[Flashcoders] BitMapData problem - remains on stage
I'm working in CS4, actionscript 3, player 10, and having an issue with
a BitmapData screen grab I've written.
The code captures a bitmap of the stage area (not an instance or clip),
adds to a movie clip and then fades that out over a second. When done,
it disposes of the BitmapData using .dispose(), and the containing
clip's visiblitity set to false.
The problem is that something is still there, as buttons that were on
the stage are not clickable afterwords - they are blocked.
Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but I can't figure it out. Could
the problem be that I am creating a bitmap of stage and not a movie
clip instance? Or a known issue with BitmapData?
Here is the code of the full routine. If anyone spots the problem thanks
very much in advance.
//declare all variables and instances outside of functions:
var timeline;
var tween_OS:Tween;
var bitmapData_OS:BitmapData;
var rect:Rectangle;
var oldscreen:MovieClip;
var fadeoutclip:MovieClip;
var bmp_OS:Bitmap;
var geometry:Array;
var transparent:Boolean;
var backgroundcolor:uint;
var fullXfade:Boolean;
var tr:uint;
//the initializing function is called first, giving the target as stage,
the rectangle dimensions etc:
//eg : FrameXFade(stage,[0, 100, 980, 398.2],[0,0],true,0xFF,false);
function FrameXFade(mc,geom,xy,trans,fillCol,crossfade) {
timeline=mc;
geometry=geom;
transparent = (trans==null) ? true : trans;
backgroundcolor = (fillCol==null) ? 0xFF : fillCol;
fullXfade = (crossfade==null) ? false : crossfade;
rect=new Rectangle(geom[0],geom[1],geom[2],geom[3]);
oldscreen = new MovieClip();
oldscreen.x=xy[0];
oldscreen.y=xy[1];
fadeoutclip = timeline.addChild(oldscreen);
}
//then the fade function can be called:
function Xfade() {
if (bitmapData_OS) {
bitmapData_OS.dispose();
}
bitmapData_OS=new
BitmapData(geometry[2]+geometry[0],geometry[3]+geometry[1],transparent,b
ackgroundcolor);
bitmapData_OS.draw(timeline, null,null,null,rect);
bmp_OS=new Bitmap(bitmapData_OS);
fadeoutclip.visible=true;
if (fadeoutclip.numChildren1) {
fadeoutclip.removeChildAt(1);
}
fadeoutclip.addChild(bmp_OS);
tween_OS=new
Tween(fadeoutclip,alpha,Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);
tween_OS.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,XfadeOSDone);
}
function XfadeOSDone(e:Event) {
tween_OS.removeEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,XfadeOSDone);
if (bitmapData_OS) {
bitmapData_OS.dispose();
//some additional attempts at clearing it when dispose didn't seem to
work
fadeoutclip.removeChild(bmp_OS);
System.gc();
}
fadeoutclip.visible=false;
}
Tony Fairfield
Programmer
Lifelearn, Inc.
