[Flashcoders] How to check if a URL is invalid?
Hi, I have a Video Player application using the FLVPlayback component. I've already built the entire thing so building a custom video player component is out of the question. I want to build in an error handling capability, that will check a URL's validity before setting it as the FLVPlayback components contentPath. The URL is pulled out of an XML file. I'm trying to do this to avoid the component become unresponsive when an invalid URL is passed to it. It's recommended to use try-catch-finally but I just can't get anything to work. I'm getting very frustrated. Appreciate any help. Let me know if you need more information. Thanks, Bruce. ___ 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] How to check if a URL is invalid?
Hi Bruce, So you're getting a path to the flv file via xml, correct? you could create a video object, connect a netstream of the flv and on success kill the stream telling your function handler to load up the component with the path to the url. With proper use of buffer time, this route would be pretty close to weightless. B. On 5/23/07, Bruce Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Video Player application using the FLVPlayback component. I've already built the entire thing so building a custom video player component is out of the question. I want to build in an error handling capability, that will check a URL's validity before setting it as the FLVPlayback components contentPath. The URL is pulled out of an XML file. I'm trying to do this to avoid the component become unresponsive when an invalid URL is passed to it. It's recommended to use try-catch-finally but I just can't get anything to work. I'm getting very frustrated. Appreciate any help. Let me know if you need more information. Thanks, Bruce. ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] How to check if a URL is invalid?
Hey Bob, Thanks, that totally makes sense! I tried it out and it works great! I'm having a strange issue where Flash crashes every second time I publish the fla (this happens with some other files too). Could it be because there's many POSTs to server scripts and some browser specific functionality? I'm using Flash 8 on a MacBook Pro. Would you happen to know anything about that? Regards, Bruce. On May 23, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Bob Wohl wrote: Hi Bruce, So you're getting a path to the flv file via xml, correct? you could create a video object, connect a netstream of the flv and on success kill the stream telling your function handler to load up the component with the path to the url. With proper use of buffer time, this route would be pretty close to weightless. B. On 5/23/07, Bruce Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Video Player application using the FLVPlayback component. I've already built the entire thing so building a custom video player component is out of the question. I want to build in an error handling capability, that will check a URL's validity before setting it as the FLVPlayback components contentPath. The URL is pulled out of an XML file. I'm trying to do this to avoid the component become unresponsive when an invalid URL is passed to it. It's recommended to use try-catch-finally but I just can't get anything to work. I'm getting very frustrated. Appreciate any help. Let me know if you need more information. Thanks, Bruce. ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] How to check if a URL is invalid?
as a side note. killing the stream (or calling stop) does not halt the progressive download. you have to pass it a url that def does not exist. On 5/23/07, Bob Wohl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bruce, So you're getting a path to the flv file via xml, correct? you could create a video object, connect a netstream of the flv and on success kill the stream telling your function handler to load up the component with the path to the url. With proper use of buffer time, this route would be pretty close to weightless. B. On 5/23/07, Bruce Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Video Player application using the FLVPlayback component. I've already built the entire thing so building a custom video player component is out of the question. I want to build in an error handling capability, that will check a URL's validity before setting it as the FLVPlayback components contentPath. The URL is pulled out of an XML file. I'm trying to do this to avoid the component become unresponsive when an invalid URL is passed to it. It's recommended to use try-catch-finally but I just can't get anything to work. I'm getting very frustrated. Appreciate any help. Let me know if you need more information. Thanks, Bruce. ___ 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 -- j:pn http://www.lennel.org ___ 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
