Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
I know a solution may already be found but this was my first thought and I
am curious how any of you feel about switch (true) for this problem
switch (true) {
case loadedDisplayObject is MovieClip:
case loadedDisplayObject is Bitmap:
}
Is switch (true) just bad practice? and does 'is' not work in this case?
Anyone want to stab at it?
Ktu
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Micky Hulse mickyhulse.li...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Karim Beyrouti ka...@kurst.co.uk wrote:
Hopefully the line breaks here wont be too bad, pasting the code:
Very nice!!! Many thanks Karim
I will test it out and let you know how it goes. :)
Have an excellent day/night!
Cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Karim Beyrouti ka...@kurst.co.uk wrote: Hopefully the line breaks here wont be too bad, pasting the code: Very nice!!! Many thanks Karim I will test it out and let you know how it goes. :) Have an excellent day/night! Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Hopefully the line breaks here wont be too bad, pasting the code:
CODE
package {
import flash.utils.describeType;
import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;
/**
* @author karim @ kurst.co.uk
*/
public class ClassUtils {
public static function getSuperClass( obj : Object ):String {
var superClass : String=
describeType(obj)@base;
var isBase : Boolean = ( superClass
== '' )
if ( isBase )
return getClassName( obj );
else
return replaceChar(superClass, '::', '.')
return '';
}
public static function getFullClassPath( obj : * ) : String {
var className : String = getQualifiedClassName( obj );
if ( className != null ){
if ( className.indexOf( '::' ) == -1 ){
return className;
} else {
return replaceChar(className, '::', '.')
}
} else {
return '';
}
}
public static function getClassName( obj : * ) : String {
var className : String = getQualifiedClassName( obj );
if ( className != null ){
if ( className.indexOf( '::' ) == -1 ){
return className;
} else {
return className.substr(
className.indexOf( '::' ) + 2 , className.length )
}
} else {
return '';
}
}
public static function replaceChar( str : String, charToRemove
: String , charToReplace : String) : String {
var temparray:Array = str.split(charToRemove);
return temparray.join(charToReplace);
}
}
}
/CODE
On 2 Dec 2010, at 03:21, Micky Hulse wrote:
Hi Karim! Many thanks for the reply and code sample! I really
appreciate the help. :)
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Karim Beyrouti ka...@kurst.co.uk wrote:
attached a class that does that, hope it helps...
Doh! Looks like the Flash Coders List does not allow attachments! :(
Do you have a server you could upload the AS file to? Maybe you could
post it on GitHub, or create a Gist? I would love see your class. :)
https://gist.github.com/
Thanks Karim!
Cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Micky Hulse skriver: trace(getQualifiedClassName(loadedDisplayObject)); Would that be the best way to test for MovieClip or Bitmap? It fails the empty base class test. It is an extremely bad way. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
How about up-casting:
var mc:MovieClip = loadedDisplayObject as MovieClip;
if(mc) {
mc.play();
} else {
//could be a bitmap, but if it's not guaranteed, then you might
need to do more tests.
var bmp:Bitmap = loadedDisplayObject as Bitmap;
}
On 01/12/2010 22:39, Micky Hulse wrote:
Hello,
I am using this class:
http://code.google.com/p/as3-multiple-file-preloader/
And I need to determine the display object type (i.e. is it MovieClip
or Bitmap).
trace(getQualifiedClassName(loadedDisplayObject));
Gives me this output (in a loop of 3 images and 1 swf loaded):
flash.display::Bitmap
flash.display::Bitmap
flash.display::Bitmap
flash.display::MovieClip
Would that be the best way to test for MovieClip or Bitmap?
Based on what is being loaded, I need to do different things (i.e. if
MovieClip, I will need to control the timeline, if bitmap then I can
skip all the timeiline commands).
Thanks so much!
Cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Sorry, I meant downcast
On 01/12/2010 22:56, Glen Pike wrote:
How about up-casting:
var mc:MovieClip = loadedDisplayObject as MovieClip;
if(mc) {
mc.play();
} else {
//could be a bitmap, but if it's not guaranteed, then you might
need to do more tests.
var bmp:Bitmap = loadedDisplayObject as Bitmap;
}
On 01/12/2010 22:39, Micky Hulse wrote:
Hello,
I am using this class:
http://code.google.com/p/as3-multiple-file-preloader/
And I need to determine the display object type (i.e. is it MovieClip
or Bitmap).
trace(getQualifiedClassName(loadedDisplayObject));
Gives me this output (in a loop of 3 images and 1 swf loaded):
flash.display::Bitmap
flash.display::Bitmap
flash.display::Bitmap
flash.display::MovieClip
Would that be the best way to test for MovieClip or Bitmap?
Based on what is being loaded, I need to do different things (i.e. if
MovieClip, I will need to control the timeline, if bitmap then I can
skip all the timeiline commands).
Thanks so much!
Cheers,
Micky
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Hi Henrik! Thanks for the quick reply, I really appreciate it. :) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: It fails the empty base class test. It is an extremely bad way. Ah, I am glad I asked! :D Any tips on a better way to test display object if it is BitMap and/or MovieClip? When I trace the loaded array: trace(pre.objects); // get the loaded objects as an array Here is the output: [object Bitmap],[object Bitmap],[object Bitmap],[object MovieClip] I was thinking typeof(pre.objects[0]) would get me [object Bitmap], for example, but it just outputs object. Thanks again! Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Hi Glen! Many thanks for the quick reply and example code. I really
appreciate it! :)
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote:
How about up-casting:
var mc:MovieClip = loadedDisplayObject as MovieClip;
if(mc) {
mc.play();
} else {
//could be a bitmap, but if it's not guaranteed, then you might need to
do more tests.
var bmp:Bitmap = loadedDisplayObject as Bitmap;
}
Ahhh, very interesting! That's a great idea! Thanks for tip.
I wonder if I will have to use try/catch to avoid any typecasting errors?
Testing now...
Works perfectly!
var mc:MovieClip = o[i] as MovieClip;
if (mc) { trace(movieclip); } else { trace(other); }
Pretty cool! Thaks for tip. :)
Have a great day! Much appreciated.
Cheers,
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: Sorry, I meant downcast No worries! I appreciate the code sample and help. That did the trick. :) Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Hi,
If your downcast does not work - the as bit - your variable will
be null -it does not throw exceptions.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/operators.html#as
Glen
On 01/12/2010 23:07, Micky Hulse wrote:
Hi Glen! Many thanks for the quick reply and example code. I really
appreciate it! :)
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Glen Pikepostmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote:
How about up-casting:
var mc:MovieClip = loadedDisplayObject as MovieClip;
if(mc) {
mc.play();
} else {
//could be a bitmap, but if it's not guaranteed, then you might need to
do more tests.
var bmp:Bitmap = loadedDisplayObject as Bitmap;
}
Ahhh, very interesting! That's a great idea! Thanks for tip.
I wonder if I will have to use try/catch to avoid any typecasting errors?
Testing now...
Works perfectly!
var mc:MovieClip = o[i] as MovieClip;
if (mc) { trace(movieclip); } else { trace(other); }
Pretty cool! Thaks for tip. :)
Have a great day! Much appreciated.
Cheers,
Micky
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: If your downcast does not work - the as bit - your variable will be null -it does not throw exceptions. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/operators.html#as Excellent! Thanks for the clarification. Thanks Glen and Henrik! I really appreciate the pro help. :) Have a great day! Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
attached a class that does that, hope it helps... example : trace( ClassUtils.getFullClassPath( canvas ) ); // flash.display.Bitmap trace( ClassUtils.getSuperClass( canvas ) ); // flash.display.DisplayObject On 1 Dec 2010, at 23:40, Micky Hulse wrote: On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk wrote: If your downcast does not work - the as bit - your variable will be null -it does not throw exceptions. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/operators.html#as Excellent! Thanks for the clarification. Thanks Glen and Henrik! I really appreciate the pro help. :) Have a great day! Cheers, Micky ___ 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] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing display object if its MovieClip or BitMap?
