Re: [actionstep-core] ASsymbolImageRep enhancement

[Ray C. <rc...@gm...>]

It shouldn't matter which clip you pass to repSizeForClip, since the
size is not affected by the clip it is attached to. It's a different
story for co-ordinates, though.

On 8/31/06, thomas mery <tho...@gm...> wrote:
> hi
>
> I was using repSizeForClip().
>
> and you're right about _root, I figured it out later.
>
> It leaves me with my question :
>
> how do I get the size of the symbol before the draw cycle ?
>
> because for instance I think If I want to use NSImage.setImageAlignment()
> and that I don't set a size for the image (and I want the image to the size
> of the symbol) it won't work (since the size() yields widht=undefined and
> height=undefined)
>
> I resort to calling repSizeForClip passing the view mcBounds as the base
> clip like :
>
> var size_mc:MovieClip =
> win.rootView().mcBounds().createEmptyMovieClip("__SIZE_MC__",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
> var symbolSize = rep.repSizeForClip(size_mc);
> size_mc.removeMovieClip();
>
> I also thought about passing the current view to the rep ...
>
>
>
>
> On 8/31/06, Scott Hyndman <sc...@af...> wrote:
> > It's an interesting idea, but there is a problem. You are relying on
> > _root to attach the symbol. The symbols may not necessarily be there
> > (they could be under a loadMovie'd clip).
> >
> > Ray is correct in suggesting repSizeForClip().
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On 31/08/06, thomas mery <tho...@gm...> wrote:
> > > Helo all,
> > >
> > > I've been finding myself trying to use the size of a symbol
> representation
> > > before its being drawn, like if I want to use setAlignment on it :
> > >
> > > ----
> > > var rect:NSRect = new NSRect(30,100,200,200);
> > >  var img:NSImage = (new NSImage()).init();
> > > var rep:ASSymbolImageRep = new ASSymbolImageRep("logo_sm");
> > > img.addRepresentation(rep);
> > >
> > > var iv:NSImageView = new NSImageView();
> > > iv.initWithFrame (new NSRect(0,0,300,300));
> > >
> > > iv.setImage(img);
> > >
> > >
> iv.setImageAlignment(NSImageAlignment.NSImageAlignTopRight
> );
> > >
> > > win.contentView().addSubview(iv);
> > > ----
> > >
> > > since it seem the repSizeForClip method is only called when the rep is
> drawn
> > > it was not working (the scaledImageFrameForRect of the NSImageCell class
> > > would not get a size for the NSImage)
> > >
> > > so I extended ASSymbolImageRep to have the constructor of the child
> class
> > > look lihe this :
> > >
> > > ---
> > > public function SMSymbolImageRep(symbolName : String, size : NSSize) {
> > >
> > >         super(symbolName, size);
> > >
> > >         var size_mc:MovieClip =
> > >
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip("__SIZEMC__",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
> > >
> > >         if(m_size == undefined) {
> > >             m_size = repSizeForClip(size_mc);
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         size_mc.removeMovieClip();
> > >
> > > }
> > > ---
> > >
> > > it's working for me so I'm happy :) but I was wondering if woud not be a
> > > useful addition to the ASSymbolImageRep class, and if not then why ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > thomas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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