[Flashcoders] shared objects as a sort of scratch disk file
-Now, if the user sets the local storage amount to unlimited, it is possible to save and modify heaps of data; yet, at what cost speed wise? -Is there a max size to a shared object, even if the user selects unlimited? -Is there something wrong with my idea, other than having to ask the user to set the storage capacity to unlimited? -Has anyone clocked speed of read and write access when files get extremely large? -Has anyone come up with a better solution when the app has to run in the browser? I worked with shared objects a while back; however, I never really needed to use them to store much more than cookie data. I am thinking about asking the user to set the local storage to unlimited, in an attempt to decrease the amount of memory that is required by an application, especially when it gets to the 40mb or more of dynamically generated content and the user has limited memory on their system. The user needs to be able to load multiple files to be modified, and the modifications could be rather intense and have very large file sizes; yet, not all files and resultant data will be required for modification at the same time, and I was hoping that storage on the system as a shared object, would be able to act as a scratch file. I know this isn't new, but I was also thinking that if the file is used properly, and storage is set to unlimited, one could make an application with most of the interface elements stored in the shared object; therefore, even if the user clears their cache, the swf can check the shared object to see when it was last updated and reuse what's stored if nothing has changed. (reducing bandwidth and download time requirements)... Is this a pipe dream? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] floating wordpress blog within a swf?
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Re: [Flashcoders] floating wordpress blog within a swf?
Hi, You can't easily display the HTML from the blog inside Flash, but you can do a couple of things: Load the RSS feed of the blog into your Flash as XML and display it in a text field. You can display simple text content from the blog, but any fancy formatting and other stuff may be lost. However, once you have the RSS you can parse the content XML and extract any media links etc. and show them as you wish. Another way to do it is to use one of the API's that people have created to join Wordpress up-to Flash. There is an AMFPHP based one - http://code.google.com/p/awi/ - which lets you load posts and post meta data from the database as serialized data. Not sure how well this works, but if you were to use that, you can have more fine grained control over displaying your content, etc. I have a simple example of loading the latest article from an RSS feed and displaying it in a text field for AS2, I will post this later when I am at home if you like. Have google too - http://www.gotoandlearnforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=35t=12121start=0 etc... Glen thomas horner wrote: Is it possible to have a wordpress blog floating within a swf? or something as to that effect, it would be nice to keep the viewer at the site rather then redirecting them to a new window, is this possible? ___ 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] best way to use external interface
Keep in mind as a second parameter to ExternalInerface.call() you can pass
arguments. There's actually some hidden power to EI where the js doesn't
even need to exist physically in the html. You can actually write js right
from EI and then call it and or delete it later.
http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/745/1/JavaScript-and-VBScript-Injection-in-ActionScript-3/Page1.html
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Gregory Boland
breakfastcof...@gmail.comwrote:
yup just like that
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Gustavo Duenas
gdue...@leftandrightsolutions.com wrote:
Ok, thanks, so it should work this way right?
Gustavi
On Sep 28, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Gregory Boland wrote:
thats essentially it.
Syntax is slightly different
if (ExternalInterface.available){
ExternalInterface.call(openMyWindow);}
}
make sure to import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
and when u tell it what the name of the method in the javascript is
leave
off the ()
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Gustavo Duenas
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Hi I have a function in javascript on the html
like:
script type=javascript
function openMyWindow(){
document.getElementByID(myWindow).setStyle(etc)
}
and I would like to use it from falsh something like this:
mybutton.addEventlistener(MouseEvent.CLICK, contactJavascript);
function contactJavascript(e:MouseEvent):void{
if (externalInterface.available){
externalInterface.call(openMyWindow());
}
let me know if this could work at all.
I'm trying to find a google about it, but all seems so obscure
any help appreciated
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Re: [Flashcoders] Catalyst
It's definitely not a tool worth integrating into your work flow until at least version 2. For now it might be a nice utility to generate some data that might otherwise be difficult but as far as being able to pass a catalyst file back and forth between artist and developer? No way. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Catalyst is still really rough - I wasn't initially impressed with the first public beta at all, but the tool has great potential and I'm hopeful and excited for the release next year. And yes, it's MXML output, not pure AS3. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Monthly meetings on making the most of the Adobe Flash Platform - presented by bank associates, Adobe engineers, and outside experts in the borader multimedia community - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community (note: this is for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Pace Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 6:29 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Catalyst Anyone try catalyst? Does it only output to flex style code that make babies cry, or does it output do pure AS3 too? ___ 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 -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Catalyst
I hate that it is only mxml. Good to know. Joel Stransky wrote: It's definitely not a tool worth integrating into your work flow until at least version 2. For now it might be a nice utility to generate some data that might otherwise be difficult but as far as being able to pass a catalyst file back and forth between artist and developer? No way. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Catalyst is still really rough - I wasn't initially impressed with the first public beta at all, but the tool has great potential and I'm hopeful and excited for the release next year. And yes, it's MXML output, not pure AS3. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Monthly meetings on making the most of the Adobe Flash Platform - presented by bank associates, Adobe engineers, and outside experts in the borader multimedia community - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community (note: this is for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Pace Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 6:29 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Catalyst Anyone try catalyst? Does it only output to flex style code that make babies cry, or does it output do pure AS3 too? ___ 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] RE: Input textfield's Event.CHANGE doesn't fire for backspace?
