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 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This communication is from Primal Pictures Ltd., a company registered in > England and Wales with registration No. 02622298 and registered office: 4th > Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PA, UK. > VAT registration No. 648874577. > > This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. 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