Re: [Asunit-users] Adding custom Class Templates for XUL UI

[Luke B. <lb...@gm...>]

That's a great question Matt.

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to catch that!

Unfortunately, we had to make some tradeoffs in the XUL UI in terms of
simplicity vs. features. As a result, the templates in the XUL UI are
definitely *not* as simple as they were in the Flash mxp.

If you're really itching to get in there, you'll have to know quite a bit
about XUL and certainly JavaScript.

The entities that you'll be touching are as follows:
build.sh
AsUnit.xul
script/CreateClass.js
script/tokens/TokenFactory.js
script/tokens/*

Essentially, we have broken up a class definition into it's constituent
peices and created a JavaScript class to represent each of them. The
TokenFactory should help make this somewhat more clear.

As far as naming conventions go, we have no prefix for AS2 entities, and AS=
3
prefix any AS3 entities. If you're adding another template, it would
probably be wise to prefix your new classes with an appropriate name. Check
out the AS3 implementations as your custom classes can simply "extend" the
original AS2 classes.

Once your template files have been created and the TokenFactory has been
updated, you'll need to:
1) Update the AsUnit.xul file (about line 96) to add your new template to
the Template Combo Box
2) Update the CreateClass.js onTemplateChanged method (about line 194) if
you want certain interface elements to enable/disable based on your
implementation. You can usually just add the "value" parameter from the
AsUnit combo box for whichever language you're writing the template for.
3) Check the top of the build.sh script for targets that only exist on my
machine, update them and run it using a bash shell (like cygwin if you're o=
n
windows)

Sorry for how much of a pain this is, but this was a major tradeoff in
response to more robust choices and features...

I'm sure there is a way to make this more flexible, we just haven't investe=
d
the time yet. If others feel that a more flexible template system would be =
a
high priority please let us know...


Thanks,

Luke Bayes
www.asunit.org <http://www.asunit.org>