[swfmill] The <call> tag and HaXe / AS3

[Mark Winterhalder]

>  Am I right about this, or have I missed anything?

Hmm... I'm not sure. But maybe there is another option for you, if
including everything into a single SWF is not a requirement -- loading
a shared font library at runtime:

<http://osflash.org/swfmill#dynamic_shared_font_loading>

This works for me.

Alternatively, you can simulate what <call/> does (in a somewhat
hackish manner). Generate a simple SWF that calls your entry point,
and use 'swfmill swf2xml your.swf' to output its XML (swfml-ll)
representation. Copy the relevant <DoABCDefine/> (?) tag and include
that in your swfml.

HTH,
Mark



On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:12 PM, András Parditka
<andras at michaeltristram.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your quick answer, Mark.
>
>  The reason for creating the swf with the code first and
>  trying to add assets with swfmill later was that I wanted
>  to find out what it would involve to use swfmill's most
>  tempting feature (that I currently know): the ability
>  to include all glyphs of a font in an swf.
>
>  It now seems to me this would involve having to use HaXe
>  for compiling the code.
>
>  (For the Flash IDE cannot use an existing swf file as a
>  library, and without the ability to call a function with
>  swfmill, it is not possible to add the assets into the
>  compiled file.)
>
>  Am I right about this, or have I missed anything?
>
>  Andras
>
>
>
>  Mark Winterhalder wrote:
>  >>  All the examples containing the <call> tag seem to refer
>  >>  to MTASC. Is the <call> tag usable with HaXe if you target
>  >>  Flash 9?
>  >>
>  >
>  > No, it's not usable for anything but AS2. <call/> is left over from
>  > the very early days of Swfmill, IIRC the problem was that MTASC
>  > compiled code executed before the SWF was fully initialized. That
>  > problem was fixed shortly after, and I would discourage use even with
>  > AS2 -- it's just not necessary anymore.
>  > If you just remove the <call/> tag and use haXe's -main setting
>  > instead, it should work, no?
>  >
>  > Mark
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:34 PM, András Parditka
>  > <andras at michaeltristram.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hello everyone,
>  >>
>  >>  All the examples containing the <call> tag seem to refer
>  >>  to MTASC. Is the <call> tag usable with HaXe if you target
>  >>  Flash 9?
>  >>
>  >>  I've tried to find answer to this in the mailing list
>  >>  archives and in the available documentation, but could not
>  >>  find one. I have also tried doing it a few ways, but
>  >>  without success.
>  >>
>  >>  I've set up a little test project:
>  >>
>  >>  1.
>  >>  Main.hx: (Just draws a black, 100x100px rectangle using script.)
>  >>  ----------------------------------------------------------------
>  >>  import flash.display.Sprite;
>  >>  import flash.Lib;
>  >>
>  >>  class Main
>  >>  {
>  >>     public static var mySprite:Sprite;
>  >>
>  >>     public static function main()
>  >>     {
>  >>         mySprite = new Sprite();
>  >>         Lib.current.addChild(mySprite);
>  >>
>  >>         mySprite.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
>  >>         mySprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
>  >>         mySprite.graphics.endFill();
>  >>     }
>  >>  }
>  >>
>  >>  2.
>  >>  I use:
>  >>  haxe -swf haxe.swf -swf-version 9 -swf-header 1024:640:25:ffffff -main Main
>  >>
>  >>  3.
>  >>  mill.xml: (Should include the HaXe-generated swf, and call the
>  >>  main() method of the Main class.)
>  >>  --------------------------------------------------------------
>  >>  <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
>  >>
>  >>  <movie version="9" width="1024" height="640" framerate="25">
>  >>     <background color="#ff0000"/>
>  >>         <frame>
>  >>             <library>
>  >>                 <clip id="mainApp" import="haxe.swf" />
>  >>             </library>
>  >>             <place id="mainApp" name="mainApp" x="0" y="0" depth="1" />
>  >>             <call object="Main" method="main"></call>
>  >>         </frame>
>  >>  </movie>
>  >>
>  >>  4.
>  >>  I use: (swfmill-0.2.12)
>  >>  swfmill simple mill.xml mill.swf
>  >>
>  >>  Sadly, the black rectangle does not appear, which suggests the
>  >>  call to Main.main() not taking place.
>  >>  Am I doing something wrong?
>  >>
>  >>  Thank you in advance,
>  >>  Andras
>  >>
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