3d scene 3d object

Hi all,
I have this problem: I'm creating a functional global variable that creates a 3d scene with x,y,z axes, then updates it adding 110 little 3d spheres. My problem is that when I create the scene with axes the result is a scene node refnum, and so I cannot add to this scene the spheres, because their property is scene object refnum. How could I manage it?
Here's the vi. The main is called Main Test.vi
Thank you!
Luke
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ODScaler LabVIEW.zip ‏118 KB

Instead of having a 3D picture as a terminal on your sub-VI right-click the wire from the axis and select "Create Indocator". then delete the 3D picture on your sub-VI and use the newly-created control instead.
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I don't know, I think this is an error. I know that there was one part of the media APIs that was called very frequently (the stuff related to histograms) that we didn't use events, but this most certainly should have been events. Dang. If I could find it in email history there must be something on it, but looking at it here I was both surprised and shocked that this one slipped through (since I don't know under what circumstance it would have made sense to use a Runnable here). In fact at first I thought maybe you were looking at some old code (before I knew it was you who posted).
OK, suppose we all agree this was an error and we need to fix this. What to do? We can deprecate all these methods, but the new methods we'd want to supply would then have the wrong names. We could introduce a proper Event subclass for this and also a special EventHandler which also implements Runnable, just so it can be reused here. We'd then deprecate the methods and just change the hierarchy when we JSR the thing?
I'm not sure how to recover, any other ideas?

Where to put removeChild (Away3d 4.x)

