Alex’s Flex Closet

Very Interesting,

But, you have try to make the popup not modal as:
PopUpManager.addPopUp(loginDialog, Application.application as DisplayObject,false);

And try to make more popups!.... then IExplorer process are bigger, you kill popups, and memory not free. ¿Is a bug?.

To big applications that´s could be a big problem.

In this week i must decide if i develop a proyect with this or not... 70% no, 30% yes... :(

Sorry for my poor english!.

Best!.

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My testing does not how any memory leaks. Make sure you read my blog on garbage collection/memory management because memory statistics can be misleading.

Good luck,
-Alex

HI,

When i try to run this app by moving the module specific files into a package/folder say testpackage then i am getting the following Error

1 Error found.

Error /MyTests/testpackage/MyApp.mxml
A file found in a source-path must have the same package structure '', as the definition's package, 'testpackage'.

I added the package testpackage for the two ActionScript Files and
Added

xmlns:comp="testpackage.*" implements="testpackage.ILoginDialog" >>
in the LoginDialog.mxml

Not sure what went wrong..

Thanks
Sateesh

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Your directory structure must match the package structure. Modules do not like being in subdirectories so build them in their own project directory.

Hi Alex,

Also when i try to run the Module it self i am getting the Error:

Error /MyTests/testpackage/LoginDialog.mxml
Unable to locate specified base class 'testpackage.ModuleTitleWindow' for component class 'LoginDialog'.

I am sure this is a simple namespace issue but some how i cannot figure it out..
could u pls let me know..
Thanks a lot for your help..

Regards
Kumar

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same problem. Put everything in its own project directory.

Very nice, this cleans up a messy workaround I was using before.

Also, I have successfully used the modules in subdirectories of my larger project. It takes a little work with namespace but it seems to work fine. However, making it runnable is a bit of a hack as you have to edit the .actionScriptProperties file by hand to make it runnable, clean your project, close your project, then reopen your project, and possibly clean your project again.

Hi Alex,
I have an example of using Modules which works but only by hard linking to the loaded module. For best practice I'd like to use and interface but I can't cast the loaded module to the interface because it must be typed DisplayObject:
Note: I need to use ModuleManager because I'm loading multiple modules dynamically, many of which may be duplicates.

Code:

import mx.modules.ModuleLoader;
import mx.modules.ModuleManager;
import mx.modules.IModuleInfo;
import mx.events.ModuleEvent;

import ModuleIFace;
import QuestionModule;

public var readyCount:int;
public var info:IModuleInfo;
public var myModInfos:Array = [];
public var myMods:Array = [];
public var myModChilds: Array = [];


public var modUrlArr: Array = ["Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf","Qmodule.swf"]


public function onCreationComplete():void{
readyCount = 0;
var i:int;
for (i=0; i {

info = ModuleManager.getModule(modUrlArr[i]);
info.addEventListener(ModuleEvent.READY, modEventHandler);
if(!info.loaded){
info.load();
}
// Add the ModuleInfos to an Array
myModInfos.push(info);

}
}


private function modEventHandler(e:ModuleEvent):void {

// count the number of Ready Events. When all URLs are ready call initModule
readyCount ++;
if(readyCount >= modUrlArr.length)
{
initModule();
}

}

public function initModule():void{
var i:int;
for (i=0; i var moddy:DisplayObject = myModInfos[i].factory.create() as DisplayObject ;
myMods.push(moddy);
myV.addChild(moddy);

}

}



public function popModules():void{
var i:int;
for (i=0; i myMods[i].popDump("gog");
}

}



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I have an Interface for the module but don't know how to use it in this scenario.

Thanks for any help.
Gerard
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You should be able to cast from the interface to DisplayObject.

Many thanks for share the "Download Source"...
Very usefully....

hi Alex,

I´ve got the same Problem like saatesh.

Error /MyTests/testpackage/MyApp.mxml

Please replay... Or write an email please (admin@medienstern.de)

Thanks

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Try it without putting the module in a package. Modules are like sub-apps and should be in the default package.

it works excellent. many thanks again

Thanks for the Great Informations and the Download... A usefully Blog. I could learn very usefully things here... Thanks

D:\flexTestProjects>mxmlc test\Person.as
Loading configuration file D:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2 Plug-in\Flex SD
K 2\frameworks\flex-config.xml
D:\flexTestProjects\test\Person.as: Error: A file found in a source-path must ha
ve the same package structure '', as the definition's package, 'test'.

what went wrong here? I have the code inside

package test{
}

And as you can see, i have the file inside the test folder.

Do flex having something like CLASSPATH in java?

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Alex responds:

Generally, an application or module cannot be in a package. I think someone has made it work, but in general I don't do that. You can set source-path options to try to compile something in a subdirectory

Thanks for such a nice example.
I have following error while running this.
first, If I use ModuleEvent.READY it does not work anything, and when I change it to ModuleEvent.SETUP, it gives me following error
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at mx.managers::PopUpManagerImpl/addPopUp()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\PopUpManagerImpl.as:229]
at mx.managers::PopUpManager$/addPopUp()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\PopUpManager.as:169]
at ()[D:\kaushal\download\flex3\example_tutorial\PopUpDialogAsModule2\src\MyApp.mxml:19]

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Alex responds:

The example I posted works in Flex 3. You should be getting and using the READY event. SETUP might be at the wrong time.

Nice example,

I have change folder structure and find it is not working. You can view source from http://208.109.190.84/~cfcdi/work/popupmodule/MyApp.html (right click > view source)
Please run on debugger version which shows you error.

I am using flex 3.0 (build 3.0.164161).

I have temporary solution for that is to change as below in MyModule.mxml
private var loginDialog:*;
loginDialog = m.factory.create();

Anyone can help me, how to avoid that error? Thanks

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Alex responds:

Please post this question on FlexCoders.