New Objects, Methods in Flash 7
For Flash nerds only - check out this interesting list of methods and objects found in the public beta of Flash Player 7.
The ones that stand out to me are MovieClipLoader, which seems to be an answer to Moock's "Petition to Macromedia" for a preloading API, style sheets for Text fields (CSS? or an internal style object?), mouse scroll wheel support, a "page setup" collection of properties for printing documents, built-in contextual menu objects (which will probably lead to a pre-built component), and new depth-related methods for movie clips (getInstanceAtDepth, getNextHighestDepth).
If you're the pioneering type with time to kill and want to test out some of these new methods, publishing a swf from MX and playing it in the Flash Player 7 public beta won't work. You have to update the internal version number of your swf after publication so Flash Player 7 recognizes, and parses, the new goodies.
Comments
Flash is moving in leaps and bounds.
And incase you havent figured it out yet, yes is supports CSS. You can load a style sheet in and apply it to htmlText Fields.
It only appears to support basic text formatting, but its a start.
Also there is img tag support for textFields aswell.
[code[
ss = new TextField.StyleSheet(txtFld);
ss.load("style.css");
ss.onLoad = function(success) {
if (s) {
txtFld.styleSheet = this;
}
}
[/code]
its that easy.
I'd post examples if i still had my site
Posted by: Ryan Matsikas at August 5, 2003 3:33 PM
Thanks for the attention, but the important thing right now is to confirm that this new Player supports your existing sites same as before.
Before releasing a major set of changes to consumers we use internal testing, private beta testing, and finally open developer testing to make sure that no unwanted changes occur to existing handlings. If you notice *any* unwanted change at all, then please alert the Player development team immediately:
http://www.macromedia.com/bin/fp7betafeedback.cgi?
On each cycle there are some unwanted changes that we can't address -- detection routines which don't allow for new players or synch based on assumptions of performance levels in previous players, for instance -- but because the Macromedia Flash Player is the only piece of clientside technology which reaches majority consumer viewership within a year, it's vital to get this info before the general public starts updating its engines.
Thanks for your help with this! Here's the main page, with release notes, downloads, and other info:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/public_beta/
Regards,
John Dowdell
Macromedia Support
Posted by: John Dowdell at August 6, 2003 3:15 PM
