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Insert Nodes used as a macro (6.x-1.2)

This module can be used to create macros (as pointed out by one of our user in a Drupal issue.)

The following steps show you how you can create a macro with the Insert Node module.

Create the Macro

First, create a node that is to become the macro. We will call this node macro. It is used without the Insert Node filter so the Insert Node tags do not get changed. This is important since we reference the main node (with the asterisk) and that reference would look like a recursive reference.

One idea is to use the macro as a PayPal button which gets set with parameters from another node. ...

Coming back at the right place when adding/editing/deleting Comments

It is now possible (See #418004: Comments included --> Back after reply) to have Drupal send you back to the page that inserts the node instead of the inserted node. Say you create node A and B. You include node A inside node B. You are looking at node B now. You decide to add a comment on node A (that you see from within node B.) Click on the Add new comment link, write the comment and click Save. At that point, you probably want to come back to node B instead of node A.

This feature is only necessary if you have the links at the bottom of the node and allow comments to show up.

The ...

Upgrading from version 1.0/1.1 to 1.2 or newer (or -dev) for Drupal 6.x users

I changed the name of the module back to InsertNode (although I did not want to, I did not want to jeopardize the Drupal 5 version... which would probably have been fine, but well...)

So, the newer version of the D6 module is again called InsertNode.

To upgrade you will want to keep the other version running until you get the new version as the replacement (although you can manage your site the way you'd like this procedure let you switch from the previous version to the new version without having to turn off your site for a little while.)

  1. Extract the new version, it adds InsertNode ...

InsertNode Installation

Decompress the module in your sites/all/modules folder.

Go to admin/build/modules (Admin » Site Building » Modules) and select the new module (under package named "Filters input".)

Go to admin/settings/filters (Admin » Site Configuration » Input formats) and select the Insert node filter1.

Make sure that the text areas using the [node:...] tag make use of one of the formats having this Insert node filter ...

  • 1. It is suggested that you create a new format if you are to use this filter only on a few pages. This way, you avoid wasting time on all pages.

InsertNode Compatibility (D5/D6)

Version 6.x added many new features (parameters, themes, etc.) to the module. However, the tags themselves remain backward compatible except for those two parameters:

  • collapsible
  • collapsed

The D5 version will insert the node content and make it collapsible or collapsed.

The D6 version inserts nothing on these parameters. It only makes the result collapsible or collapsed.

So if you are using D5 and want to keep the collapsible and collapsed look the same, you must add the body keyword as in:

[node:123 body collapsible]

[node:123 body collapsed]

SubString

SWF Action
Action Category: 
String and Characters
Action Details: 
0
Action Identifier: 
21
Action Structure: 
<n.a.>
Action Length: 
0 byte(s)
Action Stack: 
pop 2 (i), pop 1 (s), push 1 (s)
Action Operation: 
i1 := pop();
i2 := pop();
s3 := pop();
r := s3[i2 .. i2 + i1 - 1];
push(r);
Action Flash Version: 
4
See Also: 
SubString (multi-byte)

Pop two values and one string, the first value is the new string size (at most that many characters) and the second value is the index (1 based) of the first character to start the copy from. The resulting string is pushed back on the stack.

Since version 5, the String object substr(), substring() or slice() functions should be used instead.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Set Property

SWF Action
Action Category: 
Movie
Action Details: 
0
Action Identifier: 
35
Action Structure: 
<n.a.>
Action Length: 
0 byte(s)
Action Stack: 
pop 2 (a), pop 1 (s)
Action Operation: 
a1 := pop();
a2 := pop();
s3 := pop();
s3[a2] = a1;
Action Flash Version: 
4
See Also: 
Get Member
Get Property
Set Member

Pop a value from the stack representing the new property value.

Pop the name of the property to be changed. Note that the property scheme is from version 4 and as such the property name can be represented by a number. Older version actually only accepted floating point numbers.

Finally, pop the name of the object where the specified field property is modified.

The following is the list of currently accepted properties or fields for the Get Property and the Set Property actions. Note that the properties can be specified with either an integer (type 7, requires V5.0+) or a single precision floating point (type 1, V4.0 compatible). And since strings are automatically transformed in a value when required, one can use a string to represent the property number (type 0). It works with a double value, I even tested a Boolean and null and it works. Obviously it isn't a good idea to use these. The default should be a single precision float. Please, see the Push Data action for more information about data types.

WARNING: Adobe is trying to phase out this functionality. It is very likely not working in ABC code and it is not necessary since objects have member functions that can be used for the exact same purpose and it is a lot cleaner to use those instead.

