date: 4/18/2007 3:21:39 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area ofamasked SWF To center the visible part on stage, center the mask on stage. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of matt stuehler Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:30 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of amasked SWF All, It looks like this has been asked before, but I couldn't find an answer. I'm creating a Flash app that loads several SWFs. Those SWFs contain use masks. I'd like to be able to find the VISIBLE height and width of those SWFs; however _width and _height return the size of ALL the masked content. In other words, if the SWF has a stage size of 400x300, and a mask of 400x300, but the total size of the SWF is 800x600 (e.g., b/c of off-stage content, or stuff that's not visible thru the mask), then _width returns 800, and _height returns 600. I can see why that's sometimes useful, but in this particular application, I need to know the VISIBLE size. For example, I'd like to be able to center the VISIBLE part of the SWF on the stage. Is there any way to figure that out? Cheers, Matt Stuehler ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area ofamasked SWF
You could probably do it by blitting the contents of the clip to a BitmapData and then using getColorBoundsRect(). Ian On 4/19/07, matt stuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I've come up with a solution - it's not perfect, but it's pretty robust and reliable. If anyone is following this thread and would like more detail, send me an email. Cheers, Matt Stuehler ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
