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MobileKey addition to ThemeKey

Alexis Wilke — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:59:11 +0000

The main idea of MobileKey is to give you the capability to switch your website theme to a mobile specific theme when the user access your site from one's mobile phone. A mobile theme will make it easier to access your website on a mobile device.

For go to the ThemeKey settings page:

Administer » Site configuration » ThemeKey

The MobileKey adds one selection to the list of attributes to match. The new selection is called:

mobile:device

This works everywhere on your website (it is a global option, not specific to any kind of pages.) The system checks different parameters to

gVim editor in SeaMonkey and FireFox

Alexis Wilke — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:20:38 +0000

Today I discovered It's All Text. This is a FireFox (also works in SeaMonkey) extension that gives you the capability of editing a box of text in your favorite editor.

I love to use SeaMonkey, but the text editor is a bit light when it comes to writing code or fix broken HTML. To palliate to this problem, I often copy and paste the content of my posts from SeaMonkey to gVim, my favorite editor, apply the fixes lightning fast, and then copy the result back in SeaMonkey before saving.

This is a rather tedious process and prone to mistakes. To avoid problems, you can instead install ...

Table of Contents Settings

Alexis Wilke — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:24:31 +0000

Filter Configuration

At this point, most of the Table of Contents configuration is done in the Table of Contents filter.

This means multiple Input formats allow you to make use of several different configurations.

Parent/Child with Taxonomy VTN

Alexis Wilke — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:34:09 +0000

Terms in a taxonomy can be organized as children of other terms. This generates a parent/child organization. For instance, you can have a term Fruit and mark Apple and Peach as children of Fruit.

The parent/child relationship can be used when you organize your Taxonomy VTN to shorten each page of your dictionary. The idea is simple: whenever you enter the top dictionary (taxonomy) page, you only get a list of the root terms (terms that are not children of other terms.) That list gives you access to the children terms and/or nodes of the parent term.

There are three flags you can use to

DoABCDefine

Alexis Wilke — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:48:38 +0000

Tag Info

Tag Number:

Tag Type:

Action

Tag Flash Version:

Tag Structure:

struct swf_doabc {
	swf_tag			f_tag;		/* 72 or 82 */
	if(f_tag == DoABC) {
		unsigned long	f_action_flags;
		string		f_action_name;
	}
	swf_action3		f_action_record[variable];
};

See Also:

DoABC

DoAction

DoInitAction

FileAttributes

^*the version specified here is the version in which the tags appeared—however, actions of higher versions can be used with older version tags and thus this version doesn't indicate the version of all the actions used in this tag

The DoABC and DoABCDefine are available since version 9. These are similar to the old DoAction and DoInitAction, yet the actions use a way different declaration scheme and they include flags and a name. This new scheme helps greatly in simplifying the definitions of ECMAScript classes and accelerate the access to the code tremendously.

Note that the ...

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End (action)

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:05:58 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Miscellaneous

Action Details:

0

Action Identifier:

0

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

0

Action Operation:

<n.a.>

Action Flash Version:

1

See Also:

End

End a record of actions. There are no valid instances where this action is optional.

The End action itself as no meaning other than marking the end of the list of actions. Yet, if reached, the execution of the script ends and is considered complete.

IMPORTANT NOTE

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SWF Button (swf_button)

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:36:06 +0000

SWF Structure Info

Tag Flash Version:

1

SWF Structure:

struct swf_button { char align; unsigned f_button_reserved : 2; if(version >= 8) { unsigned f_button_blend_mode : 1; unsigned f_button_filter_list : 1; } else { unsigned f_button_reserved : 2; } unsigned f_button_state_hit_test : 1; unsigned f_button_state_down : 1; unsigned f_button_state_over : 1; unsigned f_button_state_up : 1; if(any f_button_state_... != 0) { unsigned short f_button_id_ref; unsigned short f_button_layer; swf_matrix f_matrix; if(f_tag == DefineButton2) { swf_color_transform f_color_transform; } if(f_button_filter_list) { unsigned char f_filter_count; swf_any_filter f_filter; } if(f_button_blend_mode) { unsigned char f_blend_mode; } } };

A button structure defines a state and a corresponding shape reference. The shape will be affected by the specified matrix whenever used.

