In JSFL, there’s two different reference systems – the directory structure and the URI structure. In the documentation, if you want the currently open file’s location they say you can reference
fl.getDocumentDOM().path
this gives you the directory structure. There, however, is no mention of how to get the URI. Some people have built clever find and replace scripts, but there’s an undocumented attribute called
fl.getDocumentDOM().pathURI
that gives you the URI as needed. Hope this helps someone!
Making a panel in Flash is rather easy, once you find the little bit of information you need. Panels in Flash are just swfs that happen to be in a specific directory.
Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP:
boot drive\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS3\language\Configuration\WindowSWF
Mac OS® X:
Macintosh HD/Users/userName/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash CS3/language/Configuration/WindowSWF
drop your swf in there, and it should be available in the Windows>Other Panels menu.
I’m embarking on learning JSFL, and if you’re looking to learn it, too, maybe my path will help you.
First thing’s first: A hello world example:
create a new, empty file on your computer called helloworld.jsfl and put this in it.
alert("hello world");
Open the Flash IDE and choose Run Command from the Commands menu. Point to your new JSFL file and viola, an alert, as expected.
I spent a good chunk of time trying to make a projector on OSX from a swf. I opened the swf in Flash Player and went to File and the “Create Projector option was greyed out. I closed it, re-downloaded, nothing I did seemed to work.
Turns out OSX needs a second to think before projectors are an option. Give it a moment and hopefully it’ll turn on.
If you’re using the SWFLoader component and would like access to the methods within that swf, it’s easy! Here’s how:
Object(swf.content).application.goFunction();
That’s it! This will run the swf’s goFunction method.