[swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Hi, I just started with Flash and probably have the most stupid question... Looks like I miss one step how to actually link the swf file generated by swfmill and the sfw file generated by mtasc. I am looking at http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1(FAMES tutorial) and I can't understand how the application.swf generated by mtasc from application.as and application.swf generated from the xml file end up merged together? Any pointers are greatly appreciated! Andrew ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Hi Andrei, basically, there are two methods: - make swfmill swf first, then tell mtasc to compile the code /into/ it, or - compile mtasc swf first, then have a clip import=classes.swf / somewhere in your swfml-s Personally, I have always used the latter. It has the advantage of being able to link classes to assets (so that library movieclips can have behaviours), but I don't think this works with haXe at present. (If you're new to SWF, consider using haXe instead of AS. See haXe.org. It's a matter of preference, of course, just thought I'd point you to it -- haXe is something like mtasc's successor, slightly different syntax but can target several platforms.) See Aral's sequel of the tutorial you linked to for details of the two ways: http://www.flashant.org/index.php?p=408more=1c=1 Hth, Mark On 5/19/06, Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I just started with Flash and probably have the most stupid question... Looks like I miss one step how to actually link the swf file generated by swfmill and the sfw file generated by mtasc. I am looking at http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1 (FAMES tutorial) and I can't understand how the application.swf generated by mtasc from application.as and application.swf generated from the xml file end up merged together? Any pointers are greatly appreciated! Andrew ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org -- http://snafoo.org/ ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Andrei, Both swfmill and mtasc can create the application.swf. If you're using swfmill to create the swf in order to place images and other assets, the you do not need to again create the application.swf again with mtasc. Instead, just inject your AS code into the existing swf mtasc -main -swf application.swf application.as. This would assume you already have an swf called application.swf. Andrei Stebakov wrote: Hi, I just started with Flash and probably have the most stupid question... Looks like I miss one step how to actually link the swf file generated by swfmill and the sfw file generated by mtasc. I am looking at http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1 http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1 (FAMES tutorial) and I can't understand how the application.swf generated by mtasc from application.as http://application.as and application.swf generated from the xml file end up merged together? Any pointers are greatly appreciated! Andrew ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org -- Jon Molesa Owner - Consoltec 828-994-2067 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.consoltec.net ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Andrew, it depends on your Entry Point Method. You can a) construct the swf containing your assets with swfmill, then use MTASC to compile into the swf, and use mtasc's -main (i'd call this traditional) b) compile the code first, generating classes.swf, then import that using swfmill (clip import=classes.swf/), likely calling main from swfml (call object=Main method=main/) (swfmill as linker or sth.) c) not use main at all, but just couple classes to your clip/s (i think that's called Natural entry point method) to probably make it clearer, what i do for swfmill's informal test is method b): #mtasc -cp .../std -swf classes.swf -header 320:240:25 Main.as #swfmill -v simple test.swfml output.swf with a test.swfml of basically: movie width=450 height=270 framerate=15 library clip import=classes.swf/ /library frame call object=Main method=main/ /frame /movie hope that helps, i'm sorry that swfmill docs are so sparse. -dan Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 19 May 2006 12:27:40 -0400): Hi, I just started with Flash and probably have the most stupid question... Looks like I miss one step how to actually link the swf file generated by swfmill and the sfw file generated by mtasc. I am looking at http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1 (FAMES tutorial) and I can't understand how the application.swf generated by mtasc from application.as and application.swf generated from the xml file end up merged together? Any pointers are greatly appreciated! Andrew -- http://0xDF.com/ http://iterative.org/ ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
lol- i wonder why a single question suddenly creates a flurry of replies while others might even remain unanswered... :) -- http://0xDF.com/ http://iterative.org/ ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
I was thinking the same thing myself. So questions go unanswered for a while and this one gets lots of attention. For me it was a question I felt that I could actually answer. haha. daniel fischer wrote: lol- i wonder why a single question suddenly creates a flurry of replies while others might even remain unanswered... :) -- Jon Molesa Owner - Consoltec 828-994-2067 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.consoltec.net ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Ok, I created the xml file: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?movie width=320 height=240 framerate=30background color=#ff/frame libraryclip id=spheres import=library/spheres.png//library/frame library clip import=classes.swf/ /library frame call object=Main method=main/ /frame /movie The code in classes.swf is suppoesed to animate the spheres.png takend from the assets. I still see the blank window when I launch the resulting application.swf file. Do I mis-compose the assets in the application.xml ? Thanks, Andrew On 5/19/06, daniel fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew,it depends on your Entry Point Method. You cana) construct the swf containing your assets with swfmill, then use MTASC to compile into the swf, and use mtasc's -main (i'd call this traditional) b) compile the code first, generating classes.swf, then import that using swfmill (clip import=classes.swf/), likely calling main from swfml (call object=Main method=main/) (swfmill as linker or sth.) c) not use main at all, but just couple classes to your clip/s (i think that's called Natural entry point method)to probably make it clearer, what i do for swfmill's informal test is method b): #mtasc -cp .../std -swf classes.swf -header 320:240:25 Main.as#swfmill -v simple test.swfml output.swfwith a test.swfml of basically:movie width=450 height=270 framerate=15 library clip import=classes.swf/ /library frame call object=Main method=main/ /frame/moviehope that helps, i'm sorry that swfmill docs are so sparse.-danAndrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 19 May 2006 12:27:40 -0400): Hi, I just started with Flash and probably have the most stupid question... Looks like I miss one step how to actually link the swf file generated by swfmill and the sfw file generated by mtasc. I am looking at http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1 (FAMES tutorial) and I can't understand how the application.swf generated by mtasc from application.as and application.swf generated from the xml file end up merged together? Any pointers are greatly appreciated! Andrew--http://0xDF.com/http://iterative.org/___swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.orghttp://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Hi Andrei,
This looks correct, is the resulting SWF smaller if you !-- comment
out -- the clip import=... / part? If so, it gets imported as it
is supposed to. (It doesn't have to be inside a library/ tag, btw.)
The way it is now, it assumes you have a class Main with a static
method main() in your classes.swf. If so, it should get called. You
could also skip that part and add -main to your mtasc arguments, but
you'd still need a static method main().
Here's a short example Main.as that /should/ work (i.e., I am too lazy
to test it):
class Main.as {
public function Main () {}
public static function main () {
var sphere:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie( spheres, sphere1, 1 );
sphere.onEnterFrame = function () {
this._x += Math.random() * 4;
this._y += Math.random() * 3;
};
}
}
Dan: I guess Jon is right, it's the one thing everybody can answer
because we all need to do it :)
Hth,
Mark
On 5/19/06, Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, I created the xml file:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
movie width=320 height=240 framerate=30
background color=#ff/
frame
library
clip id=spheres import=library/spheres.png/
/library
/frame
library
clip import=classes.swf/
/library
frame
call object=Main method=main/
/frame
/movie
The code in classes.swf is suppoesed to animate the spheres.png takend from
the assets. I still see the blank window when I launch the resulting
application.swf file. Do I mis-compose the assets in the application.xml ?
Thanks,
Andrew
On 5/19/06, daniel fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andrew,
it depends on your Entry Point Method. You can
a) construct the swf containing your assets with swfmill, then use MTASC
to compile into the swf, and use mtasc's -main (i'd call this
traditional)
b) compile the code first, generating classes.swf, then import that
using swfmill (clip import=classes.swf/), likely calling main from swfml
(call object=Main method=main/) (swfmill as linker or sth.)
c) not use main at all, but just couple classes to your clip/s (i think
that's called Natural entry point method)
to probably make it clearer, what i do for swfmill's informal test is
method b):
#mtasc -cp .../std -swf classes.swf -header 320:240:25 Main.as
#swfmill -v simple test.swfml output.swf
with a test.swfml of basically:
movie width=450 height=270 framerate=15
library
clip import=classes.swf/
/library
frame
call object=Main method=main/
/frame
/movie
hope that helps, i'm sorry that swfmill docs are so sparse.
-dan
Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 19 May 2006 12:27:40
-0400):
Hi,
I just started with Flash and probably have the most stupid question...
Looks like I miss one step how to actually link the swf file generated
by
swfmill and the sfw file generated by mtasc.
I am looking at
http://aralbalkan.com/index.php?p=373more=1c=1 (FAMES
tutorial) and I can't understand how the application.swf generated by
mtasc
from application.as and application.swf generated from the xml file end
up
merged together?
Any pointers are greatly appreciated!
Andrew
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Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
Just wondering... I've never tried Flash IDE, would the IDE help to generate the ActionScript code like in this tutorial case, or it's entirely manually written? So the only need for Flash IDE is the timeline and asset management (which is taken care of by swfmill, right)? Andrew On 5/19/06, daniel fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 19 May 2006 13:19:09 -0400): Ok, I created the xml file: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1? movie width=320 height=240 framerate=30 background color=#ff/framelibrary clip id=spheres import=library/spheres.png//library/frame libraryclip import=classes.swf//libraryframecall object=Main method=main/ /frame /movie The code in classes.swf is suppoesed to animate the spheres.png takend from the assets. I still see the blank window when I launch the resulting application.swf file. Do I mis-compose the assets in the application.xml?apart from that you probably dont want two libraries and frames, the swfml looks alright. could you post your main class too, plz? -dan--http://0xDF.com/http://iterative.org/___swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.orghttp://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
everything goes in the movie tag because you have only one movie that
you're creating.