 

Float Decimal Name Comments Version
0x00000000 0 x x position in pixels (not TWIPs!) 4
0x3F800000 1 y y position in pixels (not TWIPs!) 4
0x40000000 2 x scale horizontal scaling factor in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — represents half the normal size!!!) 4
0x40400000 3 y scale vertical scaling factor in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — represents half the normal size!!!) 4
0x40800000 4 current frame the very frame being played; one can query the root current frame using an empty string ("") as the name of the object; note that the first current frame is number 1 and the last is equal to the total number of frames; on the other hand, the Goto instruction expects a frame number from 0 to the number of frames - 1 4
0x40A00000 5 number of frames total number of frames in movie/sprite/thread 4
0x40C00000 6 alpha alpha value in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — means half transparent) 4
0x40E00000 7 visibility whether the object is visible 4
0x41000000 8 width maximum width of the object (scales the object to that width) 4
0x41100000 9 height maximum height of the object (scales the object to that height) 4
0x41200000 10 rotation rotation angle in degrees 4
0x41300000 11 target return the name (full path) of an object; this can be viewed as a reference to that object 4
0x41400000 12 frames loaded number of frames already loaded 4
0x41500000 13 name name of the object 4
0x41600000 14 drop target object over which this object was last dropped 4
0x41700000 15 url URL linked to that object 4
0x41800000 16 high quality whether we are in high quality mode 4
0x41880000 17 show focus rectangle whether the focus rectangle is visible 4
0x41900000 18 sound buffer time position (or pointer) in the sound buffer; useful to synchronize the graphics to the music 4
0x41980000 19 quality what the quality is (0 - Low, 1 - Medium or 2 - High) 5
0x41A00000 20 x mouse current horizontal position of the mouse pointer within the Flash window 5
0x41A80000 21 y mouse current vertical position of the mouse pointer within the Flash window 5
0x46800000 16384 clone this flag has to do with the depth of sprites being duplicated 4

Set Member

SWF Action
Action Category: 
Objects
Action Details: 
0
Action Identifier: 
79
Action Structure: 
<n.a.>
Action Length: 
0 byte(s)
Action Stack: 
pop 2 (a), pop 1 (o)
Action Operation: 
a1 := pop();
a2 := pop();
o3 := pop();
o3[a2] = a1;
Action Flash Version: 
5
See Also: 
Get Member
Get Property
Set Property
Call Method

Pop a value a1 representing the new member value.

Pop one string or integer a2 representing the name of the member to modified or create.

Finally, pop an object reference o3.

If the member a2 doesn't exists yet, create it.

Finally, sets the object member a2 to the value a1.

New Method

SWF Action
Action Category: 
Objects
Action Details: 
0
Action Identifier: 
83
Action Structure: 
<n.a.>
Action Length: 
0 byte(s)
Action Stack: 
pop 2 (s), pop 1 (i), pop i3 (a), push (o)
Action Operation: 
s1 := pop();
s2 := pop();
i3 := pop();
for(idx := 4; idx <= i3 + 3; ++idx) {
  aidx := pop();
}
o := new s2;
if (s1.length > 0) {
  o.s1(a4, a5, a6, ... , a(i3 + 3));
}
else {
   o.s2(a4, a5, a6, ... , a(i3 + 3));
}
push(o);
Action Flash Version: 
5
See Also: 
Delete
Delete All
Duplicate Sprite
Get Member
New
Set Member
Declare Object

Pop the name of a method (can be the empty string), pop an object1 (created with the Declare Object,) pop the number of arguments, pop each argument, create a new object, then call the specified method (function s1 if defined, otherwise function s2) as the constructor function of the object, push the returned value on the stack. This allows for overloaded constructors as in C++.

  • 1. Yes. This contradicts the definition above. I will have to confirm which is correct.

New

SWF Action
Action Category: 
Objects
Action Details: 
0
Action Identifier: 
64
Action Structure: 
<n.a.>
Action Length: 
0 byte(s)
Action Stack: 
pop 1 (s), pop 1 (i), pop i2 (a)
Action Operation: 
s1 := pop();
i2 := pop();
for(idx := 3; idx <= i2 + 2; ++idx) {
  aidx := pop();
}
o := new s1;
o.s1(a3, a4, ... a(i2 + 2));
push(o);
Action Flash Version: 
5
See Also: 
Declare Object
Duplicate Sprite
Extends
Get Member
Implements
New Method
Set Member

Pop the class name for the new object to create. Pop the number of arguments. Pop each argument (if i2 is zero, then no arguments are popped.) Create an object of class s1. Call the constructor function (which has the same name as the object class: s1). The result of the constructor is discarded. Push the created object on the stack. The object should then be saved in a variable or object member.