No, not yet. Have not heard back on my last questions on where to host
the source code.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:24 PM, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
> That sounds good,
>
> is there now already a Git Repository with the current OpenLaszlo Sources?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> 2011/12/16 Henry Minsky <[email protected]>
>>
>> Good detective work, Raju
>>
>> I was always worried about the performance of the TextLayout classes; we
>> were going to move to
>> them because the TextField class was declared at end-of-life, and we
>> needed the bidirectional text layout for a contract. But the speed of
>> rendering text was obviously slower with the new classes than
>> the old text field which was implemented natively.
>>
>> I think there were a few places we were using text fields inefficiently,
>> like in the debugger, where each additional line of output was causing the
>> whole field to re-render.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Raju Bitter
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, with those changes I was able to build OL with Flex 4.5,
>>> generating SWF11 files (checked the 4th byte of the generated SWF
>>> file, and it's "0B", for 4.1 it's "0A").
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Raju Bitter
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > Henry, I finally had time to look back into the problem with compiler
>>> > exception:
>>> > Changes in Flex Hero
>>> > Note: TextLayoutFormatValueHolder was a leightweight replacement for
>>> > an extremely inefficient TextLayoutFormat class. Since TLF 2.0 the
>>> > TextLayoutFormats implementation has been completely replaced by the
>>> > code of TextLayoutFormatValueHolder. So since Flex Hero (4.5) this
>>> > class is no longer available. In this case, simply replace
>>> > TextLayoutFormatValueHolder with TextLayoutFormats in the above
>>> > example.
>>> >
>>> > I replaced TextLayoutFormatValueHolder with TextLayoutFormat (no "s"
>>> > here, that's a typo in the Adobe docs) within
>>> > LzTLFTextFieldHostFormat.as and LzTLFTextFieldStyleResolver.as. Built
>>> > the LFC again, and got the following errors.
>>> >
>>> > LzTLFTextFieldHostFormat needs to implement the following methods:
>>> >  + Interface method get clearFloats in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get linkActiveFormat in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get linkHoverFormat in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get linkNormalFormat in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get listAutoPadding in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get listMarkerFormat in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get listStylePosition in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get listStyleType in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get styleName in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method get wordSpacing in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >  + Interface method getStyle in namespace
>>> > flashx.textLayout.formats:ITextLayoutFormat
>>> >
>>> > When I imlemented the missing methods as dummy methods, the LFC was
>>> > compiled without any errors.
>>> >
>>> > I think what OL needs is a good guide for upgrading the Flex SDK to
>>> > newer versions (including adding a new runtime radio to the dev
>>> > console). Without that, it will be difficult to maintain the compiler,
>>> > and keep the SWF runtime up-to-date.
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Raju Bitter
>>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> Thanks, Henry. No problem. I'll look into this a bit more tomorrow,
>>> >> and already have a basic understanding how the integration works.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Henry Minsky <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>> eek, seems like a few things need to be adjusted. I'm out of town for
>>> >>> this
>>> >>> week, maybe I can
>>> >>> look at this when I get back.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Raju Bitter
>>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Henry,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> following your instructions, I noticed these things when upgrading
>>> >>>> the
>>> >>>> Flex SDK to 4.5:
>>> >>>> 1) lib/flexTasks.jar does not exist any more
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 2) the configuration of the Flex version, runtime version and path
>>> >>>> information for playergobal.swc is spread out over a number of Java
>>> >>>> classes, configuration files and probably other places. Is there any
>>> >>>> list available which files need to be changed when a new Flash
>>> >>>> version/runtime is added?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 3) How is the value of
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> <path-element>libs/player/{targetPlayerVersion}.{targetPlayerMinorVersion}/playerglobal.swc</path-element>