Andrei Stebakov wrote:
By Jove, it works now!
Question: Why do we put everything withing the same movie tag? I
thought only the frames of the movie are supposed to go there... Is
the sequence of tags important?
Andrew
On 5/19/06, *Mark Winterhalder* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, easy:
replace call object=Main method=main/
with call object=Application method=main/
Hth,
Mark
On 5/19/06, Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The code of the main class is:
class Application extends MovieClip
{
var tfCaption:TextField;
// Clips attached dynamically from Swfmill library
var mcSpheres:MovieClip;
var sW:Number = null; // Stage width
var sH:Number = null; // Stage height
private function Application ( target )
{
// Link movie clips to classes
Object.registerClass ( spheres, Particle );
// Assimilate the target
target.__proto__ = this.__proto__;
target.__constructor__ = Application;
this = target;
// Store stage dimensions for easy look-up
sW = Stage.width - 1;
sH = Stage.height - 1;
// Draw border around the stage
lineStyle ( 1, 0x00 );
moveTo ( 0, 0 );
lineTo ( sW, 0 );
lineTo ( sW, sH );
lineTo ( 0, sH );
lineTo ( 0, 0 );
//
// Create a caption
//
var captionTextFormat = new TextFormat();
captionTextFormat.size = 12;
captionTextFormat.font = _sans;
var captionText:String = Made with FAMES (FAME + Swfmill);
var captionTextExtent:Object = captionTextFormat.getTextExtent (
captionText );
var captionWidth:Number =
captionTextExtent.textFieldWidth;
var captionHeight:Number =
captionTextExtent.textFieldHeight;
var captionX = sW / 2 - captionWidth / 2;
var captionY = sH - captionHeight;
createTextField( tfCaption, 1, captionX, captionY,
captionWidth,
captionHeight );
// Write caption text
tfCaption.text = captionText;
// Add ten particles
for ( var i = 0; i 10; i++ )
{
// Attach a sphere clip
attachMovie (spheres, mcSphere, 1000 + i );
}
}
static function main ()
{
// Create an Application instance and
// have is assimilate _root.
var test:Application = new Application( _root );
}
}
On 5/19/06, daniel fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
wrote:
Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 19 May 2006 13:19:09
-0400):
Ok, I created the xml file:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
movie width=320 height=240 framerate=30
background color=#ff/
frame
library
clip id=spheres import=library/spheres.png/
/library
/frame
library
clip import=classes.swf/
/library
frame
call object=Main method=main/
/frame
/movie
The code in classes.swf is suppoesed to animate the
spheres.png takend
from
the assets. I still see the blank window when I launch the
resulting
application.swf file. Do I mis-compose the assets in the
application.xml?
apart from that you probably dont want two libraries and
frames, the swfml
looks alright. could you post your main class too, plz?
-dan
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Re: [swfmill] swfmill + mtasc + emacs (Beginner)
The FlashIDE is really one useful for placing the assets and timeline control as you stated. If you're asking if it automatically writes AS code for you, I don't believe that it does. However, there are shortcuts for simple actions. The FlashIDE's code interface is highly regarded as sub par for the purpose of programming. Those that use the IDE to build the asset library are usually graphics designers, which then pass the swf to a programmer that typically uses mtasc to compile in the code. Mtasc is much faster and more strict in what it allows to compile. Andrei Stebakov wrote: Just wondering... I've never tried Flash IDE, would the IDE help to generate the ActionScript code like in this tutorial case, or it's entirely manually written? So the only need for Flash IDE is the timeline and asset management (which is taken care of by swfmill, right)? Andrew On 5/19/06, *daniel fischer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Stebakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 19 May 2006 13:19:09 -0400): Ok, I created the xml file: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1? movie width=320 height=240 framerate=30 background color=#ff/ frame library clip id=spheres import=library/spheres.png/ /library /frame library clip import=classes.swf/ /library frame call object=Main method=main/ /frame /movie The code in classes.swf is suppoesed to animate the spheres.png takend from the assets. I still see the blank window when I launch the resulting application.swf file. Do I mis-compose the assets in the application.xml? apart from that you probably dont want two libraries and frames, the swfml looks alright. could you post your main class too, plz? -dan -- http://0xDF.com/ http://iterative.org/ ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org mailto:swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org -- Jon Molesa Owner - Consoltec 828-994-2067 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.consoltec.net ___ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
