Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
Thanks guys. I went with the preloader approach as that had the fastest startup time. I'll provide numbers in the next message. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Anatole Tartakovsky anatole.tartakov...@gmail.com wrote: This is an old article of what you are trying to do : http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/2006/09/20/flex-developers-and-the-need-to-understand-flash There should be also article by Ted Patrick on the topic dated around the same time. Thank you Anatole On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Andriy Panas a.pa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Judah, AFAIK, you have 2 approaches to execute the code before preinitialize event is fired. 1) Mark you class with metadata [Mixin] and put the code in need into method public static function init(systemManager:ISystemManager): See HowTo create your developer ToolBox with Mixins blog article http://www.rialvalue.com/blog/2010/05/21/howto-create-your-developer-toolbox-with-mixins/ 2) Via custom preloader class you can execute the code before SystemManager.intialize() method executes, See How I (sort of) modified Flex’s SystemManager.initialize() method http://www.visible-form.com/blog/how-i-sort-of-modified-flexs-systemmanagerinitialize-method/ -- Best regards, Andriy Panas On 4 June 2010 06:57, dorkie dork from dorktown dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com wrote: That's what I'd like to do. So I added an event listener to the application preinitialized event like so: s:Application preinitialize=myHandler() / the problem is, in my application it takes a while to get to that event. so that's why I'm trying to find another event that happens sooner than that. it would be great to have systemManager, fontManager, resourceManager and styleManager creationComplete events so I can see what's taking so long in addition to redirecting if I need to. JP On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. according to this slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide 24, 25 etc there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do the lighter load? Cordially, Kerry Thompson -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
Gordon or Alex, Here are the numbers. Excuse the length. This is in ms from the launch of the application using getTimer(). Preloader constructor 314 Preloader initialize 316 Preloader progress event 388 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf - 3,520,823 bytes after decompression progress event 626 progress event 663 progress event 692 progress event 720 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/1 - 648,239 bytes after decompression progress event 882 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/2 - 370,463 bytes after decompression progress event 1138 progress event 1158 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/3 - 2,292,131 bytes after decompression progress event 1646 progress event 1695 progress event 1713 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/4 - 1,429,050 bytes after decompression progress event 2050 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/5 - 323,414 bytes after decompression progress event 2266 progress event 2292 [SWF] /ripple-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/6 - 441,686 bytes after decompression progress event 2446 progress event 2468 progress event 2900 Application Preinitialize event 3691 preloader? complete event 3769 initProgress event 3770 initProgress event 4558 Preloader create children event 4560 initProgress event 4805 initProgress event 4932 initProgress event 4951 initProgress event 4961 initProgress event 4968 initComplete event 4976 The application preinitialize starts at 3691. So it would be roughly that long before I could redirect the visitor if I needed to. In the preloader initialize I can redirect the user or add something to the display list at 316ms. So that event works for me. What I don't understand from this is it takes 4 seconds before the flex preloader appears. :( Why does it take so long? And more importantly how do I get the Flex preloader to show up (and work) quicker? Notice that the preloader create children method starts at 4560. So the user doesn't see anything but a blank screen until then. JP On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Gordon Smith gosm...@adobe.com wrote: I don't think so. How early do you need it? Why isn't preinitialize early enough? - Gordon *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *dorkie dork from dorktown *Sent:* Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:59 PM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize Is there an event before application preinitialize that I can listen for in the application? JP
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
What does the URL look like? If there’s a “#” in it, a FlashPlayer bug will delay until the entire SWF downloads. Your main SWF is 3.5Mb even when using RSLs. Is all that needed for the first screen? Modules will offload some of that to later and speed everything up. On 6/10/10 6:01 PM, dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com wrote: Gordon or Alex, Here are the numbers. Excuse the length. This is in ms from the launch of the application using getTimer(). Preloader constructor 314 Preloader initialize 316 Preloader progress event 388 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf - 3,520,823 bytes after decompression progress event 626 progress event 663 progress event 692 progress event 720 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/1 - 648,239 bytes after decompression progress event 882 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/2 - 370,463 bytes after decompression progress event 1138 progress event 1158 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/3 - 2,292,131 bytes after decompression progress event 1646 progress event 1695 progress event 1713 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/4 - 1,429,050 bytes after decompression progress event 2050 [SWF] /app-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/5 - 323,414 bytes after decompression progress event 2266 progress event 2292 [SWF] /ripple-debug/home.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/6 - 441,686 bytes after decompression progress event 2446 progress event 2468 progress event 2900 Application Preinitialize event 3691 preloader? complete event 3769 initProgress event 3770 initProgress event 4558 Preloader create children event 4560 initProgress event 4805 initProgress event 4932 initProgress event 4951 initProgress event 4961 initProgress event 4968 initComplete event 4976 The application preinitialize starts at 3691. So it would be roughly that long before I could redirect the visitor if I needed to. In the preloader initialize I can redirect the user or add something to the display list at 316ms. So that event works for me. What I don't understand from this is it takes 4 seconds before the flex preloader appears. :( Why does it take so long? And more importantly how do I get the Flex preloader to show up (and work) quicker? Notice that the preloader create children method starts at 4560. So the user doesn't see anything but a blank screen until then. JP On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Gordon Smith gosm...@adobe.com wrote: I don't think so. How early do you need it? Why isn't preinitialize early enough? - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dorkie dork from dorktown Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:59 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize Is there an event before application preinitialize that I can listen for in the application? JP -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