67 Watson Road S, Unit 5
Guelph, ON N1L 1E3
www.lifelearn.com http://www.lifelearn.com
T: 519-767-5043
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RE: [Flashcoders] display list overrides keyframes
Thanks Juan - after many other attempts this is the approach I ended up with. Tony Fairfield Programmer Lifelearn, Inc. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Juan Pablo Califano Sent: June 21, 2010 8:25 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] display list overrides keyframes A possible workaround could be adding a reset method that (re)initalizes the behaviour. You could move your constructor logic to this method. So, your constructor calls reset() when the object is first instantiated. Then, when neccesary, you could call this method to reset the behaviours (in a frame script in the timeline or where your code issues the gotoAndStop or gotoAndPlay that changes the frame). Hope this helps. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2010/6/21 Tony Fairfield tfairfi...@lifelearn.com Is there a way to overcome the following: I have a timeline file, with quiz buttons on each frame. Each button is a duplicate of one basic movie clip with a linked class and a constructor that initializes the behaviour -- rollovers etc. For each frame, the buttons are named a1, a2, a3 etc. The problem is, I foolishly assumed that a new keyframe meant these would be considered all brand new buttons by Flash, and their constructor functions would dutifully fire afresh, and all would be well. Of course, they don't: as far as the Display List is concerned, if there was a button called a1 in frame 1, and if there's a button with the same name in frame 2, they are exactly the same button, to hell with the keyframe. Hence, no buttons after frame 1 will fire their constructor function. Even the state of the previous button -- if it had been selected - is applied to the new button with the same name. Normally, I would have built something like this dynamically, adding and removing the buttons, but I was given an exisitng file that was quicker (I thought) to work with as is, than to rework into a single frame, dynamic file. I'm probably just going about things the wrong way. I hope this is a fairly garden variety issue with a solution (other than abandoning the timeline approach). Thanks for any input. Tony Fairfield Programmer Lifelearn, Inc. 67 Watson Road S, Unit 5 Guelph, ON N1L 1E3 www.lifelearn.com http://www.lifelearn.com T: 519-767-5043 F: 519-767-1101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank
Yes, as pdf.height = stage.stageHeight; pdf.width = stage.stageWidth; I found one glaringly stupid mistake I'd made: not including the local documents I was loading with the AIR build. When I simply tested the movie, it finally showed. Still can't get a site URL (such as adobe home page) to work, but I'm working on that one now... Thanks for your reply, Tony Fairfield Programmer Lifelearn, Inc. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: June 20, 2010 5:39 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank Did you trace the width and height? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank
Thanks, that sounds worth focussing on. I'll try that out. I've got the COMPLETE so far but I'll investigate what else I can trace. T Tony Fairfield Programmer Lifelearn, Inc. 67 Watson Road S, Unit 5 Guelph, ON N1L 1E3 www.lifelearn.com T: 519-767-5043 F: 519-767-1101 -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Murphy Sent: June 21, 2010 10:50 AM To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank If you haven't tried this yet: Add event listeners and traces to all of the relevant events that the HTML component throws, and see if that can give you more details on what it's doing.. or not doing. -- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Developer amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 370 King Street West, 5th Floor, Box 4 Toronto Canada M5V 1J9 P (416) 364-1455 ext. 232 F (416) 364-9830 W www.delvinia.com -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Tony Fairfield Sent: June 21, 2010 09:08 am To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank Yes, as pdf.height = stage.stageHeight; pdf.width = stage.stageWidth; I found one glaringly stupid mistake I'd made: not including the local documents I was loading with the AIR build. When I simply tested the movie, it finally showed. Still can't get a site URL (such as adobe home page) to work, but I'm working on that one now... Thanks for your reply, Tony Fairfield Programmer Lifelearn, Inc. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: June 20, 2010 5:39 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank Did you trace the width and height? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] display list overrides keyframes
Is there a way to overcome the following: I have a timeline file, with quiz buttons on each frame. Each button is a duplicate of one basic movie clip with a linked class and a constructor that initializes the behaviour -- rollovers etc. For each frame, the buttons are named a1, a2, a3 etc. The problem is, I foolishly assumed that a new keyframe meant these would be considered all brand new buttons by Flash, and their constructor functions would dutifully fire afresh, and all would be well. Of course, they don't: as far as the Display List is concerned, if there was a button called a1 in frame 1, and if there's a button with the same name in frame 2, they are exactly the same button, to hell with the keyframe. Hence, no buttons after frame 1 will fire their constructor function. Even the state of the previous button -- if it had been selected - is applied to the new button with the same name. Normally, I would have built something like this dynamically, adding and removing the buttons, but I was given an exisitng file that was quicker (I thought) to work with as is, than to rework into a single frame, dynamic file. I'm probably just going about things the wrong way. I hope this is a fairly garden variety issue with a solution (other than abandoning the timeline approach). Thanks for any input. Tony Fairfield Programmer Lifelearn, Inc. 67 Watson Road S, Unit 5 Guelph, ON N1L 1E3 www.lifelearn.com http://www.lifelearn.com T: 519-767-5043 F: 519-767-1101 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] HTMLLoader and AIR -- always a nice white blank
Are there known issues with the HTMLLoader method?