Hey guys i need some help on how to change primitives and removing the previous primitive showing in the scene and also changing materials on the primitive with a click of a button.
Mainly just where to put removeChild.
This is for Away3d
package
    import away3d.cameras.*;
    import away3d.containers.*;
    import away3d.controllers.*;
    import away3d.core.base.SubGeometry;
    import away3d.core.base.data.Vertex;
    import away3d.debug.*;
    import away3d.entities.Mesh;
    import away3d.extrusions.*;
    import away3d.filters.*;
    import away3d.lights.*;
    import away3d.materials.*;
    import away3d.materials.lightpickers.*;
    import away3d.materials.methods.*;
    import away3d.primitives.*;
    import away3d.textures.*;
    import away3dplus.controllers.SimpleHoverController;
    import flash.display.Bitmap;
    import flash.display.BitmapData;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.StageAlign;
    import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.geom.Vector3D;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
    [SWF(backgroundColor="#000000",frameRate="30",quality="LOW")]
    public class Main extends Sprite
    //engine variables
    private var view:View3D;
    private var scene:Scene3D;
    // debug
    private var awayStats:AwayStats;
    //light objects
    private var pointLight:PointLight;
    private var lightPicker:StaticLightPicker;
    //material objects
    private var redColorMaterial:ColorMaterial;
    private var skyBoxCubeTexture:BitmapCubeTexture;
    //Buttons
    private var btnCube:Sprite = new Sprite
    private var btnSphere:Sprite = new Sprite
    private var btnCylinder:Sprite = new Sprite
    private var btnTorus:Sprite = new Sprite
    private var btnMaterial:Sprite = new Sprite
    private var btnWireframe:Sprite = new Sprite
        public function Main() {
            init();
            private function init():void {
                initEngine();
                initLights();
                initCamera();
                initMaterials();
                initObjects();
                initListeners();
                drawButton()
                btnCube.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeCube);
                btnCube.x = 400;
                btnCube.y = 25;
                addChild(btnCube);
                btnSphere.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeSphere);
                btnSphere.x = 400;
                btnSphere.y = 60;
                addChild(btnSphere);
                btnCylinder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeCylinder);
                btnCylinder.x = 400;
                btnCylinder.y = 95;
                addChild(btnCylinder);
                btnTorus.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeTorus);
                btnTorus.x = 400;
                btnTorus.y = 130;
                addChild(btnTorus);
                //btnMaterial.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeMaterial);
                btnMaterial.x = 15;
                btnMaterial.y = 95;
                addChild(btnMaterial);
                btnWireframe.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeWireframe);
                btnWireframe.x = 15;
                btnWireframe.y = 130;
                addChild(btnWireframe);
             * Initialise the engine
            private function initEngine():void {
                //stage setup
                stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
                stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
                // 3d view - window into 3d scene
                view = new View3D();
                addChild(view);
                // 3d scene.
                scene = view.scene;
                // stats
                awayStats = new AwayStats(view);
                addChild(awayStats);
             * Initialise the lights
            private function initLights():void {
                //point light
                pointLight = new PointLight();
                scene.addChild(pointLight);
                lightPicker = new StaticLightPicker([pointLight]);
            private function initCamera():void {
                var hoverCameraManager:SimpleHoverController = new SimpleHoverController(view, 700, [pointLight]);
             * Initialise Buttons
            private function drawButton():void {
                var textLabel:TextField = new TextField()
                btnCube.graphics.clear();
                btnCube.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); // white
                btnCube.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 80, 25, 10, 10); // x, y, width, height, ellipseW, ellipseH
                textLabel.text = "CUBE";
                textLabel.x = 22;
                textLabel.y = 4;
                textLabel.selectable = false;
                btnCube.addChild(textLabel)
            var textLabel01:TextField = new TextField()
            btnSphere.graphics.clear();
            btnSphere.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); // white
            btnSphere.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 80, 25, 10, 10); // x, y, width, height, ellipseW, ellipseH
            textLabel01.text = "SPHERE";
            textLabel01.x = 18;
            textLabel01.y = 3;
            textLabel01.selectable = false;
            btnSphere.addChild(textLabel01)
            var textLabel03:TextField = new TextField()
            btnCylinder.graphics.clear();
            btnCylinder.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); // white
            btnCylinder.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 80, 25, 10, 10); // x, y, width, height, ellipseW, ellipseH
            textLabel03.text = "CYLINDER";
            textLabel03.x = 10;
            textLabel03.y = 3;
            textLabel03.selectable = false;
            btnCylinder.addChild(textLabel03)
            var textLabel04:TextField = new TextField()
            btnTorus.graphics.clear();
            btnTorus.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); // white
            btnTorus.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 80, 25, 10, 10); // x, y, width, height, ellipseW, ellipseH
            textLabel04.text = "TORUS";
            textLabel04.x = 17;
            textLabel04.y = 3;
            textLabel04.selectable = false;
            btnTorus.addChild(textLabel04)
            var textLabel05:TextField = new TextField()
            btnMaterial.graphics.clear();
            btnMaterial.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); // white
            btnMaterial.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 80, 25, 10, 10); // x, y, width, height, ellipseW, ellipseH
            textLabel05.text = "MATERIAL";
            textLabel05.x = 6;
            textLabel05.y = 3;
            textLabel05.selectable = false;
            btnMaterial.addChild(textLabel05)
            var textLabel06:TextField = new TextField()
            btnWireframe.graphics.clear();
            btnWireframe.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF); // white
            btnWireframe.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 80, 25, 10, 10); // x, y, width, height, ellipseW, ellipseH
            textLabel06.text = "WIREFRAME";
            textLabel06.x = 2;
            textLabel06.y = 3;
            textLabel06.selectable = false;
            btnWireframe.addChild(textLabel06)
             * Initialise the materials
            private function initMaterials():void {
                // red color
                redColorMaterial = new ColorMaterial(0xFF0000, 0.8);
                redColorMaterial.lightPicker = lightPicker;
                skyBoxCubeTexture = new BitmapCubeTexture(new EnvPosX().bitmapData, new EnvNegX().bitmapData, new EnvPosY().bitmapData, new EnvNegY().bitmapData, new EnvPosZ().bitmapData, new EnvNegZ().bitmapData);
             * Initialise the scene objects
            private function initObjects():void {
                var trident:Trident = new Trident(100);
                trident.x = 0;
                trident.y = 0;
