Pamela, Yes, everything works great. The only problem is getting an accurate size of the container holding the Google map when the map is not zoomed out all of the way.
~ Tristan On Oct 8, 12:00 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
