This is an awesome component, but it would be even more so if there were a way to create mask layers.
-Ashley On Oct 10, 3:52 pm, Tristan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 triedmaskingthe 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...- Hide quoted > > >> >> > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
