This is an old article of what you are trying to do : http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/2006/09/20/flex-developers-and-the-need-to-understand-flash There should be also article by Ted Patrick on the topic dated around the same time. Thank you Anatole
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Andriy Panas <a.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Judah, > AFAIK, you have 2 approaches to execute the code before > "preinitialize" event is fired. > > 1) Mark you class with metadata [Mixin] and put the code in need into > method > > public static function init(systemManager:ISystemManager): > > See "HowTo create your developer ToolBox with Mixins" blog article > > http://www.rialvalue.com/blog/2010/05/21/howto-create-your-developer-toolbox-with-mixins/ > > 2) Via custom preloader class you can execute the code before > SystemManager.intialize() method executes, > > See "How I (sort of) modified Flex’s SystemManager.initialize() method" > > http://www.visible-form.com/blog/how-i-sort-of-modified-flexs-systemmanagerinitialize-method/ > > -- > Best regards, > Andriy Panas > > > > On 4 June 2010 06:57, dorkie dork from dorktown > <dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > That's what I'd like to do. So I added an event listener to the > application preinitialized event like so: > > > > <s:Application preinitialize="myHandler()" /> > > > > the problem is, in my application it takes a while to get to that event. > so that's why I'm trying to find another event that happens sooner than > that. it would be great to have systemManager, fontManager, resourceManager > and styleManager creationComplete events so I can see what's taking so long > in addition to redirecting if I need to. > > > > JP > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kerry Thompson <al...@cyberiantiger.biz> > wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>> it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. > >>> according to this slideshow > http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide > 24, 25 etc > >>> there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd > like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on > and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. > >> > >> > >> It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not > just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do > the lighter load? > >> > >> Cordially, > >> > >> Kerry Thompson > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > >
