RE: Flash Player Java Edition Bugs?

[Slavik Lozben]

The player you are looking for should have been installed in the Players

folder after Flash 3.0 installation. All the docs are in the same folder

(FlashApi). Good luck. If this works for you please let others know.


-- Slavik


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

>

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

> Snively

> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 2:36 PM

>

To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Subject: RE: Flash Player Java Edition Bugs?

>

>

> Hi, Slavik!

>

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

> anywhere?

>

> Many thanks for the reply,

> Paul

>

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

>

> 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

>

> To: flashershocker [dot] com

> > Subject: RE: Flash Player Java Edition Bugs?

> >

> >

> > 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-----

>

> > 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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