RE: Flash Player Java Edition Bugs?

[Paul F. Snively]

Hi, Slavik!


I'm not familiar with the "FlashAPI" classes. Are they documented anywhere?


Many thanks for the reply,

Paul


> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownershocker [dot] com [ownershocker [dot] com]On">mailto:ownershocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of Slavik

> Lozben

> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 12:07 PM

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To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Subject: RE: Flash Player Java Edition Bugs?

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>

> Have you tried using the FlashApi classes. It sounds like you need to use

> the api classes  instead of the Applet classes.

>

> -- Slavik

>

> > -----Original Message-----

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> From: ownershocker [dot] com [ownershocker [dot] com]On">mailto:ownershocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of Paul F.

> > Snively

> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 10:09 AM

>

> To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> > Subject: Flash Player Java Edition Bugs?

> >

> >

> > Hi folks!

> >

> > I'm a software developer attempting to integrate the Flash Player Java

> > Edition into my Java code. In order to do this I needed an

> > implementation of

> > the AppletContext and AppletStub interfaces, which I got from Gamelan. I

> > modified the code slightly to accomplish a few goals:

> >

> > 1) Extends Panel rather than Frame, because I want my movies to

> live in a

> > window instead of being one.

> > 2) Removed Frame-specific code.

> > 3) Added property getters and setters, no-argument constructor, and

> > addActionListener/removeActionListener methods, and wrote

> > URLEditor.java and

> > FlashPlayerBeanInfo to make my wrapper a JavaBean for the sake of

> > (hopefully) easy integration into JavaBean editors such as Visual

> > Cafe. Also

> > attempted to add serialization/deserialization support, but Macromedia's

> > applet isn't serializable.

> > 4) Implemented showDocument(URL url) method, which attempts to

> > take a "URL"

> > of the form "ActionEvent:ID=ACTION_PERFORMED&Command=whatever"

> > and construct

> > the appropriate ActionEvent from it, sending it to all registered

> > ActionListeners. The point here is that the Flash author should

> be able to

> > embed these special URL's in their Flash movies and trigger

> arbitrary Java

> > code in the embedding software this way, using the standard ActionEvent

> > "command" mechanism to select which action to take.

> >

> > Now here's the kicker:

> >

> > When I create the appropriate manifest file and use jar to create my

> > FlashPlayer.jar, the resulting jar loads into BeanBox fine, and

> > if I select

> > it from the palette and click in the designer window, up comes a Flash

> > movie--but so far, the only movie that I've pointed my player to that's

> > played successfully is Macromedia's own

> > <http://www.macromedia.com/uber.swf>! If I edit my code so that

> > the default

> > movie is anything else, the player typically throws a

> > NullPointerException,

> > although the exact misbehavior seems to have some randomness.

> >

> > I'm including FlashPlayer.java, URLEditor.java, and

> > FlashPlayerBeanInfo.java

> > in the hopes that some other Java programmer out

> there--preferably whoever

> > wrote Macromedia's applet!--will be able to lend a hand in tracking down

> > this bug. This is having a serious impact on me, as a client has the

> > expectation that their standalone Java program will play Flash movies!

> >

> > Many thanks,

> > Paul Snively

>

> <psnivelyrdoor [dot] com (mailto:psnivelyrdoor [dot] com)>

> >

>

>

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