There are many acceptable combinations. The object which is referenced is drawn when its state matches the current state of the button. If only the f_button_state_hit_test is set, then the shape is always displayed.

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SWF Any Filter (swf_any_filter)

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:32:03 +0000

SWF Structure Info

Tag Flash Version:

8

SWF Structure:

/* the filter type */ struct swf_filter_type { unsigned char f_type; }; struct swf_filter_glow { swf_filter_type f_type; /* 0, 2, 3, 4 or 7 */ if(f_type == GradientGlow || f_type == GradientBevel) { unsigned char f_count; } else { f_count = 1; } swf_rgba f_rgba[f_count]; if(f_type == Bevel) { swf_rgba f_highlight_rgba[f_count]; } if(f_type == GradientGlow || f_type == GradientBevel) { unsigned char f_position[f_count]; } signed long fixed f_blur_horizontal; signed long fixed f_blur_vertical; if(f_type != Glow) { signed long fixed f_radian_angle; signed long fixed f_distance; } signed short fixed f_strength; unsigned f_inner_shadow : 1; unsigned f_knock_out : 1; unsigned f_composite_source : 1; if(f_type == Bevel) { unsigned f_on_top : 1; } else { unsigned f_reserved : 1; } if(f_type == GradientGlow || f_type == GradientBevel) { unsigned f_passes : 4; } else { unsigned f_reserved : 4; } }; struct swf_filter_blur { swf_filter_type f_type; /* 1 */ unsigned long fixed f_blur_horizontal; unsigned long fixed f_blur_vertical; unsigned f_passes : 5; unsigned f_reserved : 3; }; struct swf_filter_convolution { swf_filter_type f_type; /* 5 */ unsigned char f_columns; unsigned char f_rows; long float f_divisor; long float f_bias; long float f_weights[f_columns × f_rows]; swf_rgba f_default_color; unsigned f_reserved : 6; unsigned f_clamp : 1; unsigned f_preserve_alpha : 1; }; struct swf_filter_colormatrix { swf_filter_type f_type; /* 6 */ long float f_matrix[20]; }; struct swf_any_filter { swf_filter_type f_fitler_type; swf_filter_blur f_filter_blur; swf_filter_colormatrix f_filter_colormatrix; swf_filter_convolution f_filter_convolution; swf_filter_glow f_filter_glow; };

A filter defines how to transform the objects it is attached to. The first byte is the filter type. The data following depend on the type. Because each filter is much different, they are defined in separate structures. You can attach a filter to an object using an ActionScript or the PlaceObject3 tag.

The following describes the different filters available since version 8.

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DefineSound

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:57:55 +0000

Tag Info

Tag Number:

14

Tag Type:

Define

Tag Flash Version:

2

Tag Structure:

struct swf_definesound { swf_tag f_tag; /* 14 */ unsigned short f_sound_id; unsigned f_sound_format : 4; unsigned f_sound_rate : 2; unsigned f_sound_is_16bits : 1; unsigned f_sound_is_stereo : 1; unsigned long f_sound_samples_count; unsigned char f_sound_data[<variable size>]; };

A DefineSound tag declares a set of samples of a sound effect or a music.

The sound samples can be compressed or not, stereo or not and 8 or 16 bits. The different modes are not all available in version 2, although the same tag is used in newer versions with additional capabilities.

The f_sound_is_16bits is always set to 1 (16bits samples) if the samples are compressed (neither Raw nor Uncompressed).

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File Header

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:20:29 +0000

Tag Info

Tag Number:

-1

Tag Type:

Format

Tag Flash Version:

1

Tag Structure:

struct swf_header {1 unsigned char f_magic[3]; /* 'FWS' or 'CWS' */ unsigned char f_version; unsigned long f_file_length; } struct swf_header_movie {2 swf_rect f_frame_size; unsigned short fixed f_frame_rate; unsigned short f_frame_count; };

1. This part is never compressed

2. Although considered part of the header, this part is compressed in the 'CWS' format.

The file header is found at the very beginning of the file. It should be used to determine whether a file is an SWF file or not. Also, it contains information about the frame size, the speed at which is should be played and the version (determining the tags and actions possibly used in the file).

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