What if you use the KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP event instead? I don't know
what you're trying to accomplish, but I've always used the
KeyboardEvents for textfield interactions.
Alan
Hey List,
Consider something like this:
//inputTextField is multilined and wordWrapped
inputTextField.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler);
//All this does is trace when fired
function changeHandler(e:Event):void {
trace(fired);
}
I expected this to fire when backspacing over a carriage return (ie,
when
pressing backspace reduces the number of lines in the textfield by
one), but
it doesn't. To try for yourself:
1. Type Hello, then press enter, then type world. You should
have 2
lines of text.
2. Press backspace 5 times (so that world is gone, but the cursor
is still
on line 2). The changeHandler should fire all 5 times.
3. Press backspace one more time (so that the cursor is at the end
of line
1). ... Am I the only one who isn't getting a changeHandler fired at
me?!
Note: It works fine in the opposite direction - ie, if you're using
the
delete key rather than the backspace. But I really need to be able
to detect
backspace so I can rearrange the y positions of other things on my
stage.
If anyone has any suggestions or comments, it would be most
appreciated!
Thanks!
CB.
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Re: [Flashcoders] floating wordpress blog within a swf?
Hi,
I dug out some old AS2 code - which used XFactorStudio's XPath
library to grab the first entry from the RSS feed and stick it in a text
field.
Below is the example (it uses a generic string replacement function
that I think came from Mike Chambers or someone @ adobe who did some
nice String library for AS2). AS3 will be similar, but you can use
e4X... Again, the blog content was simple text - they stayed away from
fancy formatting too much, although I have tried basic css formatting of
tags, which sometimes works... There are probably better examples out
there, but hopefully you can get the picture.
function _xmlLoad(success:Boolean ) {
if(success) {
var obj:Object = XPath.selectNodes(_xmlObj,
//item[1]/content:encoded/text());
//trace(Obj is + obj);
var content:String = replace(String(obj), amp;, );
content = replace(content, gt;, );
content = replace(content, lt;,);
content = replace(content, quot;, \);
content = replace(content, apos;, ');
//trace(content);
var format:TextFormat = mpadText.getTextFormat();
mpadText.html = true;
mpadText.htmlText = content;
mpadText.setTextFormat(format);
} else {
trace(Could not load XML);
}
}
Glen
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[Flashcoders] Flash and HTML
When is flash going to upgrade their HTML capabilities is what I want to know. Is it because of flash security that they only allow HTML 1.0 tags?? The most basic of tags? Karl Sent from losPhone ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Hello, this issue is killing me. I had a swf that loaded an xml file then
loaded images from the xml file and then killed the display list, xml,
images etc... then restarted based on a timer. Every time it reloads
however, I watch firefox take away memory consistently and when I refresh
that page memory use drops back to normal. So, I said screw this, I'm going
to create an empty swf and load the swf with all the magic in it and add it
to the empty swf. I figured if I add the swf to the main stage and kill that
one reference to the swf when I was done with it, I should have fixed my
problem. Here's my code. Can someone please tell me what is going on?
stop();
var mLoader:Loader = new Loader();
function startLoad()
{
var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(hasch_flash/currently_watched_videos.swf);
//var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(currently_watched_videos.swf);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onCompleteHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
onProgressHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.load(mRequest);
}
function onCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event)
{
trace(load + loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
trace(loadTarget + loadEvent.target);
addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
}
function onProgressHandler(mProgress:ProgressEvent)
{
var percent:Number = mProgress.bytesLoaded/mProgress.bytesTotal;
trace(percent);
}
startLoad();
TimerExample();
// Set off timer to kill carousel and restart movie
function TimerExample() {
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(3, 0);
myTimer.addEventListener(timer, timerHandler);
myTimer.start();
}
function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace(this.removeChildAt(0)); // remove from display list
mLoader = null;
mLoader = new Loader(); // clear from memory
startLoad();
trace(timerHandler: + event);
}
Thanks for any advice. T
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RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Hi T,
No solution here, but this might relate to your current problem:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html
C:
-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of TS
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 10:53 AM
To: 'Flash Coders List'
Subject: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Hello, this issue is killing me. I had a swf that loaded an xml file
then loaded images from the xml file and then killed the display list,
xml, images etc... then restarted based on a timer. Every time it
reloads however, I watch firefox take away memory consistently and when
I refresh that page memory use drops back to normal. So, I said screw
this, I'm going to create an empty swf and load the swf with all the
magic in it and add it to the empty swf. I figured if I add the swf to
the main stage and kill that one reference to the swf when I was done
with it, I should have fixed my problem. Here's my code. Can someone
please tell me what is going on?
