[Xerte] Stage size of embedded swf - Xerte 2 Desktop

[Mary Ann Ahearn]

The mask within the flash file was not a movie clip but just a graphic with
no name.  I made it a movie clip, gave it a name and got odd numbers back.
Think I may be addressing it incorrectly and will poke around some more.
Using masks is very new for me both in Flash and in Xerte.

Why does the Text Flash SWF page template use a mask with the swf?  Is it to
mask any offstage elements in the swf that are not meant to be visible in
the LO?

We've asked our flash animation developer to use a mask within the swf to
accomplish this same thing.

Thanks!
ma


On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Julian Tenney <
Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

>  The movieclip must have a name – you must be able to address it somehow?
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> _level0.IFC.blah.yourSWF.mask etc?
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Mary Ann Ahearn
> *Sent:* 23 August 2010 17:34
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] Stage size of embedded swf - Xerte 2 Desktop
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> Thanks, Julian & Peter.
>
> The mask does not have a name but I do have the source files and will give
> it one to test out the theory.
>
> Thanks!
> ma
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Julian Tenney <
> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> There is only one stage – the loaded .swf’s dimensions are all you have. If
> you can discover the name of the loaded’s swf’s mask, you can get the
> dimensions from that..?
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Mary Ann Ahearn
> *Sent:* 20 August 2010 19:07
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Stage size of embedded swf - Xerte 2 Desktop
>
>
>
> Hi all,
> I can't figure this one out, and can't find anything in the list archives.
> Anybody know if this is possible?
>
> I'm trying to get at the *stage* width and height of a swf loaded onto a
> page.  I'm using the Text Flash SWF page template with a swf that has
> elements hanging off the sides of the stage that we don't see because of a
> mask.
>
> Graphic._width returns the width of everything including the elements we
> don't see, so when the template places a panel behind it, it's too wide.
> Not a big deal to fix by hand but it would be great if I could somehow get
> at the swf stage width & height to size the panel automatically.
>
> The stage for the swf is 440 x 158, but graphic._width returns 481.9 which
> includes the stuff we don't see.
>
> Thanks!
> ma
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