Comments on: JSFLInterface

By: David

David — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:02:38 +0000

Ahh, didn't think about calling eval, which I think is cleaner than running MMExecute directly. While it may complicate it a little I like the idea of the interface handling properties and methods. But I certainly see your point too. You're call. Either way it's helped me immensely and I appreciate what you've done here.

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:00:23 +0000

@David The Flash JS environment defines a real eval function, so you can run any arbitrary JavaScript, and JSFLInterface will return the result. In your case, try something like JSFLInterface.call("eval", "fl.configURI"). Do you think there's a need to add a "getProperty"-type method? IMO, there's no need to complicate the interface, and if you're looking for something shorter, you can always do MMExecute("fl.configURI"). Let me know if you disagree.

@George This same technique can be used to create variables. However, it seems to me that when you're doing that, it's usually a better idea to externalize the script.

As for the History Panel, I don't know if it's possible to manipulate that or not. If you find something on the subject, please let me know and I'll update the class.

By: David

David — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:41:58 +0000

Really nice! Works like a charm.

One thing I would add is the ability to get properties. Like fl.configURI and so on. You've already done the hard work and this would make it a more complete JSFL interface. Regardless, thanks for sharing. This is a huge time saver!

By: George Profenza

George Profenza — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:55:02 +0000

Hi,

I gave jsflInterface a try. Calling functions is no problem. Does the same apply when you create variables ? Also, when I call a jsfl method from a WindowSWF, nothing gets recorded in the History Panel, so no UNDO :(

Any way to get around that ?

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:59:09 +0000

Seems like we're doing some similar work (: But what happens if you want to execute one of the built-in methods, like fl.fileExists in the example above?

By: Aaron Smith

Aaron Smith — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:51:56 +0000

Nice work man. I've got a similar interface here: http://codeendeavor.com/gsdocs/net/guttershark/util/JSFLProxy.html