                scene.addChild(trident);
                //Geometry - Geometry is a collection of SubGeometries, each of which contain the actual geometrical data such as vertices, normals, uvs, etc.
                    ////PrimitiveBase    - PrimitiveBase is an abstract base class for mesh primitives, which are prebuilt simple meshes.
                        //CubeGeometry     A Cube primitive mesh.
                        var newCubeGeometry:CubeGeometry = new CubeGeometry(200, 200, 200, 50, 50, 50, true);
                        //SphereGeometry - A UV Sphere primitive mesh.
                        var newSphereGeometry:SphereGeometry = new SphereGeometry(50, 16, 12, true);
                        //CapsuleGeometry     A UV Capsule primitive mesh.
                        var newCapsuleGeometry:CapsuleGeometry = new CapsuleGeometry(50, 100, 16, 12, true);
                        //ConeGeometry     A UV Cone primitive mesh.
                        //var newConeGeometry:ConeGeometry = new ConeGeometry(50, 100, 16, 1, true, true);
                        //CylinderGeometry     A UV Cylinder primitive mesh.
                        var newCylinderGeometry:CylinderGeometry = new CylinderGeometry(50, 50, 100, 16, 1, true, true);
                        //PlaneGeometry     A Plane primitive mesh.
                        var newPlaneGeometry:PlaneGeometry = new PlaneGeometry(100, 100, 1, 1, true);
                        //RegularPolygonGeometry     A UV RegularPolygon primitive mesh.
                        var newRegularPoligonGeometry:RegularPolygonGeometry = new RegularPolygonGeometry(100, 16, true);
                        //TorusGeometry     A UV Torus primitive mesh.
                        var newTorusGeomentry:TorusGeometry = new TorusGeometry(50, 50, 15, 8, true);
                // Entity - The Entity class provides an abstract base class for all scene graph objects that are considered having a "presence" in the scene,
                //            in the sense that it can be considered an actual object with a position and a size (even if infinite or idealised), rather than a grouping.
                    //Mesh - Mesh agregates instance of a Geometry, augmenting it with a presence in the scene graph, a material, and an animations tate.
                    //            It consists out of SubMeshes, which in turn correspond to SubGeometries. SubMeshes allow different parts of the geometry to be assigned different materials.
                    //var cube:Mesh = new Mesh(newCubeGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //cube.x = 100;
                    //cube.y = 100;
                    //cube.z = 100;
                    //scene.addChild(cube);
                    //var sphere:Mesh = new Mesh(newSphereGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //sphere.x = -75;
                    //sphere.y = -150;
                    //scene.addChild(sphere);
                    //var capsule:Mesh = new Mesh(newCapsuleGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //capsule.x = -200;
                    //capsule.y = -150
                    //scene.addChild(capsule);
                    //var cone:Mesh = new Mesh(newConeGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //cone.x = -200;
                    //cone.y = 150;
                    //cone.showBounds = true;
                    //scene.addChild(cone);
                    //var cylinder:Mesh = new Mesh(newCylinderGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //cylinder.x = -75;
                    //cylinder.y = 150;
                    //scene.addChild(cylinder);
                    //var plane:Mesh = new Mesh(newPlaneGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //plane.x = -75;
                    //plane.y = 275;
                    //scene.addChild(plane);
                    //var poligon:Mesh = new Mesh(newRegularPoligonGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    //poligon.x = -275;
                    //poligon.y = 275;
                    //scene.addChild(poligon);
                    //var torus:Mesh = new Mesh(newTorusGeomentry, redColorMaterial);
                    //torus.x = -275;
                    //scene.addChild(torus);
                    //SkyBox     A SkyBox class is used to render a sky in the scene.
                    //var skyBox:SkyBox = new SkyBox(skyBoxCubeTexture);
                    //scene.addChild(skyBox);
                    // SegmentSet
                        //WireframeAxesGrid - Class WireframeAxesGrid generates a grid of lines on a given planeWireframeAxesGrid
                        //var wireFrameAxesGrid:WireframeAxesGrid = new WireframeAxesGrid(4, 400, 1);
                        //scene.addChild(wireFrameAxesGrid);
                        //WireframeGrid     Class WireframeGrid generates a grid of lines on a given planeWireframeGrid
                        //var wireframeGrid:WireframeGrid = new WireframeGrid(10, 100, 5, 0x0000FF);
                        //wireframeGrid.x = 75;
                        //wireframeGrid.y = 275;
                        //scene.addChild(wireframeGrid);
                        //WireframePrimitiveBase
                            //WireframeCube    - Class WireFrameGrid generates a grid of lines on a given planeWireFrameGrid
                            //var wireFrameCube:WireframeCube = new WireframeCube(100, 100, 100, 0x0000FF, 5);
                            //wireFrameCube.x = 75;
                            //scene.addChild(wireFrameCube);
                            //WireframeSphere - Class WireFrameGrid generates a grid of lines on a given planeWireFrameGrid
                            //var wireFrameSphere:WireframeSphere = new WireframeSphere(50, 16, 12, 0x0000FF, 5);
                            //wireFrameSphere.x = 75;
                            //wireFrameSphere.y = -150;
                            //scene.addChild(wireFrameSphere);
                            //WireframePlane
                            //var wireframePlane:WireframePlane = new WireframePlane(100, 100, 10, 10, 0x0000FF, 5);
                            //wireframePlane.x = 175;
                            //wireframePlane.y = 275;
                            //scene.addChild(wireframePlane);
             * Initialise the listeners
            private function initListeners():void {
                addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
             * render loop
            private function onEnterFrame(event:Event):void {
                view.render();
             * Intialise the buttons events
            private function changeCube(event:MouseEvent):void {
                var newCubeGeometry:CubeGeometry = new CubeGeometry(200, 200, 200, 50, 50, 50, true);
                var cube:Mesh = new Mesh(newCubeGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                cube.x = 100;
                cube.y = 100;
                cube.z = 100;
                scene.addChild(cube);
                private function changeSphere(event:MouseEvent):void {
                     var newSphereGeometry:SphereGeometry = new SphereGeometry(50, 16, 12, true);
                     var sphere:Mesh = new Mesh(newSphereGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                     scene.addChild(sphere);
                private function changeCylinder(event:MouseEvent):void {
                    var newCylinderGeometry:CylinderGeometry = new CylinderGeometry(50, 50, 100, 16, 1, true, true);
                    var cylinder:Mesh = new Mesh(newCylinderGeometry, redColorMaterial);
                    scene.addChild(cylinder);
                private function changeTorus(event:MouseEvent):void {
                    var newTorusGeomentry:TorusGeometry = new TorusGeometry(50, 50, 15, 8, true);
                    var torus:Mesh = new Mesh(newTorusGeomentry, redColorMaterial);
                    scene.addChild(torus);
                private function changeWireframe(event:MouseEvent):void {
                    var wireFrameCube:WireframeCube = new WireframeCube(100, 100, 100, 0x0000FF, 5);
                    scene.addChild(wireFrameCube);
Thanks, Matthew

