[flexcoders] Re: addChild creationCompleteEffect

2007-10-25 Thread johantrax 
What I have done is setting a breakpoint on the line of the
move-effect-tag in which both width and height are 0.

So Now I have added some 'debugging-alerts'
 (1) one in the creationcomplete-event of the popupwindowcomponent,
before the inner form is added
 (2) one in the creationcomplete-event of the injected form, before
its fields/innercomponents are added
 (3) second-one in the creationcomplete-event of the injected form
after it's children are added with addChild()
 (4) second-one in the creationcomplete-event of the popupwindow after
the inner form has been added with the addChild()-method.

These do not appear in this order!
The order of appearance is
 (1) popupwindow.width = 52 | height = 48
 (4) popupwindow.width = 52 | height = 48
 (2) injectedForm.width = 20 | height = 20
 (3) injectedForm.width = 20 | height = 20

Not quite what I expected..
--Johan

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 Have you stopped it in the debugger to check the values before/after
the move 
 effect ?
 
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[flexcoders] Re: addChild creationCompleteEffect

2007-10-18 Thread johantrax 
Nobody with any tips? :(

--Johan

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, johantrax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 I create a TitleWindow with the PopupManager. The titlewindow should
 dynamically contain a canvas.
 So how did I do that. I gave the titlewindow a property called
 'contentForm' which contains a canvas. Then in the
 creationComplete-event of the titlewindow, addChild(contentForm) is
 called for adding the canvas to the titlewindow.
 So far, so good...
 
 Next I wanted to create some popup/popout effect on the titlewindow.
 So I set creationCompleteEffect to 'popup', a mx:Parallel of
 zoom/move/fade. I also set the removedEffect to 'popout', a mx:Sequence.
 
 What's the problem? The 'popup'-effect should move the titlewindow
 from the top to the center of the application. I figured this move-tag
 would give me what needed:
   mx:Move
   yFrom={-this.height} yTo={(Application.application.height -
 this.height) / 2}
   xFrom={Application.application.width / 2}
 xTo={(Application.application.width - this.width) / 2}
   /
 However, this isn't working as expected.
 The only logical explanation I can come up with is the following:
 creationComplete and creationCompleteEffect both get executed when the
 creationcomplete-Event is fired. Since the childComponent is only
 added during the handling of that event, the effect playing is not yet
 aware of the change in size.
 
 This lead me into the FlexDocs, where I learned that adding children
 should be part of the initialisationEvent.
 So I assigned my init()method to the initialize-listener instead of
 creationComplete.
 However, this is giving me the following errors:
 TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
 object reference.
   at mx.containers::Panel/::showTitleBar()
   at mx.containers::Panel/mx.containers:Panel::layoutChrome()
   at mx.core::Container/mx.core:Container::updateDisplayList()
 ...
 TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
 object reference.
   at components::PopupFormWindow/::init()
   at components::PopupFormWindow/___TitleWindow1_initialize()
   at

flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunction()
 ...
 
 My init-method is as follows:
 private function init():void {
   //create inner form
   contentForm.currentState = this.currentState;
   (contentForm as customerPopupForm).ac = this.ac;
   this.addChild(contentForm);
 }
 
 Any help, push in the right direction is really appreciated. I will
 provide the full errormsgs/more code if needed, but I consider this to
 be a long post already ;)
 --Johan

RE: [flexcoders] Re: addChild creationCompleteEffect

2007-10-18 Thread Joan Lafferty 
Maybe try your effect on the showEffect rather than the
creationCompleteEffect? I haven't tried this to see if it works... just
a suggestion.

 

Joan

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of johantrax
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:16 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: addChild  creationCompleteEffect

 

Nobody with any tips? :(

--Johan

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
, johantrax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 I create a TitleWindow with the PopupManager. The titlewindow should
 dynamically contain a canvas.
 So how did I do that. I gave the titlewindow a property called
 'contentForm' which contains a canvas. Then in the
 creationComplete-event of the titlewindow, addChild(contentForm) is
 called for adding the canvas to the titlewindow.
 So far, so good...
 
 Next I wanted to create some popup/popout effect on the titlewindow.
 So I set creationCompleteEffect to 'popup', a mx:Parallel of
 zoom/move/fade. I also set the removedEffect to 'popout', a
mx:Sequence.
 
 What's the problem? The 'popup'-effect should move the titlewindow
 from the top to the center of the application. I figured this move-tag
 would give me what needed:
 mx:Move
 yFrom={-this.height} yTo={(Application.application.height -
 this.height) / 2}
 xFrom={Application.application.width / 2}
 xTo={(Application.application.width - this.width) / 2}
 /
 However, this isn't working as expected.
 The only logical explanation I can come up with is the following:
 creationComplete and creationCompleteEffect both get executed when the
 creationcomplete-Event is fired. Since the childComponent is only
 added during the handling of that event, the effect playing is not yet
 aware of the change in size.
 