>>> >>>> set?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 4) Using Flex 4.5 means, the playerglobal.swc will be 10.2, but the
>>> >>>> generated SWF format will be Flash 11. Does that mean we should
>>> >>>> switch
>>> >>>> the default runtime to Flash 11, or should the user be able to
>>> >>>> select
>>> >>>> the version (10.1 or 11.0)?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Here are the things I've tried so far:
>>> >>>> a) copy the files from the new Flex version over into the $LPS_HOME
>>> >>>> directory structure, following the guideline file Henry created
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> b) Update the LPS.java player version in
>>> >>>> WEB-INF/lps/server/src/org/openlaszlo/server/LPS.java
>>> >>>> public static String mDefaultFlexVersion = "10.2";
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> c) Added the new Flex version to the list of known versions in
>>> >>>> WEB-INF/lps/server/src/org/openlaszlo/compiler/Compiler.java:
>>> >>>> public static List<String> KNOWN_FLEX_VERSIONS =
>>> >>>>        Arrays.asList("10.0", "10.1", "10.2");
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> d) Added the swf11 runtime switch in
>>> >>>> org.openlaszlo.sc.SWF9External.java#compileTranslationUnits
>>> >>>>     if ("swf11".equals((String)options.get(Compiler.RUNTIME))) {
>>> >>>>          cmd.add("-target-player=10.2");
>>> >>>>     } else if
>>> >>>> ("swf10".equals((String)options.get(Compiler.RUNTIME))) {
>>> >>>>        if ("10.1".equals(flex_version)) {
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> e) LFC build folder WEB-INF/lps/lfc
>>> >>>> In build.xml, add "11" to var swfruntimes.
>>> >>>> The individual build shell scripts access the flex and runtime
>>> >>>> default
>>> >>>> settings in
>>> >>>> WEB-INF/lps/config/lps.properties
>>> >>>> # Default runtime
>>> >>>> compiler.runtime.default=swf11
>>> >>>> compiler.flex_version.default=10.2
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Now, when I try to build, I get the following error message when
>>> >>>> building the LFC SWC files:
>>> >>>> lzl:
>>> >>>>     [echo] Compiling
>>> >>>> /home/raju/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk45/lps/includes/lfc/LFC10.swc
>>> >>>>     [echo] Runtime: swf10
>>> >>>>     [java] compiler output is Loading configuration file
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> /home/raju/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk45/WEB-INF/frameworks/flex-config.xml
>>> >>>>     [java]
>>> >>>>     [java] Exception compiling scriptfile:
>>> >>>> org.openlaszlo.sc.CompilerError: line unknown: Error: Type was not
>>> >>>> found or was not a compile-time constant:
>>> >>>> TextLayoutFormatValueHolder,
>>> >>>> in line:             attr:TextLayoutFormatValueHolder,
>>> >>>>     [java] line unknown: Error: Type was not found or was not a
>>> >>>> compile-time constant: TextLayoutFormatValueHolder, in line:
>>> >>>>  styleSelector:String):TextLayoutFormatValueHolder
>>> >>>>     [java] org.openlaszlo.sc.CompilerException:
>>> >>>> org.openlaszlo.sc.CompilerError: line unknown: Error: Type was not
>>> >>>> found or was not a compile-time constant:
>>> >>>> TextLayoutFormatValueHolder,
>>> >>>> in line:             attr:TextLayoutFormatValueHolder,
>>> >>>>     [java] line unknown: Error: Type was not found or was not a
>>> >>>> compile-time constant: TextLayoutFormatValueHolder, in line:
>>> >>>>  styleSelector:String):TextLayoutFormatValueHolder
>>> >>>>     [java]     at
>>> >>>> org.openlaszlo.sc.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:430)
>>> >>>>     [java]     at org.openlaszlo.sc.lzsc.compile(lzsc.java:127)
>>> >>>>     [java]     at org.openlaszlo.sc.lzsc.compile(lzsc.java:366)
>>> >>>>     [java]     at org.openlaszlo.sc.Main.main(Main.java:23)
>>> >>>>     [java] Compilation aborted.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> BUILD FAILED
>>> >>>> /home/raju/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk45/WEB-INF/lps/lfc/build.xml:128:
>>> >>>> javax.script.ScriptException:
>>> >>>> sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.WrappedException: Wrapped The
>>> >>>> following error occurred while executing this line:
>>> >>>> /home/raju/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk45/WEB-INF/lps/lfc/build.xml:80:
>>> >>>> Java returned: 1 (<Unknown source>#28) in <Unknown source> at line
>>> >>>> number 28
>>> >>>>        at
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> com.sun.script.javascript.RhinoScriptEngine.eval(RhinoScriptEngine.java:110)
>>> >>>>        at
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> com.sun.script.javascript.RhinoScriptEngine.eval(RhinoScriptEngine.java:124)
>>> >>>>        at
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> javax.script.AbstractScriptEngine.eval(AbstractScriptEngine.java:247)
>>> >>>>        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
>>> >>>> Method)
>>> >>>> ...
