Re: [Flashcoders] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of a masked SWF
With your second explanation, the problem you are having is clearer. About a year ago, I developed an application where I had a container that loaded SWFs from other developers. I contacted all the developers with the dimensions and the FPS the SWF container is being built on and sent them an API to communicate with the container. It made my life a little easier. The problem was that some developers didn't conform to the API or read the docs, which led to last minute phone conferences to explain how to use the API, but that is besides the point. Because you have no control of those properties, I believe there isn't a viable fix other than getting the loaded SWF dimensions from the movieclip reference. From what I remember; if the SWF you are loading is built at a faster FPS than your container they will run slower and the loaded SWF may not account for that. Example; your container is 12 FPS and the loaded SWF is 24 FPS, the loaded SWF will run at 12 FPS. They might not be checking the current FPS and adjust their parameters for time based movement. The only other thing I can think of, but I haven't dealt with was changing the scale mode of the stage to showAll or exactFit. I am not sure this will help though and this will affect the container SWF as well. Let me know if you do figure this out another way, I would be interesting to know. Cheers, Rob. matt stuehler wrote: Claus, That's a great suggestion - the best answers are often the overlooked, obvious ones. But I don't think so - in the original SWFs, the masks aren't movieclips - they're just fills. So, I don't know how you'd check their width or height. The key thing about the application is that I won't know anything about the SWFs that are being loaded. My app should simply load a swf into a container movieclip, then attempt to scale it to fit the stage, and center it. Ordinarily, I can just check the container._width and container._height to accomplish this. But I've tested a few SWFs that weren't working properly, and that's when I discovered that they were using masks, which throws off the _width and _height. I can't assume that the SWFs will use a movieclip as a mask. Thanks again for your advice. Cheers, Matt On 4/18/07, Claus Wahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to be able to find the VISIBLE height and width of those SWFs; however _width and _height return the size of ALL the masked content. Can't you just check the width/height of the mask? Cheers, Claus. -- claus wahlers côdeazur brasil http://codeazur.com.br/ http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/ ___ 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] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of a masked SWF
All, It looks like this has been asked before, but I couldn't find an answer. I'm creating a Flash app that loads several SWFs. Those SWFs contain use masks. I'd like to be able to find the VISIBLE height and width of those SWFs; however _width and _height return the size of ALL the masked content. In other words, if the SWF has a stage size of 400x300, and a mask of 400x300, but the total size of the SWF is 800x600 (e.g., b/c of off-stage content, or stuff that's not visible thru the mask), then _width returns 800, and _height returns 600. I can see why that's sometimes useful, but in this particular application, I need to know the VISIBLE size. For example, I'd like to be able to center the VISIBLE part of the SWF on the stage. Is there any way to figure that out? Cheers, Matt Stuehler ___ 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] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of a masked SWF
I'd like to be able to find the VISIBLE height and width of those SWFs; however _width and _height return the size of ALL the masked content. Can't you just check the width/height of the mask? Cheers, Claus. -- claus wahlers côdeazur brasil http://codeazur.com.br/ http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/ ___ 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] Finding the height and width of the VISIBLE area of a masked SWF
Claus, That's a great suggestion - the best answers are often the overlooked, obvious ones. But I don't think so - in the original SWFs, the masks aren't movieclips - they're just fills. So, I don't know how you'd check their width or height. The key thing about the application is that I won't know anything about the SWFs that are being loaded. My app should simply load a swf into a container movieclip, then attempt to scale it to fit the stage, and center it. Ordinarily, I can just check the container._width and container._height to accomplish this. But I've tested a few SWFs that weren't working properly, and that's when I discovered that they were using masks, which throws off the _width and _height. I can't assume that the SWFs will use a movieclip as a mask. Thanks again for your advice. Cheers, Matt On 4/18/07, Claus Wahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to be able to find the VISIBLE height and width of those SWFs; however _width and _height return the size of ALL the masked content. Can't you just check the width/height of the mask? Cheers, Claus. -- claus wahlers côdeazur brasil http://codeazur.com.br/ http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/ ___ 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
