One more tidbit, using the XPanel logger, logging "this" from the map,
getting it's path (_root.mapClip in this case) I can now call functions
from the map itself from within the marker.
However I am not yet able to register a new event. I may just hijack one
of the current ones and pass a new fake object that will let my Flex app
know it's my custom call.
So, any takers on registering a new event with the yahoomap component? :-)
If that works, then it's a hack, but a usable hack. Eventually true AS3
map components will be available so this kind of thing won't be as
necessary... keeping fingers crossed. :-)
Thanks for the inspiration all,
Michael
Michael Wills wrote:
> Yeah the POI marker click event is fine and quite useful. I think it was
> after reading your post Anupam. :-) However after that, I can't trigger
> anything in the Cairngorm app. I even tried to make a function with the
> original as2map.fla that would simply trigger a new POIMarkerClick event
> with data passed from the asfunction call within the marker. That hasn't
> worked yet either.
>
> I also tried to use FlashInterface which, by itself, should work.
> However it blocks the communication of the YahooMap communication kit as is.
>
> Basically, similar to Anupam's change to the code, I'd like to add an
> htmlTextClick function which can be can be called via asfunction.
> Something like:
>
> function onHTMLLinkClick(ev:Object) {
> var rtnObj:String = new String();
> EIBuffer.addCall({method:swfDomId + ".onHTMLLinkClick" + id, data:rtnObj});
> }
>
> and where it sets up listeners in the mapClip object
>
> myMap.addEventListener('onHTMLLinkClick', onHTMLLinkClick);
>
> and then in the description of a POI Marker have
>
> description:"<a href=\'asfunction:onHTMLLinkClick,someString\'>Click
> me...</a>"
>
> or would this have to be:
>
> description:"<a
> href=\'asfunction:_parent.onHTMLLinkClick,someString\'>Click me...</a>"
>
> and in the Flex project
>
> mapEventDispather.addEventListener('onHTMLLinkClick', htmlLinkClickHandler);
>
> So the link would trigger the new event which would call the function in
> the loaded as2map.swf which would then trigger the new event which would
> be picked up by Flex, etc.
>
> So is this possible? Since this function isn't in the original API, is
> it possible to add it this way? It looks like the .addCall would add it
> to the methodQueue array in the ExternalInterfaceBuffer.as file. Here's
> to hoping...
>
> And Benoit, thanks for the tip about adding the setMapSize snippet in
> the MapController.as. It sized fine when first loading but that could be
> VERY useful when dynamically resizing.
>
> Thank you to you both. I'll give these a shot and see if there is any
> progress with it.
>
> Michael
>
> Benoit Hediard wrote:
>
>> Are you sure you can catch events generated by an href link in the
>> description htmlText?
>>
>> I think we’ve tried to play around with the POIMarkerClick event.
>>
>> But it was only dispatched when you first click on the marker to open it.
>>
>> Further click on a link in the htmlText description was not generating
>> any POIMarkerClick events, so we could not catch anything.
>>
>> But may be, we did something wrong, we have to check it out again…
>>
>> Benoit Hediard
>>
>> #affinitiz.com
>>
>> *De :* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *De la part de* anupam_111181
>> *Envoyé :* mercredi 25 avril 2007 09:27
>> *À :* [email protected]
>> *Objet :* [flexcoders] Re: yahoomaps POI marker click event, htmltext
>> asfunction
>>
>> Hi michael,
>> I have done this and its pretty easy,
>> You can call any flex event on the click of the marker click
>> there is one event called onPOIMarkerClick in the Yahoo map component.
>> You should have the latest code because this event handler was not
>> there in the previous versions.
>>
>> I have written a blog entry on this...
>> Check it out..
>> http://digitallyinsane.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/yahoo-maps-as3-communication-tool-kit/
>>
>> <http://digitallyinsane.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/yahoo-maps-as3-communication-tool-kit/>
>>
>> Cheeers!
>> Anupam
>> --- In [email protected]
>> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Michael Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For clarification, the idea is simply to allow a marker to be
>>>
>> clicked to
>>
>>> open it, but then trigger an event/call a function in the cairngorm app
>>> when clicking on a link in the description.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Michael Wills wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering if it's possible to use asfunction to call a function
>>>> in a cairngorm app from the htmltext in the description of a POI
>>>> marker within a Yahoomap in a Flex 2 app without making modification
>>>> to the as2map.fla file.
>>>>
>>>> It's a long shot, but I was just wondering if it's been done, and
>>>> eagerly anticipating a true AS3 map component.
>>>>
>>>> The new AS3 "event:" protocol of course isn't recognized by the Flash
>>>> 8 interpreter and so it's not available.
>>>>
>>>> So I was hoping it would be something like:
>>>>
>>>> markerDesction = "<a asfunction:doNotKnowWhatGoesHere.myFunction/>"
>>>>
>>>> Is that a possibility at all?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
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