[Pixlib] Managing "states"

[Francis Bourre]

Marcelo,

if I find some free time next week, I'll try to investigate the topic and propose a light solution.

That's an interesting challenge.

francis
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa 
  To: Pixlib at osflash.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [Pixlib] Managing "states"


  Hey Francis!

  I'm not using a component framework. All my widgets are simply MovieClips as my project requires a lot of visual customization, I though that skinning a component set would be too much overhead and time consuming (although could worth it, but that's another story...). 

  After I've learned the concept of states, I must confess I'm having a hard time to project flash applications without thinking about it, that's why I'm trying to figure out the best way to at least come close to it using the tools we have on Flash Player 8. 

  The main issue here is how to make things happen sequentially and encapsulate these sequences on objects and maybe formalizing it by making a common interface for it (an auxiliar class to handle state changing and adding other states). Each object is in itself a state, when I run this sequence, the state of my application changes (lot's of actions take place as if they were one). 

  Fuse is a perfect tool this. However, before adding more classes to my swf, I would like to know if this could be accomplished with pixlib alone (maybe batch commands?).

  Thanks and keep up the good work Francis! 

  Marcelo.



  On 10/3/06, Francis Bourre <peterphonix at usa.net> wrote:
    Hello marcelo !

    States are a very powerful feature of new flex framework (2.0).
    At this time, I've nothing planned to mimic that super tool.
    As you know, pixlib is not a component framework, and propose states with 
    MovieClip properties would be useless imho.
    I think you should redirect your request to components framework ML (aswing
    or actionstep maybe) :)

    francis


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Eric Priou" < erixtekila at gmail.com>
    To: <Pixlib at osflash.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:32 AM
    Subject: Re: [Pixlib] Managing "states" 


    > Sorry, I personnaly don't know flex's states, but I'd go for the
    > Composite pattern in order to use state-like applications.
    > Each moviclip level is a component tat could have seevral others. 
    >
    > A composite is fairly easy to add, no need of a framework for that.
    > HTH
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