Where can we summon the MMExecute?

[str3ber]

Hi!

I have read a lot about the MMExecute command and as I understand it you can't just create a new .fla and in frame 1 try to execute a jsfl-file. That makes sense since jsfl is doing its magic within the IDE. I have seen examples where MMExecute is used with WindowSWF and it makes sense. But as I am developing a component and try to figure out how to list all the current embedded fonts in the library, the windowSWF-feature is not really helping.

My thought was to try to use the MMExecute in the draw-method for my component since it is executed in the IDE. But that does not seem to work..

So exactly where and when can you use the MMExecute command?

[jjbilly]

as you say, in the windowSWF; it looks like you probably need to use a command here instead. One of the limitations of JSFL that irritates is that you can't watch for events in the IDE - I'm guessing you'd like to do this, so that you can run your command when a components parameters get changed on the screen? In that case, perhaps you should look at using a windowSWF to configure your component. (though won't catch things like a user dragging to resize).

[hangalot]

no events (even now) sucky. but you can poll, there is a bug with doing this using the selection object/
http://www.lennel.org/blog/2006/02/26/bug-in-jsfl-using-selection-object/

[jjbilly]

In fact, polling seems even more generally buggy - frequent polling with Flash open a long time seems to cause Flash (on Windows) to carve out more and more resource for itself. We've never quite pinned it down any better than that...

[hangalot]

jsfl sucks behind. its a great pitty. one of the reasons i like flex so much, i can truly automate processes

[jjbilly]

Good - I think I'm finally going to get a chance to have a look.