Hey Tristan- Does Map.getSize() work for you at all?
- pamela On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Tristan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you Pamela, > > It is good to see support for Flash CS3 since it is not much of a leap > from Flex. > For the sake of anyone else reading this posting thread, I should say > that the problem I discovered appears to be specifically a Flash > issue. Whenever a masked item is inside of a container, the parent's > size is affected by both visible and hidden content. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume that among other things, > "map.setSize" sets the size of the map's masked area. When you zoom > in on the map, there is a greater and greater amount of content hidden > by the masked area. Therefore, even if you set your map size to > 400x300, the hidden map content will balloon the parent container's > reported size to well over 8000x8000. > > Unfortunately, even though Google Maps works great in Flash, if it is > inside a container, you can forget about getting an accurate container > size unless the map is zoomed all of the way out. The only solution > I've seen is to get the size of all the container's visible children > and add them up. I would love to hear a better solution, but for now, > I don't know that there is one. > > ~ Tristan > > On Oct 4, 11:34 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hey Tristan- >> >> Actually, as of the most recent release, we do officially support CS3. >> Check out the documentation's new tutorial on getting started in CS3, >> and let us know if you're still having issues. >> >> - pamela >> >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Tristan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Fair enough Pamela, >> > However if that is the case, I think it is very misleading to call >> > this "Google Maps API for Flash." A more apt description would be >> > "Google Maps API for Flex" or "Google Maps API for Actionscript 3." >> > Am I missing something? I hope you do officially support Flash CS3 or >> > Flash CS4 soon; this API is totally usable even now in the Flash IDE - >> > a lot of developers can truly appreciate and use the tools that this >> > API offers. >> >> > ~ Tristan >> >> > On Sep 30, 1:21 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> HiTristan- >> >> >> FYI, we don't officially support use of the Maps API in Flash CS3. If >> >> at some point we do officially support it, please post again and >> >> provide a sample FLA file to demonstrate the issue. You may want to >> >> star this >> >> issue:http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=329 >> >> >> - pamela >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:17 PM,Tristan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> > I created a dynamic Flash layout that moves and adds scrollbars >> >> > according to its content size, but I discovered that an embedded >> >> > Google map adversely affects the accurate reading of its parent clip's >> >> > size. >> >> >> > I set the Google map size to approx. 600px wide by 300px tall and >> >> > added it to a MovieClip 'mapContainer'. This clip is in another >> >> > MovieClip 'content'. When the map is zoomed all of the way out, the >> >> > width & height of 'mapContainer' & 'content' are the same as the >> >> > Google map, ie(600 x 300). When I zoom in on the map, the parent >> >> > MovieClips report their sizes as larger and larger to over 8000px! >> >> >> > Obviously the entire map size is reported by the parent clips whether >> >> > it is visible or not. I've tried masking the clip containing the >> >> > Google map, but that has no effect. Does anyone know how to keep the >> >> > embedded map's zoom from affecting the size of its parent clips?? I >> >> > haven't been able to find any information on this... >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