Fraudulent seller.
I received an empty package.- -
Back to the drawing board.
Thanks for your replies.
eBay is going through their required steps.
It will take a week or better to get my refund.
Thanks
Shopping for another "Mac Pro Late 2013" or I might settle for my "Mac Mini 2012 i7 16 Gig 256 SSD Intel 4000" refurb with warranty bought from Apple that I already have on hand.
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I don't know how this ended upon two threads.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with my 2012 Mac Mini i7 16 gig 256 SSD and Lacie Little Big Thunderbolt 1 512 SSD
That will be pretty punchy for me.
I'll only have about $1,000 in the computer itself with a three year Apple Care Warranty.
It should sell for $500 a year from now if I choose too.
I think it's going to work great.
I'm going to load it up with all of the software just like I was going to do on the Mac Pro.
It's good for three computers in the future so no money lost on the software
I'll probably just keep the Mini indefinitely for a backup even after I upgrade to the newer 2015 Mac Pro later next year.
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Hi all this is beyond my skill so I am hoping you can help. I
have a
scrolling movie clip that scolls left or right depending on
where your mouse
moves on the ENTIRE stage. I want to confine it to only work
when the mouse
is over the scorlling clip. I am told I need "ymouse test
restriction" in
the enginehandler. This is the code for the first lines of
the engine
handler
the MC sits on X of -10.9 and Y of 420 THANK YOU so much.
function startEngine() {
this.onEnterFrame = engineHandler;}
function addObjects() { //add objects in the scene
var objects = xmlObj.firstChild.childNodes;
for(var i=0; i<objects.length; i++) {
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.attributes.source; //the image link in the xml file
if (useFixedImageSize==1) source1 = "imgMc"; //image mc
linkage id from the
library
else source1 = "imgMc_01"; var sourceType1 = "library";
var regName1 = "p"+i; //the registration name used in Flash
this.attachMovie(source1,regName1,1000+i);
var x1 = (this["p0"]._width/2 + xOffset) + (i *
(this[regName1]._width +
offset));
var y1 = this["p0"]._height/2;
this[regName1]._x = x1;
this[regName1]._y = y1;
//this[regName1]["imgBox"].loadMovie(link); //load external
image
if (useZoom) { //set some variables used in object zoom
calculation
this[regName1]["currZoom"] = 0;
this[regName1]["info"] = objects;//keep the XML node
info
nodes
= this[regName1]; //add object to nodes array
//this[regName1].onPress = pressHandler;
//this[regName1].onRelease = this[regName1].onReleaseOutside
=
releaseHandler;
var nr = objects.length;
var inst = "p"+nr;
var pos = sc.getCoordinates(inst);
totalDistance = (nr * (this["p0"]._width + offset)) -
offset;
//trace(totalDistance+" "+this["p0"]._width);