 This lead me into the FlexDocs, where I learned that adding children
 should be part of the initialisationEvent.
 So I assigned my init()method to the initialize-listener instead of
 creationComplete.
 However, this is giving me the following errors:
 TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
 object reference.
 at mx.containers::Panel/::showTitleBar()
 at mx.containers::Panel/mx.containers:Panel::layoutChrome()
 at mx.core::Container/mx.core:Container::updateDisplayList()
 ...
 TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
 object reference.
 at components::PopupFormWindow/::init()
 at components::PopupFormWindow/___TitleWindow1_initialize()
 at

flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEven
tFunction()
 ...
 
 My init-method is as follows:
 private function init():void {
 //create inner form
 contentForm.currentState = this.currentState;
 (contentForm as customerPopupForm).ac = this.ac;
 this.addChild(contentForm);
 }
 
 Any help, push in the right direction is really appreciated. I will
 provide the full errormsgs/more code if needed, but I consider this to
 be a long post already ;)
 --Johan

RE: [flexcoders] Re: addChild creationCompleteEffect

2007-10-18 Thread Joan Lafferty 
One more suggestion to try. You can listen for the childAdd event on the
TitleWindow. Then, in the event handler, play the effect on the Canvas.

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Joan Lafferty
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:06 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: addChild  creationCompleteEffect

 

Maybe try your effect on the showEffect rather than the
creationCompleteEffect? I haven't tried this to see if it works... just
a suggestion.

 

Joan

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of johantrax
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:16 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: addChild  creationCompleteEffect

 

Nobody with any tips? :(

--Johan

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com
, johantrax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 I create a TitleWindow with the PopupManager. The titlewindow should
 dynamically contain a canvas.
 So how did I do that. I gave the titlewindow a property called
 'contentForm' which contains a canvas. Then in the
 creationComplete-event of the titlewindow, addChild(contentForm) is
 called for adding the canvas to the titlewindow.
 So far, so good...
 
 Next I wanted to create some popup/popout effect on the titlewindow.
 So I set creationCompleteEffect to 'popup', a mx:Parallel of
 zoom/move/fade. I also set the removedEffect to 'popout', a
mx:Sequence.
 
 What's the problem? The 'popup'-effect should move the titlewindow
 from the top to the center of the application. I figured this move-tag
 would give me what needed:
 mx:Move
 yFrom={-this.height} yTo={(Application.application.height -
 this.height) / 2}
 xFrom={Application.application.width / 2}
 xTo={(Application.application.width - this.width) / 2}
 /
 However, this isn't working as expected.
 The only logical explanation I can come up with is the following:
 creationComplete and creationCompleteEffect both get executed when the
 creationcomplete-Event is fired. Since the childComponent is only
 added during the handling of that event, the effect playing is not yet
 aware of the change in size.
 
 This lead me into the FlexDocs, where I learned that adding children
 should be part of the initialisationEvent.
 So I assigned my init()method to the initialize-listener instead of
 creationComplete.
 However, this is giving me the following errors:
 TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
 object reference.
 at mx.containers::Panel/::showTitleBar()
 at mx.containers::Panel/mx.containers:Panel::layoutChrome()
 at mx.core::Container/mx.core:Container::updateDisplayList()
 ...
 TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
 object reference.
 at components::PopupFormWindow/::init()
 at components::PopupFormWindow/___TitleWindow1_initialize()
 at

flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEven
tFunction()
 ...
 
 My init-method is as follows:
 private function init():void {
 //create inner form
 contentForm.currentState = this.currentState;
 (contentForm as customerPopupForm).ac = this.ac;
 this.addChild(contentForm);
 }
 
 Any help, push in the right direction is really appreciated. I will
 provide the full errormsgs/more code if needed, but I consider this to
 be a long post already ;)
 --Johan

[flexcoders] Re: addChild creationCompleteEffect

2007-10-18 Thread johantrax 
Thanks for the input, however with little success.
Adding the effect to showEffect gives nothing. If I recall correctly
showeffect is triggered by clicking the object when it's inside a
viewstack.

However listening to the childAdd brought me to the following idea.
At the end of me creationCompleteHandler I have put the following:
callLater(function():void{popup.play([this])});

This gives me the same error as listening to the addChildEvent, being
the following:

TypeError: Error #1006: dispatchEvent is not a function.
at mx.effects::EffectInstance/play()
at mx.effects.effectClasses::MoveInstance/play()
at mx.effects::EffectInstance/startEffect()
at mx.effects.effectClasses::ParallelInstance/play()
at mx.effects::EffectInstance/startEffect()
at mx.effects::Effect/play()
at MethodInfo-3081()
at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher2()
at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher()

--Johan

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Joan Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 One more suggestion to try. You can listen for the childAdd event on the
 TitleWindow. Then, in the event handler, play the effect on the Canvas.
 
  
 
 
 
 From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Joan Lafferty
 Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:06 AM
 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: addChild  creationCompleteEffect
 
  
 
 Maybe try your effect on the showEffect rather than the
 creationCompleteEffect? I haven't tried this to see if it works... just
 a suggestion.
 
  
 
 Joan