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MO Glossary Anchor Support Improvements

Alexis Wilke — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:52:31 +0000

We are glad to let you know that we just made an update to the MO Glossary module, a module extension for Drupal 6.x.

This update brings better support to anchors by offering you five different anchor classes and five different filters (i.e. you can change the look and feel of each anchor based on some criteria that fits your website and group your glossary terms in five different taxonomies!) Also, the anchor can be made to point to one of three different destinations:

The Drupal Core Term Page;
This is the default for an anchor
The Taxonomy VTN Term Page;
...

Grouping items in a Cute Menu dropdown

Alexis Wilke — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:12:05 +0000

CuteMenu Title

Get Variable

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:35:18 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Variables

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 1 (s), push 1 (a)

Action Operation:

s1 := pop();
r := *s₁;
push(r);

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Get Member

Get Property

Set Local Variable

Set Member

Set Property

Set Variable

Pop one string, search for a variable of that name, and push its value on the stack. This action first checks for local variables in the current function. If there isn't such a variable, or the execution is not in a function, then the corresponding global variable is read.

The variable name can include sprite names separated by slashes and finished by a colon as in. Only global variables are accessible in this way.

Example:

Get URL2

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:26:54 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Movie

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

154

Action Structure:

unsigned char f_method;

Action Length:

1 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 2 (s)

Action Operation:

s₁ := pop();
s₂ := pop();
s₁.load(s₂, f_method);

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Duplicate Sprite

Get URL

FSCommand2

Pop two strings, the URL (s₂) and the target name (s₁).

All the usual HTML target names seem to be supported (_top, _blank, <frame name>, etc.) You can also use the special internal names _level0 to _level10. _level0 is the current movie. Other levels, I'm still not too sure how these can be used.

SWF Internal Functions

Alexis Wilke — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:50:52 +0000

Since Flash version 5, you can use internal functions (really member functions or methods of internal objects.) These functions are always available. These methods are called using the Call Function action with the name of the object and function separated by a period. A few of these internal functions are duplicates of some direct action script instructions. In general, it is preferred to use these internal functions rather than the direct action.

Enumerate Object

Alexis Wilke — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:17:25 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Objects

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 1 (o), push null, push * (s)

Action Operation:

o₁ := pop();
push(null);
foreach(o₁ as name) {
push(name);
}

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Call Method

Enumerate

Get Member

Set Member

Pop an object from the stack, push a null, then push the name of each variable and function member of that object on the stack.

This mechanism can be used to implement a foreach() function on an object. Be careful, though, that the stack be cleared when leaving the loop.

This action uses an object reference. If you only have the name of the object, use the Enumerate action instead.

Declare Function (V7)

Alexis Wilke — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:08:05 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Control

Action Details:

(256 variables)

Action Identifier:

142

Action Structure:

string		f_name;
unsigned short		f_arg_count;
unsigned char		f_reg_count;
unsigned short		f_declare_function2_reserved : 7;
unsigned short		f_preload_global : 1;
unsigned short		f_preload_parent : 1;
unsigned short		f_preload_root : 1;
unsigned short		f_suppress_super : 1;
unsigned short		f_preload_super : 1;
unsigned short		f_suppress_arguments : 1;
unsigned short		f_preload_arguments : 1;
unsigned short		f_suppress_this : 1;
unsigned short		f_preload_this : 1;
swf_params		f_params[f_arg_count];
unsigned short		f_function_length;

WARNING: the preload/suppress flags are defined on a short and thus the bytes in a Flash file will look swapped.

Action Length:

-1 byte(s)

Action Stack:

n.a.

Action Operation:

create a function on the current target

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Call Function

Call Method

Declare Function

Push Data

Return

Store Register

Declare a function which can later be called with the Call Function action or Call Method action (when defined as a function member.) The f_function_length1 defines the number of bytes that the function declaration uses after the header (i.e. the size of the actions defined in the function.) All the actions included in this block are part of the function body.

1. A function is limited to 65535 bytes.

Call Function

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:41:03 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Control

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 1 (s), pop 1 (i), pop i2 (a), push 1 (a)

Action Operation:

s₁ := pop();
i₂ := pop();
for(idx := 3; idx < i₂ + 3; ++idx) {
a_idx = pop();
}
r := call s₁(a₃, a₄, a₅...a_(i2+2));
push(r);

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Call Method

Declare Function

Declare Function (V7)

Return

Pops one string that represents the name of the function to call, pop one integer indicating the number of arguments following, pop each argument, call the named function, push the result of the function on the stack. There is always a result1.

1. When nothing is returned by the function, the result undefined is pushed on the stack.

CSMTextSettings

Alexis Wilke — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:37:53 +0000

Tag Info

Tag Number:

Tag Type:

Define

Tag Flash Version:

Tag Structure:

struct swf_csmtextsettings {
	swf_tag			f_tag;		/* 74 */
	unsigned short		f_text_id_ref;
	unsigned		f_use_flag_type : 2;
	unsigned		f_grid_fit : 3;
	unsigned		f_reserved : 3;
	long float		f_thickness;
	long float		f_sharpness;
	unsigned char		f_reserved;
};

See Also:

DefineText

DefineText2

DefineEditText

The CSMTextSettings are used to change the rendering mode of glyphs in a DefineText, DefineText2 and DefineEditText.

The f_text_id_ref is a reference to a tag holding some texts which glyphs need to be tweaked with these settings.

The f_use_flag_type defines which of the system (0) or Flash (1) font renderer should be used.

DefineEditText

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:40:22 +0000

Tag Info

Tag Number:

Tag Type:

Define

Tag Flash Version:

Tag Structure:

struct swf_defineedittext {
	swf_tag			f_tag;		/* 37 */
	unsigned short		f_edit_id;
	swf_rect		f_rect;
	unsigned		f_edit_has_text : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_word_wrap : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_multiline : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_password : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_readonly : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_has_color : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_has_max_length : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_has_font : 1;
	if(version >= 6) {
		unsigned		f_edit_reserved : 1;
		unsigned		f_edit_auto_size : 1;
	}
	else {
		unsigned		f_edit_reserved : 2;
	}
	unsigned		f_edit_has_layout : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_no_select : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_border : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_reserved : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_html : 1;
	unsigned		f_edit_use_outlines : 1;
	if(f_edit_has_font) {
		unsigned short		f_edit_font_id_ref;
		unsigned short		f_edit_font_height;
	}
	if(f_edit_has_color) {
		swf_rgba		f_edit_color;
	}
	if(f_edit_has_max_length) {
		unsigned short		f_edit_max_length;
	}
	if(f_edit_has_layout) {
		unsigned char		f_edit_align;
		unsigned short		f_edit_left_margin;
		unsigned short		f_edit_right_margin;
		signed short		f_edit_indent;
		signed short		f_edit_leading;
	}
	string			f_edit_variable_name;
	if(f_edit_has_text) {
		string			f_edit_initial_text;
	}
};

See Also:

CSMTextSettings

DefineText

DefineText2

DefineShape

DefineFont

DefineFont2

Additional interactivity has been added in V4.0 of the SWF format. This is given by the use of edit boxes offering the end users a way to enter text as if the SWF movie was in fact an interactive form.

The text is defined in a variable (accessible in action scripts). It can be dynamically assigned and retrieved. It is legal to have an empty string as the variable name (not dynamically accessible).