That did the trick thanks.
For when I get a chance I should really log a bug... anyone got the
url for that handy?
For anyone else with this problem, so long as you know you'll be
ALWAYS calling load() before play(), having done a close() this will
do the job:
package libraries.utility
{
import mx.controls.VideoDisplay;
import mx.core.mx_internal;
use namespace mx_internal;
public class NewVideoDisplay extends VideoDisplay
{
public function NewVideoDisplay()
{
super();
}
override public function close():void
{
//the "real" close sets a variable closeCalled
//which causes the next video to be loaded
after
//both load() and play().
//because we always load before playing we
can avoid
//setting this variable......
mx_internal::videoPlayer.close()
}
}
}
--- In [email protected], "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> mx_internal is easy to access because it's just a namespace.
>
> Simply import mx.core.mx_internal. After the imports type the line:
>
> use namespace mx_internal;
>
>
> There should be a complete discussion if you just search through
the mailing
> list archives for 'mx_internal' specifically or you can just read
up on
> namespaces in general in the docs.
>
> HOWEVER, mx_internal is not documented or stable. If you use it
and an
> update to the framework is released, there is no guarantee that the
update
> will not break your code. Use at your own risk.
>
> - Dan Freiman
>
> On 3/28/07, beecee1977 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > P.S. If it's any easier to access an mx_internal variable than a
> > private variable (when sub-classing/extending a control) that'll
work
> > too!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Bill
> >
> > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "beecee1977" <billcahill@>
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would normally spend more time trying to work this out first,
but
> > > I'm under a bit of pressure... There appears to be a bug in the
> > > VideoDisplay code.
> > >
> > > vid.close() => within the videoDisplay a private variable called
> > > closeCalled is set to true.
> > > vid.play() => the closeCalled variable is set to be false in the
> > play
> > > function.
> > >
> > > Fine, but:
> > > vid.close() => closeCalled=true
> > > vid.load() => loadVideo()
> > > vid.play() => if (closeCalled==true) {loadVideo()}
> > >
> > > So if you load in the video this variable is not reset to false.
> > This
> > > means that the video gets loaded twice; once when the video is
> > loaded
> > > and once when the video is played...
> > >
> > > Anyway, all this is besides the point... I just want to know
how to
> > > get around this. I've tried this:
> > >
> > > package libraries.utility
> > > {
> > > import mx.controls.VideoDisplay;
> > >
> > > public class NewVideoDisplay extends VideoDisplay
> > > {
> > > //private var closeCalled:Boolean = false;
> > >
> > >
> > > public function NewVideoDisplay()
> > > {
> > > super();
> > > }
> > >
> > > override public function load():void
> > > {
> > > super.load();
> > > closeCalled = false;
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > but naturally I cannot access the private variable closeCalled.
How
> > > do I go about doing this?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Bill
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
