FlashPaper 2 API calls in Flex 2?

Question

Does anyone know if you can access the FlashPaper 2 methods
within a Flex 2 application?
I can get it to display my FlashPaper file, but not resize it
appropriately or get the current page, etc.
Thanks,
K___H

Answer 1

Hi FlexDude,
I haven't had a chance to clean things up much, as I've been
sidetracked with other issues, but here's some code.
Create an FLA with Flash 8. Insert the following code in the
first frame:
//begin Flash code
var fpClip = createEmptyMovieClip("flashpaper",1);
var fp;
_root.flashpaper._visible = false;
var receiving_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
receiving_lc.loadFlashPaper = function(fpFile:String,
width:Number, height:Number, loadedObj:Object) {
loadFP(fpFile, width, height, loadedObj);
receiving_lc.getCurrentPage = function() {
getCurrentFPPage();
receiving_lc.setCurrentPage = function(thePage:Number) {
setFPCurrentPage(thePage);
function loadFP(fpFile:String, width:Number, height:Number,
loadedObj:Object) {
var intervalID = 0;
var loadFunc = function() {
_root.flashpaper._visible = false;
fp = _root.flashpaper.getIFlashPaper();
if (!fp)
return;
if (fp.setSize(width, height) == false)
return;
_root.flashpaper._visible = true;
clearInterval(intervalID);
loadedObj.onLoaded(fp);
intervalID = setInterval(loadFunc, 100);
_root.flashpaper.loadMovie(fpFile);
function getCurrentFPPage() {
var sending_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
sending_lc.send("Flex2", "setCurrentFPPage",
fp.getCurrentPage());
delete sending_lc;
function setFPCurrentPage(thePage:Number) {
fp.setCurrentPage(thePage);
receiving_lc.connect("FlashPaper2");
// end Flash code
Then create your Flex2 Application Add some buttons to
trigger the following code. Sample code (but this is not a complete
app):
private var receiving_lc:LocalConnection;
private var currentFPPage:int;
private function initApp():void {
receiving_lc = new LocalConnection("Flex2",this);
private function loadFlashPaper():void {
var sending_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
sending_lc.send("FlashPaper2", "loadFlashPaper",
"332ldstLNParaBreak.swf", draft.width, draft.height, null);
private function getFPPage():void {
var sending_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
sending_lc.send("FlashPaper2", "getCurrentPage");
private function setFPCurrentPage(thePage:int):void {
var sending_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
sending_lc.send("FlashPaper2", "setCurrentPage", thePage);
// the following function sets the current page in the Flex
app, that is received from the Flash FlashPaper SWF.
public function setCurrentFPPage(theValue:int):int {
currentFPPage = theValue;
Alert.show("currentFPPage: " + currentFPPage);
I hope this helps. I chopped this up from my more thorough
tests -- where I tested a lot of the FlashPaper 2 API methods.
Hopefully I'll get a chance to elaborate on this a bit at some
point.
Good luck,
K___H