Re: [Flashcoders] Invalid gateway URL
In AS2.0, the Remotinng Connection object has an onStatus method which can be overridden. If the server is unreachable, the onStatus method will get called. See http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=15173267 David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps when your compent loads, have it call a remote method like ping or test or something, and if that method is not successful, show an error saying can't connect to gateway -David R On 8/8/06, Wade Arnold wrote: I am looking for actually detecting it in the program. I have a couple of components that use remoting and people always seem to not place the proper remoting URL into the inspectable property. This leaves us with a lot of the component doesn't work Wade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Arnold Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:56 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: [Flashcoders] Invalid gateway URL I was wondering if there is a way to capture the error that happens when you do not have a proper gateway URL for flash remoting. Flash just traces out that it can not open the url. Is there a way to do this or should I try and use getURL before I run the remoting service? Thanks; Wade ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Loading Flash 6 .swf files into a Flash 7 .swf
I have a Flash application which loads in external .swf files for drawing
charts. My main .swf is compiled for the Flash 7 player, while the loaded .swf
files are compiled for the Flash 6 player. The Flash 6 .swf is not able to
access variables or functions which are defined in the _global context of the
Flash 7 .swf file. But if I have two Flash 7 movies, or two Flash 6 movies,
things work fine.
Is there some known interaction I should know about? Specifically, shouldn't
two .swf files compiled for different versions player still share the same
_global scope?
As an example, I've created flash6.fla and flash7.fla. They have the following
action script:
---flash7.fla---
_global.callbackFunction = function() { trace(Got Callback); }
loader_mc = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(loader_mc, 3);
loader_mc.loadMovie(flash6.swf);
---flash6.fla---
trace(Loaded Flash6.swf);
trace(_global.callbackFunction: + _global.callbackFunction);
---
The trace function shows me that _global.callbackFunction is defined if
flash6.fla is published for Flash 7 players. But if I republish, targeting the
Flash 6 player, the function is longer defined. It is like they have totally
separate _global scopes. If I switch from _global to _root, however, things
work fine. So, I can work around the issue. But it strikes me as real odd that
the two .swf files don't share the same _global variable space.
Clues?
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Re: [Flashcoders] ServiceCapture or Charles?
Service Capture has a 15 day trial, so I would start with that. I use Service Capture because it does a great job with Flash Remoting traffic. It lets you drill into the nested data, even displaying things correctly if there duplicate references to the same object. It tells you the data and data types, and is generally pretty usable. With VERY large Remoting messages it slows way down when trying to display the message, and basically locks up. I am usually able to reduce the message size to find the bug I'm after. I doubt this would be an issue for many people... I have big messages with lots of cross references. One watchout: Service Capture acts as an HTTP proxy. On startup and shutdown, it configures MSIE's proxy settings. This generally works well. But if Service Capture is shutdown prematurely, it will leave MSIE with bad proxy settings. It will appear that 'the internet is broken' ;) You need to restart Service Capture or reset the proxy settings in MSIE to fix this. This is something to keep in mind if using a local proxy server. Marcelo de Moraes Serpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I�ve been using Charles for some time, and now I can�t live without a HTTP traffic analiser/debugger. I just discovered ServiceCapture but haven�t had the time to experiment with it. I�m seriously thinking about buying a license of one of them, but before, I would love to know your opinions on what would be the best cost/benefict? Cheers, Marcelo. - Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Good component sets? (was: Re: XP Components gone bad)
I just posted a similar question, look for the thread with subject line Best component set for Flash 8 / MTASC development? Quickly, tho, I'm feeling the same way: There seems to be a lack of good component sets these days. The XP components look very comprehensive, and have good keyboard control. But they don't seem to be under active development. The lead developer has responded to my initial questions, but seems to be in a far east timezone so responses take full day to get. The documenation is detailed, but there is so much stuff in the XP components that the documenation would have to be massive to cover it all. I haven't spent too much time with them, but haven't been able to get a lot done in the time I've spent. There are a couple of open source projects under development, but are in either alpha or beta state. Ghostwire has poor keyboard control. David Rorex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There seems to be a lack of good component sets these days. Ghostwire: Maybe the best, but done in old-style AS1 mCom: Pretty good, but a couple showstopper bugs, little to no support from developer. poor documentation. XP: see previous message MM v2: bloated, bugs Flex 2: requires flash 9 What am I missing here? Are there any other full component sets I don't know about? -David R - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Best component set for Flash 8 / MTASC development?
I'm trying to locate a good component set for my application. I'm sure this topic has been discussed before, but I've searched the archives and haven't found what I'm looking for. My requirements: I don't mind paying for the component set, on a per-developer basis. I must come with sourcecode that I can compile with TASC. The component set should cover the basics: I need comboboxes, radio buttons, scrollbars, numeric steppers, scrollpanes, dialogs, and so on. I'd like one complete set of unified components, rather then getting a combobox here and a numeric stepper from somewhere else. They components *must* respond to keyboard control. For example a combobox should respond to up-arrow key when the list is pulled down. They need to support tabbing and should have an indicator that shows when they have focus. I have a tab controller, the component simply needs to accept focus and update itself visually. It needs to handle onKillFocus events. I'm targeting Flash Player 7, edit my .fla in Flash 8, and compile with MTASC. I've looked at several components sets: 1) The Macromedia V2 component set isn't working well for me. There are a number of undesirable behaviors I can't fix. I won't go into detail here, as I'm guessing folks know what I'm talking about. 2) Many people have recommended http://ghostwire.com on this list. The components are written in AS1.0, but apparently compile fine under MTASC. They don't seem to respond well to keyboard control. For example the combobox does respond to up arrow keys. From the FAQ, the components do not support tabbing (focus management). So unfortunately I don't think I can use these. 3) Folks have had lots of documenation and support problems with mCom (http://www.metaliq.com/mCOM/). I don't have time for that. 'nuff said. 4) I've been trying out http://www.xpcomponents.com/. They don't have an eval so I coughed up the money to buy them. They seem to have great keyboard control and autosizing features. They seem to work fine, but it has the feel of an abandoned project. There doesn't seem to be much of a user community, and there haven't been any updates in awhile. They sent version 3.0 when 3.1 is the most current version. Worst of all, I've been unable to get the sourcecode, so I can't compile under MTASC. Anyway, this might work out, but for now I'm actively looking for alternatives. 5) There are a lot of components at http://www.flashcomponents.net/. But I haven't found the comprehensive component set that I'm looking for. It seems most of the components on the site are from 2002-2003. So does anyone know of a component set that works well, and meets my requirements? - Todd Hivnor ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