Hi Karim! Many thanks for the reply and code sample! I really appreciate the help. :) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Karim Beyrouti ka...@kurst.co.uk wrote: attached a class that does that, hope it helps... Doh! Looks like the Flash Coders List does not allow attachments! :( Do you have a server you could upload the AS file to? Maybe you could post it on GitHub, or create a Gist? I would love see your class. :) https://gist.github.com/ Thanks Karim! Cheers, Micky ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing before removing a child
try .numChildren property
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Alan Neilsen aneil...@gotafe.vic.edu.auwrote:
I am using loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); to remove child objects from my
loader clip, and I want to test if a child object is there before removing
it. I thought it would be something like
if (loader_clip.child !=0) { // or !=, or !=null, or ==true, or
something like that
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
But when I trace (loader_clip.child) it comes back undefined whether the
child is still there or not.
What can I use to test this so loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); doesn't
produce an error if the child has already been removed?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing before removing a child
If I understand properly what you mean, the contains method is what you're
looking for.
if (loader_clip.contains(ldr)){
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/DisplayObjectContainer.html#contains%28%29
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Gregory Boland
breakfastcof...@gmail.comwrote:
try .numChildren property
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Alan Neilsen aneil...@gotafe.vic.edu.au
wrote:
I am using loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); to remove child objects from my
loader clip, and I want to test if a child object is there before
removing
it. I thought it would be something like
if (loader_clip.child !=0) { // or !=, or !=null, or ==true, or
something like that
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
But when I trace (loader_clip.child) it comes back undefined whether
the
child is still there or not.
What can I use to test this so loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); doesn't
produce an error if the child has already been removed?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing
i always use this is a test do not adjust your set a On 11 Sep 2009, at 23:57, Glen Pike wrote: 8,16,32 Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Aaap ya missed 3 ;) Karl On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Glen Pike wrote: 1,2,4 -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ 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
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Aaap ya missed 3 ;) Karl On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Glen Pike wrote: 1,2,4 -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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8,16,32 Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Aaap ya missed 3 ;) Karl On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Glen Pike wrote: 1,2,4 -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Glen Pike 01326 218440 www.glenpike.co.uk http://www.glenpike.co.uk ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing
Yes they are. This is a common issue with Gmail - it is 'clever' enough not to show you your own emails to a mailing list unless they're replied to. Ian On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Testing my messages are not getting through I think. Charles P. ___ 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
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Hmm I just never noticed it before. :) Thanks. Charles P. On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes they are. This is a common issue with Gmail - it is 'clever' enough not to show you your own emails to a mailing list unless they're replied to. Ian On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Testing my messages are not getting through I think. Charles P. ___ 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
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I didn't know that, I've got the same issue. Any way to solve it? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 16 September 2008 16:01 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing Yes they are. This is a common issue with Gmail - it is 'clever' enough not to show you your own emails to a mailing list unless they're replied to. Ian On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Testing my messages are not getting through I think. Charles P. ___ 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
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Not that I know of. It's not really a problem, is it? If you really think your email didn't get through (I haven't had it happen, but you never know), you could always check the archives of the appropriate mailing list... Ian On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Romuald Quantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't know that, I've got the same issue. Any way to solve it? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 16 September 2008 16:01 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing Yes they are. This is a common issue with Gmail - it is 'clever' enough not to show you your own emails to a mailing list unless they're replied to. Ian On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Charles Parcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Testing my messages are not getting through I think. Charles P. ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing online and offline
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Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
i'm just reading this now... but here's how to fix all your problems:
1) as for 'getting the movie' - since you are using FlashObject, it's
really easy, just use document.getElementById();
once you call fo.write() you can get the reference to the movie and
you don't have to get it again - no sense in running that every time
you call a function.
normally i'll embed the flash movie inline in the page, then put the
externalinterface initialization stuff in an onload event. that way
you know the flash movie will be there, and it gives all the other
elements on the page time to load as well.
2) the form issue is a sort of known issue - there's a lot of
problems when placing the flash movie inside a form, although i
haven't heard of issues with placing it before vs. after.
read the comments on the livedocs here:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/
html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=2200.html
and maybe try some googling for more info.
On Apr 20, 2006, at 3:35 PM, David Rorex wrote:
Instead of creating a reference to your flash movie and storing it, I
get it every time.
