[xray] New Flex2 version of Xray is out to try

[John Grden]

you know, I don't even know ;)

I know Johannes has been using the connector for Flex1.5 apps, but not sure
how it'd work with AS3.  In fact, I doubt that it would (the connector that
is).

I converted the XrayTrace class over to as3 to develope this new interface
and it really saved me ;) It was very easy to port over and Xray's trace
recursion seemed to work fine.  SO, there's good news, but I know with what
I've seen so far, porting the connector over is going to be a big task ;)

On 6/1/06, Bjorn Schultheiss <bjorn.schultheiss at qdc.net.au> wrote:
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>  Very nice,
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> Is it just the interface or will this debug flex2 applications?
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>
> Bjorn
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> *From:* xray-bounces at osflash.org [mailto:xray-bounces at osflash.org] *On
> Behalf Of *John Grden
> *Sent:* Thursday, 1 June 2006 4:37 PM
> *To:* Open Source Flash Mailing List; xray at osflash.org
> *Subject:* [xray] New Flex2 version of Xray is out to try
>
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>
> Ok, wow, with an hour to spare before the deadline!
>
> I have to say, what a kick ass experience Flex2 was!!  Anyone that has
> dared look at the code for Xray's interface is usually turned to stone or
> retired shortely there after in pure horror.  The old interface has taken
> many many hours to build to it's current form.  I converted it to Flex2/AS3
> in about 5 days.  Incredible.  Now, it's not perfect, but, it IS quite a bit
> better than the current interface ;)  about 100% better.
>
> Anyway, some of the feature updates/additions to the Flex2 version:
>
> 0.  Resizeable interface.  Yeah finally.  Here's where Flex earned its
> paycheck 100x's over.  resize the width's of the treeview/property
> inspector, resize the entire app.  Have fun.
>
> 1.  New Video control.  I've added a new method to the xray connector
> called Xray.sendMetaData(obj).  Essentially, all you have to do is send
> along the metaData you get back when playing an FLV.  This will initialize
> the Flex interface to let you scrub your movie remotely.  Yes, I said "scrub
> your movie remotely"!!
>
>     // in your init method
>     ns.onMetaData = Delegate.create(this, onMetaDataHandler);
>
>     // then define the onMetaDataHandler
>     public function onMetaDataHandler(obj:Object):Void
>     {
>         _global.com.blitzagency.xray.Xray.sendMetaData(obj);
>     }
>
> 2.  Sound Control.  It was in the old version, but this version actually
> lets you scrub the audio, change the volume and pan.
>
> 3.  Property Inspector updated with some new controls and abilities.
> You've always been able to change properties at runtime, but what's new is
> that if you click on a string property, Xray will inspect it to see if it's
> a URL.  If it's an MP3, it'll play it right there in Xray (still have to put
> in some controls to turn it off- sorry).  If it's a normal web URL, it'll
> open up a new browser window and navigate to it.  Oh and to change a boolean
> value, just click on the cell - that's it!  Swaps the value and updates it
> on stage.
>
> 4.  Fixes to the treeview - it now updates properly.  Doing on-demand
> clicks works great and the code went from 50 lines to something like 15.
>
> 5.  HUGE textarea for doing traces and executing actionscript.  Probably
> too much, but hey, we're in texas now.
>
> Ok, if you wanna give it a whirl, here's the link, BUT, you have to try it
> with the Demo site I've posted OR download the new connector (v1.5)
>
> Flex2 interface:
> http://labs.blitzagency.com/wp-content/xray/flex2/Xray.html
>
> Demo Site:
> http://labs.blitzagency.com/wp-content/xray/flex2/XrayFlexDemo.html
>
> New Connector:
> http://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/osflash/xray/browser/downloads/connector/xray_conn_1.5.mxp?format=raw
>
>
> Let me know what you think!
>
> --
> John Grden - Blitz
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