use the attach code option to display code in this forum. and
i don't seen any handlers, but you can use a hitTest() between your
scrolling movieclip and the mouse to determine if you want to
scroll.

Memory leak during copyPixels

Hi,
I am making a custom renderer using the copyPixels function for my
Haxe/Flash game. So I have this kind of code :
buffer.bitmapData.copyPixels(m_CurrentSkin, RECT3, POINT, null, null,
true);
where :
-buffer is the bitmap where all my scene's objects are drawn
-m_CurrentSkinis the BitmapData that contains the current frame of the
object to be drawn
Every time m_CurrentSkin contains a BitmapData that have never been
drawn (the first time that an animation frame is drawn for example), I
have a memory leak that is not garbage.
However if m_CurrentSkin contains a BitmapData that have already been
drawn (when the animation is played a second time for example), there
isn't any memory leak.
If I comment this line there is no leak so the problem comes from
there.
It seems that a copy of the BitmapData is cached in memory but I have
checked in my code and there is no cacheAsBitmap explicitely set to
true.
Anyone have idea of what is happening?
Thank you,
Régis.

How do you know it's leaking? As I copyPixels and watch the profile in FlashBuilder I see flash caching and it doesn't garbage collect until it feels it's necessary. If it continuously acceesses the same thing it's not behaving improper to continuously keep it in cache.
That being said, if you press the manual garbage collection button and don't see it release within a few seconds, it might be a leak. The only way you'll really know is to isolate this, clear the bitmapdata objects and null them out while pressing garbage collection to see if flash properly disposes of the bitmapdata instances. Just make sure you're disposing of them properly.