JS Code:
function getMovie(movieName) {
if (navigator.appName.indexOf(Microsoft) != -1) {
return window[movieName]
}
else {
return document[movieName]
}
}
Example usage in JS:
getMovie('myMovie').someFunctionInFlash();
-David R
On 4/18/06, Aaron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark, Ryan,
Thanks for the input. I looked at that other guys ExternalInterface
testing. I switched all of my code to follow what he is doing. I am
still getting IE errors. I can't figure out what is going on. IE
doesn't like calling methods on the flash object for some reason.
When it calls ( flashMovieScroller.gotoStepFromJS(num) ) it errors
out. Why would it be doing that for my methods and not Geoff's
methods. Weird!.
take a look again at this. Look at the update JS and HTML compared to
that other guys. See if there's anything you notice that might be
wrong.
http://www.smithaaronlee.net/jstest/ImgScrollerTEST333.html
The only thing I haven't tried yet was rearranging the flash objects
on the page to see if that helps. I guess i'll give that a try
thanks for taking the time.
-Smith
On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Mark Llobrera wrote:
Ryan:
When testing locally with Windows/IE, you can set allowScriptAccess
to 'always' - it'll save you having to upload to a server.
Aaron:
I was stalled with ExternalInterface myself yesterday; I had the
hardest time getting it to work on the Windows/IE combo. The
included samples from Macromedia didn't work, and several others on
the web didn't work either. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari/Firefox
on the Mac) worked fine. Since I was using flashobject to embed
the swf, I wandered over to Geoff Stearns's blog and found this
example: http://blog.deconcept.com/code/externalinterface.html. I
eventually ended up taking that html (since it worked on Win/IE)
and using it as the basis for my html page, just so I could figure
out what was wrong. I found two things different between my page
that didn't work and the deconcept example:
If you look at the code on that page the reference to the flash
movie isn't initialized until the entire page is loaded. That would
be the first place I would look.
The second thing I learned yesterday (and this is where it starts
to devolve into voodoo) is that the order of items on the page
matters greatly (but seemingly only on Win/IE). I was calling a
flash movie from a javascript function triggered by a form button
(http://www.dirtystylus.com/sandbox/feedroom/filebrowser/
file_browser.html - an attempt to feed an flv on a local filesystem
to a video object). When the form was placed before embedding the
swf, it didn't work on Win/IE. As soon as I moved the form after
the embedded swf in the html code, it worked. Extremely weird.
-Mark
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan
Potter
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:19 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
me.
I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code
that I
have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect
set to
true but I don't think that is it.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Aaron
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
me.
Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have
a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/
jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html )
It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work
completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in
IE, IE
throws errors when you click
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
Instead of creating a reference to your flash movie and storing it, I
get it every time.
JS Code:
function getMovie(movieName) {
if (navigator.appName.indexOf(Microsoft) != -1) {
return window[movieName]
}
else {
return document[movieName]
}
}
Example usage in JS:
getMovie('myMovie').someFunctionInFlash();
-David R
On 4/18/06, Aaron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark, Ryan,
Thanks for the input. I looked at that other guys ExternalInterface
testing. I switched all of my code to follow what he is doing. I am
still getting IE errors. I can't figure out what is going on. IE
doesn't like calling methods on the flash object for some reason.
When it calls ( flashMovieScroller.gotoStepFromJS(num) ) it errors
out. Why would it be doing that for my methods and not Geoff's
methods. Weird!.
take a look again at this. Look at the update JS and HTML compared to
that other guys. See if there's anything you notice that might be wrong.
http://www.smithaaronlee.net/jstest/ImgScrollerTEST333.html
The only thing I haven't tried yet was rearranging the flash objects
on the page to see if that helps. I guess i'll give that a try
thanks for taking the time.
-Smith
On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Mark Llobrera wrote:
Ryan:
When testing locally with Windows/IE, you can set allowScriptAccess
to 'always' - it'll save you having to upload to a server.
Aaron:
I was stalled with ExternalInterface myself yesterday; I had the
hardest time getting it to work on the Windows/IE combo. The
included samples from Macromedia didn't work, and several others on
the web didn't work either. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari/Firefox
on the Mac) worked fine. Since I was using flashobject to embed
the swf, I wandered over to Geoff Stearns's blog and found this
example: http://blog.deconcept.com/code/externalinterface.html. I
eventually ended up taking that html (since it worked on Win/IE)
and using it as the basis for my html page, just so I could figure
out what was wrong. I found two things different between my page
that didn't work and the deconcept example:
If you look at the code on that page the reference to the flash
movie isn't initialized until the entire page is loaded. That would
be the first place I would look.