No success at all with it: I have CS4, and building with AIR 1.5, and
can only get one result: a white box when the content loads (whether
html or pdf). I have tried many options: local documents, site urls (as
in Adobe's eg below), PDF, straight html, and PDF embedded into html.
Tried it at work and at home to eliminate possibility of some obscure
security setting.
Here's Adob'es own example from Live docs, which I've implemented
exactly (without success):
public function HTMLLoaderExample()
{
var html:HTMLLoader = new HTMLLoader();
var urlReq:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(http://www.adobe.com/;);
html.width = stage.stageWidth;
html.height = stage.stageHeight;
html.load(urlReq);
addChild(html);
}
I've seen many posts about transaprency, but that isn't the issue (my
app.xml has transparency set to false).
Some mention adding the content to a UIComponent once the document is
loaded. Tried that.
I'm stumped by this, as I see exactly the same script for this process
everywhere, including the AIR 1.5 Cookbook. I'm beginning to think it's
a fiction.
Any advice or tips much appreciated.
Tony Fairfield
Programmer
Lifelearn Inc.
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[Flashcoders] AIR configuration file
Does anyone have experience with custom application descriptor files and AIR? I'm using Flash CS4 to create an AIR application, and am unable to use a custom application descriptor file with it when I generate the program. I have based mine on the Adobe sample, and used the online Adobe tutorial - which makes it all seem very simple as is the way of all tutorials - to confgure it, but I keep getting errors (syntax usage errors with no indication as to what they might be, can't find an icon and indicating it is missing from a folder I have not identified as the icon folder) even when I use the simplest application descriptor file straight from the Adobe tutorial. I've even got the damn O'reilly AIR 1.5 Cookbook which is equally useless. There seems to be virtually nothing out there describing some of the errors I've had, and I can't begin to enumerate them. But here's one as an example: my xml node for the icons is straight from the sample and is icon image16x16icons\AIRApp_16.png/image16x16 image32x32icons\AIRApp_32.png/image32x32 image48x48icons\AIRApp_48.png/image48x48 image128x128icons\AIRApp_128.png/image128x128 /icon However, an error is thrown telling me that it could not find the icon in a folder called AppIconsForAIRPublish, not icons. I even tried creating a folder with this name and copied the icons into it, but found that it was automatically deleted upon publishing and the same error thrown. I wouldn't bother with any of this customization but for the fact that my application needs to be full screen (it's a kiosk program) and AIRs idea of full screen still shows the chrome. Flash, of course, eliminates the bar at top with the min,max and restore buttons so that the interface is clean when full screen. No idea why AIR does it differently. If anyone could even simply point me to some half-decent documention out there for AIR using Flash, it would be greatly appreciated. Tony ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] AIR configuration file
Thanks Glen, maybe that will do the trick. I've got the
this.stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE line
in there because there are inputs and other interactions needed. But I
might just try the plain FULL_SCREEN and see what happens.
Tony
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: January 8, 2010 10:38 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AIR configuration file
I have always used this in my kiosk apps - whether they run in AIR or
from a SWF they seem to behave.
if (false == _env.isBrowser()) {
fscommand(fullscreen, true);
this.stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
}
It seems to work okay because it't not in the browser and not restricted
by the have to press a button rule.