This is an old article of what you are trying to do : http://flexblog.faratasystems.com/2006/09/20/flex-developers-and-the-need-to-understand-flash There should be also article by Ted Patrick on the topic dated around the same time. Thank you Anatole On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Andriy Panas a.pa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Judah, AFAIK, you have 2 approaches to execute the code before preinitialize event is fired. 1) Mark you class with metadata [Mixin] and put the code in need into method public static function init(systemManager:ISystemManager): See HowTo create your developer ToolBox with Mixins blog article http://www.rialvalue.com/blog/2010/05/21/howto-create-your-developer-toolbox-with-mixins/ 2) Via custom preloader class you can execute the code before SystemManager.intialize() method executes, See How I (sort of) modified Flex’s SystemManager.initialize() method http://www.visible-form.com/blog/how-i-sort-of-modified-flexs-systemmanagerinitialize-method/ -- Best regards, Andriy Panas On 4 June 2010 06:57, dorkie dork from dorktown dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com wrote: That's what I'd like to do. So I added an event listener to the application preinitialized event like so: s:Application preinitialize=myHandler() / the problem is, in my application it takes a while to get to that event. so that's why I'm trying to find another event that happens sooner than that. it would be great to have systemManager, fontManager, resourceManager and styleManager creationComplete events so I can see what's taking so long in addition to redirecting if I need to. JP On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. according to this slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide 24, 25 etc there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do the lighter load? Cordially, Kerry Thompson -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
[flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
Is there an event before application preinitialize that I can listen for in the application? JP
RE: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
I don't think so. How early do you need it? Why isn't preinitialize early enough? - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dorkie dork from dorktown Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:59 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize Is there an event before application preinitialize that I can listen for in the application? JP
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. according to this slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide 24, 25 etc there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Gordon Smith gosm...@adobe.com wrote: I don't think so. How early do you need it? Why isn't preinitialize early enough? - Gordon *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *dorkie dork from dorktown *Sent:* Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:59 PM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize Is there an event before application preinitialize that I can listen for in the application? JP
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. according to this slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide 24, 25 etc there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do the lighter load? Cordially, Kerry Thompson
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
That's what I'd like to do. So I added an event listener to the application preinitialized event like so: s:Application preinitialize=myHandler() / the problem is, in my application it takes a while to get to that event. so that's why I'm trying to find another event that happens sooner than that. it would be great to have systemManager, fontManager, resourceManager and styleManager creationComplete events so I can see what's taking so long in addition to redirecting if I need to. JP On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.bizwrote: it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. according to this slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide 24, 25 etc there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do the lighter load? Cordially, Kerry Thompson
Re: [flexcoders] Event before preinitialize
Hi Judah, AFAIK, you have 2 approaches to execute the code before preinitialize event is fired. 1) Mark you class with metadata [Mixin] and put the code in need into method public static function init(systemManager:ISystemManager): See HowTo create your developer ToolBox with Mixins blog article http://www.rialvalue.com/blog/2010/05/21/howto-create-your-developer-toolbox-with-mixins/ 2) Via custom preloader class you can execute the code before SystemManager.intialize() method executes, See How I (sort of) modified Flex’s SystemManager.initialize() method http://www.visible-form.com/blog/how-i-sort-of-modified-flexs-systemmanagerinitialize-method/ -- Best regards, Andriy Panas On 4 June 2010 06:57, dorkie dork from dorktown dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com wrote: That's what I'd like to do. So I added an event listener to the application preinitialized event like so: s:Application preinitialize=myHandler() / the problem is, in my application it takes a while to get to that event. so that's why I'm trying to find another event that happens sooner than that. it would be great to have systemManager, fontManager, resourceManager and styleManager creationComplete events so I can see what's taking so long in addition to redirecting if I need to. JP On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kerry Thompson al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: it's taking a couple of seconds to reach the preinitialize event. according to this slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/dense-and-hot-360-flex slide 24, 25 etc there are a couple things going on that i don't need early on. so i'd like to check the contents of a shared object or session variable early on and redirect to a much lighter login page if i need to. It doesn't take long to check the contents of a shared object. Why not just do that before you intialize the object, and let it know whether to do the lighter load? Cordially, Kerry Thompson -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: flexcoders-dig...@yahoogroups.com flexcoders-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: flexcoders-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
