[Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars

Mon Apr 12 16:49:51 BST 2010

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.
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> >> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:14:24 +0100
> >> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>
> >> delete this.icon.rawData;
> >>
> >> alternatively set it to '' (it's a string isn't it?)
> >>
> >>
> >> -----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 3:14 PM
> >> To: Xerte list
> >> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> How to kill it is what I'm unsure of.
> >> How to remove rawData from the icon object.
> >> I've tried delete and remove but no luck.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:05:29 +0100
> >>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>
> >>> I'd try:
> >>>
> >>> If (this.icon.rawData != undefined){
> >>> //we've been here before - do whatever it takes to kill it
> >>>
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> //then carry on as before
> >>>
> >>> //and check it's changed
> >>> debug(this.icon.rawData);
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----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 2:43 PM
> >>> To: Xerte list
> >>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> OK, I'm looking at:
> >>>
> >>> this.icon.rawData = src;
> >>>
> >>> Is that adding the rawData prop to the object?
> >>> i.e. is it best to remove the prop and let it be re-added or clear
> it?
> >>> rawData = null;
> >>> rawData = '';
> >>>
> >>> ??
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:17:21 +0100
> >>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>
> >>>> you can debug it yourself - in the engine, get in the
> >>>> ICON.prototype.loadVars function and try clearing out the data
> when
> >> the
> >>>> function is called.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any good?
> >>>>
> >>>> -----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 1:16 PM
> >>>> To: Xerte list
> >>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Did you ever send me that NDA?
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:10:35 +0100
> >>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oh you tease. Any chance of sending the file?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----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 1:11 PM
> >>>>> To: Xerte list
> >>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I just made a new file with 3 buttons:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Load gloss text
> >>>>> main_page_id.loadVars('http://blah/common/gloss_content.txt');
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Load help text
> >>>>> main_page_id.loadVars('http://blah/common/help_content.txt');
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Check content
> >>>>> debug(main_page_id.rawData);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Whatever is loaded first persists.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:47:28 +0100
> >>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Dunno. I just exected that if you call the function again,
> things
> >>>>> would
> >>>>>> repeat,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -----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 12:08 PM
> >>>>>> To: Xerte list
> >>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Tried setting to null, Deleting, Removing.
> >>>>>> Couldn't seem to get rid of it.
> >>>>>> Bad syntax?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:04:12 +0100
> >>>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> rawText? rawData?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> What happens if you delete it before making the second call?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -----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 12:03 PM
> >>>>>>> To: Xerte list
> >>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The previous data persists in the rawText property.
> >>>>>>> I got around it by using a loadVars call and a readFile call
on
> >> the
> >>>>>> same
> >>>>>>> icon, but I found it strange I couldn't just reload the
> loadVars
> >>>>>> object
> >>>>>>> with new data.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:53:19 +0100
> >>>>>>>> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> What happens when you just call myIcon.loadVars(url);
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ??
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >>>>>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
> Dave
> >>>>>>> Burnett
> >>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 5:52 PM
> >>>>>>>> To: Xerte list
> >>>>>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re-using an icon to loadVars
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Any trick to re-using a page for multiple loading of vars?
> >>>>>>>> i.e. do I have to kill the rawData object?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I have it loading once and I parse out what I need, but I
> can't
> >>>>>> figure
> >>>>>>>> out how to use the same object (and event) to have it load a
> new
> >>>>>> file.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Have a good weekend all.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Dave
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
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