The second thing I learned yesterday (and this is where it starts
to devolve into voodoo) is that the order of items on the page
matters greatly (but seemingly only on Win/IE). I was calling a
flash movie from a javascript function triggered by a form button
(http://www.dirtystylus.com/sandbox/feedroom/filebrowser/
file_browser.html - an attempt to feed an flv on a local filesystem
to a video object). When the form was placed before embedding the
swf, it didn't work on Win/IE. As soon as I moved the form after
the embedded swf in the html code, it worked. Extremely weird.
-Mark
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan
Potter
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:19 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
me.
I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code that I
have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect set to
true but I don't think that is it.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
me.
Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have
a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/
jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html )
It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work
completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE
throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see
the JS.
this is what it is supposed to do:
when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the
scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through
js to the other flash piece to load a larger img.
On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote:
I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is
your code on a server:
http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for
me.
ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it
locally. I'll try it on a server.
On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote:
Did you upload it to a server
RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC. I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could not figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work. If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE and Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for others it means we have a problem with our win machine. here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html file in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away. I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a sec. thanks, smith ___ 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] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it locally. I'll try it on a server. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC. I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could not figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work. If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE and Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for others it means we have a problem with our win machine. here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html file in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away. I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a sec. thanks, smith ___ 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] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/ jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html ) It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see the JS. this is what it is supposed to do: when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through js to the other flash piece to load a larger img. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is your code on a server: http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it locally. I'll try it on a server. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC. I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could not figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work. If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE and Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for others it means we have a problem with our win machine. here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html file in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away. I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a sec. thanks, smith ___ 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 ___ 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] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code that I have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect set to true but I don't think that is it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/ jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html ) It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see the JS. this is what it is supposed to do: when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through js to the other flash piece to load a larger img. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is your code on a server: http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it locally. I'll try it on a server. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC. I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could not figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work. If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE and Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for others it means we have a problem with our win machine. here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html file in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away. I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a sec. thanks, smith ___ 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 ___ 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
RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
Ryan: When testing locally with Windows/IE, you can set allowScriptAccess to 'always' - it'll save you having to upload to a server. Aaron: I was stalled with ExternalInterface myself yesterday; I had the hardest time getting it to work on the Windows/IE combo. The included samples from Macromedia didn't work, and several others on the web didn't work either. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari/Firefox on the Mac) worked fine. Since I was using flashobject to embed the swf, I wandered over to Geoff Stearns's blog and found this example: http://blog.deconcept.com/code/externalinterface.html. I eventually ended up taking that html (since it worked on Win/IE) and using it as the basis for my html page, just so I could figure out what was wrong. I found two things different between my page that didn't work and the deconcept example: If you look at the code on that page the reference to the flash movie isn't initialized until the entire page is loaded. That would be the first place I would look. The second thing I learned yesterday (and this is where it starts to devolve into voodoo) is that the order of items on the page matters greatly (but seemingly only on Win/IE). I was calling a flash movie from a javascript function triggered by a form button (http://www.dirtystylus.com/sandbox/feedroom/filebrowser/file_browser.html - an attempt to feed an flv on a local filesystem to a video object). When the form was placed before embedding the swf, it didn't work on Win/IE. As soon as I moved the form after the embedded swf in the html code, it worked. Extremely weird. -Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Potter Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:19 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code that I have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect set to true but I don't think that is it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/ jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html ) It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see the JS. this is what it is supposed to do: when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through js to the other flash piece to load a larger img. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is your code on a server: http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it locally. I'll try it on a server. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. It's not working on out windows machine. It doesn't work in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. It works fine in every browser on MAC. I've been doing some testing to figure out what it was. And could not figure it out. So I created an even smaller test. There is two lines of code in the fla that calls an ExternalInterface call to a js method that just displays an alert. Even that doesnt work. If someone could take a quick look at my src files. Test it on IE and Firefox Windows. And let me know if it works. If it does work for others it means we have a problem with our win machine. here is a zip ( www.smithaaronlee.net/ExtIntTest.zip ) file with the src (fla, swf, html) . just open it up and look at the test.html file in firefox and IE. it should just pop up an alert right away. I would really appreciate someone doing this. it will only take a sec. thanks, smith
Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me.