Load/Unload FXML like plugins

Hi, I'm a programmer coming from .NET, using technologies like WPF and DirectX among others... One of the reasons for leaving .NET is the mismanagement and inability to release usercontrols in a logical and easy way. Each of these usercontrols in the world. NET are .dll files that are instantiated via reflection and loaded into the main window as a plugin. Let's look at each of these plugins as a multimedia application with video, graphics, sound, or any other resources that can be loaded and later unloaded after serving its purpose.
My question is, this is possible in JavaFX? I imagine a Stage that loads each of these plugins as FXML, release them and replace it with a new plugin when required. It's like media player that plays FXML's, instead of songs or movies.
Again, I'm a Java newbie and my only reason to learn it is that if it works as I think, JavaFX will have no competitor.
Thanks for your help,
Roel Weapons

JavaFX takes FXML file and runs in real time in the style of an interpreted language? I'd think of the FXMLLoader as more like a web browser loading HTML.
In the HTML world, the browser will parse the HTML and then create a document object model based on the HTML.
In the FXML world, the FXMLLoader will parse the HTML and create a JavaFX scenegraph object model based on the FXML.
If the FXML features inline JavaScript scripts, then the execution model is pretty much like HTML with JavaScript. For a browser, the JavaScript is executed on a JavaScript VM such as Chrome V8. For FXML, the JavaScript will be executed by a JavaScript engine bundled with the Java System, e.g. a Rhino derivative (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_%28JavaScript_engine%29) or nashorn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashorn_%28JavaScript_engine%29).
If the FXML features a separate controller in Java code, then that Java code is pre-compiled to java byte code - which is an intermediate representation between source code and machine code. The java byte code is executed by a Java Virtual Machine at a speed that (in most cases) for all intents and purposes is comparable to machine code execution.
For me, the ability to simply and easily choose and use from FXML both a scripting language and a compiled language from any of the many available languages executable on the JVM is one of the major technical advantages of JavaFX over HTML. For example you can write scripting and controller logic in Ruby if you liked: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13831708/using-fxml-with-jruby.
How I can do to load a FXML that haves a controller but both are in a different path to the application that invokes it?The FXMLLoader load method has a url paramater to specify the location of where the source FXML file originates - it works in the same way as entering a URL into your web browser's location bar.
http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/fxml/FXMLLoader.html#FXMLLoader%28java.net.URL%29
I understand that using FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource()), we are invoking a resource within the project prepackaged, or am I wrong? Pretty much correct. getClass().getResource() will use the originating codebase of the classloader, which will generally be the source jar for the application. But you don't have to load a resource like this, you can use any url you like (within the Java security sandbox which currently doesn't really apply to FXML anyway as FXML won't execute within any kind of security sandbox as of JavaFX 2.2).
If so, what is the best practice to load drivers that are referenced FXML and what is the way to unload them?With FXML, you can define your own components and tags to extend the language; i.e. it does not have a fixed tagset. In addition to the extensive set of components provided by the JavaFX system, you can easily define your own custom components. Perhaps these are like your notion of drivers and plugins (which I have to admit is hard for me to understand)?
http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/fxml/doc-files/introduction_to_fxml.html#custom_components
So that covers what happens when you load FXML. With regard to unloading FXML, there is no such explicit thing. Essentially, like other memory management tasks in Java, it's automatically handled by the Java garbage collector. The JavaFX system automatically handles low level stuff like freeing up GPU texture memory for scene graph objects which are no longer required. Java and JavaFX are essentially higher level abstractions than writing in something like C code with OpenGL and the Java and JavaFX runtimes take care of many of the mundane tasks such as garbage collection and system resource cleanup for you.
If a custom FXML component made use of some resource such as a database connection which you wanted to explicitly release when the component is no longer used, then you could add a listener to the component's scene property. When the component is no longer part of an active scene, the listener would be triggered and you could run some code there to free up your resources (e.g. release the database connection).
For an example of a system which dynamically loads fxml files and lets the Java system garbage collect them when they are no longer needed, see the webfx project: https://github.com/brunoborges/webfx. WebFX also provides some interesting examples of fxml without controllers.

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