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> What should I do next? I still see that the system tries to build an
>>> >>>> LFC10SWC, not an LFC11.SWC. And the error is probably connected to
>>> >>>> an
>>> >>>> API change for the TLF.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Any help appreciated. The runtime information is really spread out
>>> >>>> over MANY files.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Raju
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Raju Bitter
>>> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>> > Ignacio,
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > did you ever try to upgrade the compiler? I'm going to give it a
>>> >>>> > try
>>> >>>> > today. Would be good to have the compiler upgraded before the 5.0
>>> >>>> > release.
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > @Henry: If I run into any problems, I'd appreciate your help.
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > Raju
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Amy Muntz
>>> >>>> > <[email protected]>
>>> >>>> > wrote:
>>> >>>> >> Hi Ignacio,
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Yes - it would be great if you could work on SWF12 support.  Let
>>> >>>> >> us
>>> >>>> >> know how
>>> >>>> >> it goes and if you get stuck, please don't hesitate to send
>>> >>>> >> email. This
>>> >>>> >> would be a great step forward!
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Thanks so much!
>>> >>>> >> Amy
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Donald Anderson
>>> >>>> >> <[email protected]>
>>> >>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> Thanks, Henry.
>>> >>>> >>> Ignacio, I also worked on this code, though not as recently as
>>> >>>> >>> Henry.
>>> >>>> >>> So I may be able to help too if you get stuck.
>>> >>>> >>> Thanks for volunteering to work on this!
>>> >>>> >>> - Don
>>> >>>> >>> On Sep 12, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> I was the one who updated to the last SDK, I could help you out
>>> >>>> >>> with
>>> >>>> >>> trying to update.
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> I had some steps I wrote up in a file in the sources, in
>>> >>>> >>> 3rd-party/how-to-copy-flex
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> There are probably better ways to grab the flex SDK bits than
>>> >>>> >>> what I
>>> >>>> >>> did,
>>> >>>> >>> but this is a place to start. I can help out if there are any
>>> >>>> >>> changes
>>> >>>> >>> to the
>>> >>>> >>> command line calls to
>>> >>>> >>> invoke Flex.
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>  In the file
>>> >>>> >>> WEB-INF/lps/server/src/org/openlaszlo/sc/SWF9External.java
>>> >>>> >>> there is code which builds the command args that call the Flex
>>> >>>> >>> compiler. It
>>> >>>> >>> might be necessary to modify these if any args have changed or
>>> >>>> >>> been
>>> >>>> >>> added to
>>> >>>> >>> mxmlc or compc
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Ignacio Lopez
>>> >>>> >>> <[email protected]>
>>> >>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> >>>> OL is missing from A LOT of new things in Flash by being stuck
>>> >>>> >>>> with
>>> >>>> >>>> the
>>> >>>> >>>> old SDK and swf formats...Any plans / timeframe to upgrade to
>>> >>>> >>>> Flex
>>> >>>> >>>> 4.5 SDK
>>> >>>> >>>> and support swf12?
>>> >>>> >>>> I can volunteer some time to help if someone points me in the
>>> >>>> >>>> right
>>> >>>> >>>> direction =)
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> --
>>> >>>> >>> Henry Minsky
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> <howto-copy-flex>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> --
>>> >>>> >>> Don Anderson
>>> >>>> >>> Java/C/C++, Berkeley DB, systems consultant
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>> voice: 617-306-2057
>>> >>>> >>> email: [email protected]
>>> >>>> >>> www: http://www.ddanderson.com
>>> >>>> >>> blog: http://libdb.wordpress.com
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> Henry Minsky
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Henry Minsky
>>
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