stop();
var mLoader:Loader = new Loader();
function startLoad()
{
var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(hasch_flash/currently_watched_videos.swf);
//var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(currently_watched_videos.swf);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onCompleteHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
onProgressHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.load(mRequest);
}
function onCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event)
{
trace(load + loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
trace(loadTarget + loadEvent.target);
addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
}
function onProgressHandler(mProgress:ProgressEvent)
{
var percent:Number = mProgress.bytesLoaded/mProgress.bytesTotal;
trace(percent);
}
startLoad();
TimerExample();
// Set off timer to kill carousel and restart movie function
TimerExample() {
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(3, 0);
myTimer.addEventListener(timer, timerHandler);
myTimer.start();
}
function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace(this.removeChildAt(0)); // remove from display list
mLoader = null;
mLoader = new Loader(); // clear from memory
startLoad();
trace(timerHandler: + event);
}
Thanks for any advice. T
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RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Thanks for the info. Still reading it but, fme, it seems silly there's not
an ExitRestart() method or something.
Thanks, T
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Chris Foster
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:08 PM
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Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Hi T,
No solution here, but this might relate to your current problem:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html
C:
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of TS
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 10:53 AM
To: 'Flash Coders List'
Subject: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Hello, this issue is killing me. I had a swf that loaded an xml file
then loaded images from the xml file and then killed the display list,
xml, images etc... then restarted based on a timer. Every time it
reloads however, I watch firefox take away memory consistently and when
I refresh that page memory use drops back to normal. So, I said screw
this, I'm going to create an empty swf and load the swf with all the
magic in it and add it to the empty swf. I figured if I add the swf to
the main stage and kill that one reference to the swf when I was done
with it, I should have fixed my problem. Here's my code. Can someone
please tell me what is going on?
stop();
var mLoader:Loader = new Loader();
function startLoad()
{
var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(hasch_flash/currently_watched_videos.swf);
//var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(currently_watched_videos.swf);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onCompleteHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
onProgressHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.load(mRequest);
}
function onCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event)
{
trace(load + loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
trace(loadTarget + loadEvent.target);
addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
}
function onProgressHandler(mProgress:ProgressEvent)
{
var percent:Number = mProgress.bytesLoaded/mProgress.bytesTotal;
trace(percent);
}
startLoad();
TimerExample();
// Set off timer to kill carousel and restart movie function
TimerExample() {
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(3, 0);
myTimer.addEventListener(timer, timerHandler);
myTimer.start();
}
function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace(this.removeChildAt(0)); // remove from display list
mLoader = null;
mLoader = new Loader(); // clear from memory
startLoad();
trace(timerHandler: + event);
}
Thanks for any advice. T
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Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]
Try removing any listeners associated with that swf before unloading
it. It's possible the remaining listeners are still listening. Someone
may be able to verify this more than I though.
HTH
Karl
Sent from losPhone
On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:53 PM, TS sunnrun...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, this issue is killing me. I had a swf that loaded an xml file
then
loaded images from the xml file and then killed the display list, xml,
images etc... then restarted based on a timer. Every time it reloads
however, I watch firefox take away memory consistently and when I
refresh
that page memory use drops back to normal. So, I said screw this,
I'm going
to create an empty swf and load the swf with all the magic in it and
add it
to the empty swf. I figured if I add the swf to the main stage and
kill that
one reference to the swf when I was done with it, I should have
fixed my
problem. Here's my code. Can someone please tell me what is going on?
stop();
var mLoader:Loader = new Loader();
function startLoad()
{
var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(hasch_flash/currently_watched_videos.swf);
//var mRequest:URLRequest = new
URLRequest(currently_watched_videos.swf);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onCompleteHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
onProgressHandler, false, 0, true);
mLoader.load(mRequest);
}
function onCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event)
{
trace(load + loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
trace(loadTarget + loadEvent.target);
addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
}
function onProgressHandler(mProgress:ProgressEvent)
{
var percent:Number = mProgress.bytesLoaded/mProgress.bytesTotal;
trace(percent);
}
startLoad();
TimerExample();
// Set off timer to kill carousel and restart movie
function TimerExample() {
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(3, 0);
myTimer.addEventListener(timer, timerHandler);
myTimer.start();
}
function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void {
trace(this.removeChildAt(0)); // remove from display list
mLoader = null;
mLoader = new Loader(); // clear from memory
startLoad();
trace(timerHandler: + event);
}
Thanks for any advice. T
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