Mark, Ryan, Thanks for the input. I looked at that other guys ExternalInterface testing. I switched all of my code to follow what he is doing. I am still getting IE errors. I can't figure out what is going on. IE doesn't like calling methods on the flash object for some reason. When it calls ( flashMovieScroller.gotoStepFromJS(num) ) it errors out. Why would it be doing that for my methods and not Geoff's methods. Weird!. take a look again at this. Look at the update JS and HTML compared to that other guys. See if there's anything you notice that might be wrong. http://www.smithaaronlee.net/jstest/ImgScrollerTEST333.html The only thing I haven't tried yet was rearranging the flash objects on the page to see if that helps. I guess i'll give that a try thanks for taking the time. -Smith On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Mark Llobrera wrote: Ryan: When testing locally with Windows/IE, you can set allowScriptAccess to 'always' - it'll save you having to upload to a server. Aaron: I was stalled with ExternalInterface myself yesterday; I had the hardest time getting it to work on the Windows/IE combo. The included samples from Macromedia didn't work, and several others on the web didn't work either. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari/Firefox on the Mac) worked fine. Since I was using flashobject to embed the swf, I wandered over to Geoff Stearns's blog and found this example: http://blog.deconcept.com/code/externalinterface.html. I eventually ended up taking that html (since it worked on Win/IE) and using it as the basis for my html page, just so I could figure out what was wrong. I found two things different between my page that didn't work and the deconcept example: If you look at the code on that page the reference to the flash movie isn't initialized until the entire page is loaded. That would be the first place I would look. The second thing I learned yesterday (and this is where it starts to devolve into voodoo) is that the order of items on the page matters greatly (but seemingly only on Win/IE). I was calling a flash movie from a javascript function triggered by a form button (http://www.dirtystylus.com/sandbox/feedroom/filebrowser/ file_browser.html - an attempt to feed an flv on a local filesystem to a video object). When the form was placed before embedding the swf, it didn't work on Win/IE. As soon as I moved the form after the embedded swf in the html code, it worked. Extremely weird. -Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Potter Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:19 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I get the same as you. I looked at the external interface code that I have and the only difference I can see is I have swLiveConnect set to true but I don't think that is it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:46 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. Yes I tried it out on yours and my server. works just fine. Now have a look at this. on Firefox and IE: ( http://www.smithaaronlee.net/ jstest/ImgScrollerTEST.html ) It works in firefox like it should. But in IE it doesn't work completely. I'm having troubles figuring out what is wrong in IE, IE throws errors when you click on a step button. Just viewsource to see the JS. this is what it is supposed to do: when you click a 'step' button it reloads different thumbnails in the scroller piece. when you click on a thumbnail it communicates through js to the other flash piece to load a larger img. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: I tested it and it works. It is the testing locally issue. Here is your code on a server: http://www.thoughtwillrise.com/flash/exttest/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:22 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. ok, yeah I wonder if thats the issue (local). I was just testing it locally. I'll try it on a server. On Apr 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ryan Potter wrote: Did you upload it to a server and test it or just do it locally? It doesn't work for me if it is local but it works like a champ when uploaded and I am on windows too. I will look at your source. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:12 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Testing ExternalInterface on Windows for me. I am at work right now. And we only have one windows machine. We are using some ExternalInterface functionality in one of our projects. It's not working on out windows
Re: [Flashcoders] testing
loud and clear 2006/3/31, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: testing... coming through? ___ 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] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE
Hi Mani - Have you prefixed your localConnectionID with an underscore? Try _id as opposed to id. The other gotcha is just to make sure there aren't two instances of the receiving swf running (as often is the case when using one of the SWF2EXE tools), since one will capture all the messages and the other will show nothing. best, - rajat On 3/29/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a swf that is sending to a LocalConnection and it works fine when they are both operating locally but when I place the sending swf to the server it stops working- this is despite the fact that I have tried placing an allowDomain in the receiving swf. I am using Flash 8 as my authoring environment. What other issues should I troubleshoot when dealing with a LocalConnection behaving this way? Thanks, Mani ___ 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 -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.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] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE
forgive me if this is implied, but there's always been alot of misunderstanding about LocalConnection.. LocalConnection is not used to send messages from one machine to another. It's meant to send messages between 2 or more swf files on the same machine whether in browser or .exe again, don't kill me if that's not what you were referring too ;) On 3/29/06, Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mani - Have you prefixed your localConnectionID with an underscore? Try _id as opposed to id. The other gotcha is just to make sure there aren't two instances of the receiving swf running (as often is the case when using one of the SWF2EXE tools), since one will capture all the messages and the other will show nothing. best, - rajat On 3/29/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a swf that is sending to a LocalConnection and it works fine when they are both operating locally but when I place the sending swf to the server it stops working- this is despite the fact that I have tried placing an allowDomain in the receiving swf. I am using Flash 8 as my authoring environment. What other issues should I troubleshoot when dealing with a LocalConnection behaving this way? Thanks, Mani ___ 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 -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.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 -- - Alan Queen ___ 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] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE
Alan- They're both on the same machine but thanks for clearing that up either way. I was thinking that I could test a file sitting on the server using a local swf file and the local connection. I tried putting the domain permission etc but to no avail. Finally I resolved to just placing the other swf file on the same html page in a debug version. Rajat- as far as the name starting with an underscore -does that help? I don't think I've ever come across that- If so I have overlooked it. Thanks guys, Mani On 3/29/06, Alan Queen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: forgive me if this is implied, but there's always been alot of misunderstanding about LocalConnection.. LocalConnection is not used to send messages from one machine to another. It's meant to send messages between 2 or more swf files on the same machine whether in browser or .exe again, don't kill me if that's not what you were referring too ;) On 3/29/06, Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mani - Have you prefixed your localConnectionID with an underscore? Try _id as opposed to id. The other gotcha is just to make sure there aren't two instances of the receiving swf running (as often is the case when using one of the SWF2EXE tools), since one will capture all the messages and the other will show nothing. best, - rajat On 3/29/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a swf that is sending to a LocalConnection and it works fine when they are both operating locally but when I place the sending swf to the server it stops working- this is despite the fact that I have tried placing an allowDomain in the receiving swf. I am using Flash 8 as my authoring environment. What other issues should I troubleshoot when dealing with a LocalConnection behaving this way? Thanks, Mani ___ 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 -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.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 -- - Alan Queen ___ 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] Testing LocalConnection from a server in the IDE
Mani - Read here forthwith and whereas the underscore is important: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_connection_objects/local_connection_object07.html best, - rajat On 3/29/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan- They're both on the same machine but thanks for clearing that up either way. I was thinking that I could test a file sitting on the server using a local swf file and the local connection. I tried putting the domain permission etc but to no avail. Finally I resolved to just placing the other swf file on the same html page in a debug version. Rajat- as far as the name starting with an underscore -does that help? I don't think I've ever come across that- If so I have overlooked it. Thanks guys, Mani On 3/29/06, Alan Queen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: forgive me if this is implied, but there's always been alot of misunderstanding about LocalConnection.. LocalConnection is not used to send messages from one machine to another. It's meant to send messages between 2 or more swf files on the same machine whether in browser or .exe again, don't kill me if that's not what you were referring too ;) On 3/29/06, Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mani - Have you prefixed your localConnectionID with an underscore? Try _id as opposed to id. The other gotcha is just to make sure there aren't two instances of the receiving swf running (as often is the case when using one of the SWF2EXE tools), since one will capture all the messages and the other will show nothing. best, - rajat On 3/29/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a swf that is sending to a LocalConnection and it works fine when they are both operating locally but when I place the sending swf to the server it stops working- this is despite the fact that I have tried placing an allowDomain in the receiving swf. I am using Flash 8 as my authoring environment. What other issues should I troubleshoot when dealing with a LocalConnection behaving this way? Thanks, Mani ___ 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 -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.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 -- - Alan Queen ___ 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 -- Rajat Paharia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bunchball.com http://www.rootburn.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
