extracting library info

[ubergrafik]

is there anyway of creating a list of all the things in the library, what their linkage is and other details like that? I tried the generate size report, but it only lists Symbol, Shape Bytes, Text Bytes, ActionScript Bytes.

[deadbeat]

You could do it with JSFL, but not Actionscript...

K.

[ubergrafik]

Thought so, Don't know of anything do you? Or can point me in the right direction?

[deadbeat]

In terms of a JSFL script? Something like this maybe:

var libItems=fl.getDocumentDOM().library.items;
for(var i in libItems){
fl.trace(libItems[i].name);
fl.trace(libItems[i].itemType);
fl.trace(libItems[i].linkageIdentifier);
// etc...
}


Check out the JSFL dictionary for more details on the available properties - you'll mainly need to look at the Library and Item classes...

http://www.macromedia.com/livedocs/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00003145.html#120689

HTH,

K.

[ubergrafik]

Thanks, this is very useful.

[ubergrafik]

OK, i pasted your code in (which i'm not sure you intended) and it didn't display anything. Was that the wrong thing to do?
I looked through the documentation and couldn't find any reference to libItems.name, libItems.itemType or libItems.linkageIdentifier

[deadbeat]

That is not actionscript, as mentioned it is JSFL...

You need to create a new Flash Javascript file, paste in that code, and save it. Then run the script from the Commands/Run Command menu...

K.

[ubergrafik]

Cool. Working. I'll tweak it and let you know how i go. Thanks!

[MichaelxxOA]

why do you need this? if you don't mind me asking.
-Michael

[ubergrafik]

I have a large library and wanted to get all the settings recorded somewhere, so it can be referred to at a later stage.

FYI, this is saved out as a jsfl file and put into the commands folder and run from inside flash. I'll post up the final version with instructions when it is going...

OK, I'd still like to do a few things tho. So far, I have all the info that i need, printing out line by line in the output window. Code as follows:

var libItems=fl.getDocumentDOM().library.items;
var itemNum = 1
fl.trace("NAME TYPE LINKAGE AS2.0 URL");

for(var i in libItems){

fl.trace("Num" + ++itemNum +", "+
"NAME: "+libItems[i].name+", "+
"TYPE: "+libItems[i].itemType+", "+
"LINKAGE: "+libItems[i].linkageIdentifier+", "+
"AS2.0 CLASS: "+libItems[i].linkageClassName+", "+
"URL: "+libItems[i].linkageURL
);
}

OK. So here's how it outputs:

Num70, NAME: Skin/ButtonStates/BtnLearnStates/BtnLearnUp, TYPE: movie clip, LINKAGE: BtnLearnUp, AS2.0 CLASS: , URL: Skin.swf
Num71, NAME: Skin/ButtonStates/BtnLearnStates/BtnLearnOver, TYPE: movie clip, LINKAGE: BtnLearnOver, AS2.0 CLASS: , URL: Skin.swf
Num72, NAME: Skin/ButtonStates/BtnLearnStates/BtnLearnDown, TYPE: movie clip, LINKAGE: BtnLearnDown, AS2.0 CLASS: , URL: Skin.swf

URGH!!! How can i format the output so that it looks nice. Like when you generate size report:

Symbol Shape Bytes Text Bytes ActionScript Bytes
------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------------
Interface 0 0 37
Frame 1485 0 0
ContentMask 305 0 0
MultiCheckBox 79 0 0
RadioCheckBox 164 0 0

(unfortunatley it looks like the white space was all stripped out, but hopefully you know what i mean.)

Cheers!!

[ubergrafik]

OK, still haven't figured out the formatting thing. Any clues would be useful!!

[hangalot]

hey guys

sorry i just moved this thread to the jsfl forum.
@ubergrafik
check out what you can do with windowSWF's, that would allow you to extract the info via jsfl, give it back to a swf, and parse it there, meaning you can display it in a very nice way :)

also in one of the more recent posts in the jsfl forum i gave a link to a library tool i wacked up, so looking at the jsfl code and at the as code should give you an idea of how it can be done.

[ubergrafik]

Cheers for your input. I haven't played with this for a while, but will try this stuff out and let u guys know. Thanks again!!!

[jjbilly]

Am I right that there's no way to access the source fla of a library item? It would seem a little strange - I want to update from a second fla before publishing, but first I want to be able to update the path to that fla for each library item in the fla I'm publishing from. You would have thought this would be a property or method on Item... wouldn't you?

[hangalot]

don't wuite understand what you mean. like shared resources?

[jjbilly]

The bottom part of the properties panel for an item in the library is labelled Source. If you click 'browse' there, you can set a link to a library item in another fla.

[hangalot]

i c. yes shared resource. i would post this on the extending flash list hosted by flashguru.co.uk, a MM engineer might help you there. i have a different approach for dealing with that.

[jjbilly]

Thanks, I'll take your tip.

Out of interest, what do you do?

[hangalot]

we develop each component in different fla's or a few components in one fla. then using this jsfl merger tool i wrote i import the symbols i need in order to reflect updates in the main fla. not the best practise, but i am refining it. the reason i use my merger tool is
1) i don't always want to import all the items child symbols
2) i want to keep my original folder structures.

so obviously its a hack for shared resources, that requires human intervention. to be honest i have not used shared resources yet, but i was advised to start checking it out by some friends, so maybe with a bit of self-application this can be automated.

[jjbilly]

Well, I'll let you know if I get anywhere interesting with the shared resources. thanks for your help.

[cairulong]

thanks, this is very useful!good!