Tony Fairfield wrote:
Does anyone have experience with custom application descriptor files
and
AIR? I'm using Flash CS4 to create an AIR application, and am unable
to
use a custom application descriptor file with it when I generate the
program. I have based mine on the Adobe sample, and used the online
Adobe tutorial - which makes it all seem very simple as is the way of
all tutorials - to confgure it, but I keep getting errors (syntax
usage
errors with no indication as to what they might be, can't find an icon
and indicating it is missing from a folder I have not identified as
the
icon folder) even when I use the simplest application descriptor file
straight from the Adobe tutorial. I've even got the damn O'reilly AIR
1.5 Cookbook which is equally useless. There seems to be virtually
nothing out there describing some of the errors I've had, and I can't
begin to enumerate them. But here's one as an example: my xml node for
the icons is straight from the sample and is
icon
image16x16icons\AIRApp_16.png/image16x16
image32x32icons\AIRApp_32.png/image32x32
image48x48icons\AIRApp_48.png/image48x48
image128x128icons\AIRApp_128.png/image128x128
/icon
However, an error is thrown telling me that it could not find the icon
in a folder called AppIconsForAIRPublish, not icons. I even tried
creating a folder with this name and copied the icons into it, but
found
that it was automatically deleted upon publishing and the same error
thrown.
I wouldn't bother with any of this customization but for the fact that
my application needs to be full screen (it's a kiosk program) and AIRs
idea of full screen still shows the chrome. Flash, of course,
eliminates
the bar at top with the min,max and restore buttons so that the
interface is clean when full screen. No idea why AIR does it
differently.
If anyone could even simply point me to some half-decent documention
out
there for AIR using Flash, it would be greatly appreciated.
Tony
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[Flashcoders] onLoadInit failure
Thanks for the feedback Mike. I was vainly hoping it wasn't due to the crap factor. I will add movieClipLoader to the list of Flash components that can't quite deliver . ___ 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] onLoadInit failure
Does anyone have any insights as to why onLoadInit (the movieClipLoader event) might fail in some instances? Background: I create programs for CD and web delivery. Programs simply consist of a menu system and a movie clip into which external swfs are loaded as the content. I preload this swf content using the movieLoader routine as described in Flash Help in order for page display to be seamless. I use onLoadInit in order to gather information about files for use in navigation once they are initialized and I also have the option to call a function to start the content. Problem: While testing, each swf loaded successfully triggers the onLoadComplete and then onLoadInit perfectly. However, when launching the projector or the generated swf, onLoadComplete is always successful but the onLoadInit event simply fails for the majority of the pages. For reasons I cannot understand, it will succeed for certain files - the same ones - only occasionally. I have noticed that page content seems to affect the onLoadInit, because pages with graphics were less likely to init. And as a test, I created substitute pages that were completely empty, about 2k each. The problem went away. Thanks to anyone who can help, even if only to inform me that onLoadInit is known to be unreliable. Tony Fairfield ___ 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] loadComplete but no loadInit
Exactly the problem I encountered a few days ago - but no solution to it yet. The only clue I have is that in the testing environment both onLoadComplete and onLoadInit were successfully working. It was when I tried launching either a standalone projector or the swf independently, that the onLoadInit became erratic - it would fail on certain pages and not on others. I am loading external swfs as page content using movieClipLoader, and I know it isn't the page content or size, because all are identical ( small files of about 15k with exactly the same content). I have tried using delegates and cleaning the Listener and Loader (removing and deleting, then recreating) up completely after each load - same result. The answer is out there somewhere . T Fairfield ___ 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] onLoadInit works when testing movie, but inconsistent in Projector
Is anyone familiar with this -- I see several posts but none with this specific twist: I am loading all content as swf files into a content clip in my program, using the movieClipLoader event onLoadInit to show the page once ready for displaying. This works perfectly when testing the movie in the authoring environment. But when I launch the projector (or a generated swf of the program) directly, the onLoadInit event does not fire consistently. For certain pages - always the same ones - the last event to fire is onLoadComplete. Since the pages are identical (they are placeholder pages at the moment) I've eliminated differences between the files. Thanks for any advice -- Tony F. ___ 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
