[Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars

[Dave Burnett]

Yes. ;-)

readFile works perfectly:
call, event, check content, debug shows [type Function], call another, event, check content, debug shows [type Function]
etc


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> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:28:33 -0700
> From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>
> Are you using an event to determine when loadVars has completed, um,
> loading vars? You would use the id of the page holding the buttons,
> right? In that situation I would think the onLoadVars event would think
> it was already complete due to the first call.
>
> Just throwing out wild guesses ... ;o)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
>> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 10:09 AM
>> To: Xerte list
>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>
>>
>> But the original query returns:
>> [type Function]
>>
>>
>> Try it with readFile.
>> The pre/post debugs are identical.
>> [type Function]
>> [type Function]
>>
>> Something is changing the form of the function.
>> (or isn't form equal to function?) ;-)
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:59:35 -0700
>>> From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>
>>> It is returning [type Function], but the brackets, spaces and dot
>>> notation are urlencoded. Decoding would yield:
>>>
>>> onload=[type Function]&onData=[type
>>> Function]&icon=_level0.engine.IFC.PG_MC21
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
>>>> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:48 AM
>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think the 2nd debug call should also return [type Function]
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I didn't include the actual call:
>>>> debug(some_Iconid.loadVars);
>>>>
>>>> So I'm just asking "what are you?"
>>>> Before I call it it says it's a function.
>>>> After I've used it once, it says it's something else.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:49:51 -0700
>>>>> From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like it's not getting url decoded on postcall. Or is that
>>>> normal
>>>>> in Actionscript?
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
>>>>>> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 8:41 AM
>>>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Precall debug:
>>>>>> [type Function]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Postcall debug:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> onLoad=%5Btype%20Function%5D&onData=%5Btype%20Function%5D&icon=%5Flevel
>>>>>> 0%2Eengine%2EIFC%2EPG%5FMC21
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:30:28 +0100
>>>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Interseting - it sounds similar to the situation where loadMovie
>>>>>> wipes out any members of the loading movieclip. Does the function
>>>>> still
>>>>>> exist when you try to call it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> debug(myIcon.loadVars); //whattya get?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Dave
>>>> Burnett
>>>>>>> Sent: Mon 12/04/2010 15:57
>>>>>>> To: Xerte list
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, something I should have checked earlier.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The onLoadVars event is not firing on the second call (or at
>> least
>>>>> it
>>>>>> is not being broadcast).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Almost like the function is not being called on the second
>> attempt
>>>>> to
>>>>>> the same icon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>
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