[Laszlo-dev] I got Google map component working in swf9

[P T Withington]

I believe Max recently made it work by using some black magic in the  
embedding code to capture the mouse wheel events in browser javascript  
and forward them to the flash application.

See http://jira.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-6549

On 2008-11-19, at 06:12EST, Sebastian Wagner wrote:

> the scroll Function does not work on Mac in Flash?
> Yes and No .... I was already wondering why it IS working for the
> OpenLaszlo-Docs
> http://labs.openlaszlo.org/trunk-nightly/docs/reference/
> right-side ... its flash 10 ... for me the Scroll-Wheel DOES work...  
> is this
> somehow special in the reference or does it work by default now to  
> capture
> mouse-wheel?
>
> sebastian
>
> 2008/11/19 Antun Karlovac <antun at laszlosystems.com>
>
>> What client platform are you on? Mac perhaps? The scroll function  
>> doesn't
>> work on Mac in Flash :(
>>
>> -Antun
>>
>> Sebastian Wagner wrote:
>>
>>> if you would enable the Mouse-Scroll it would be perfect :)
>>>
>>> anyway ... performance is really great with Google Maps. Looks  
>>> very good
>>> out of the box.
>>>
>>>
>>> sebastian
>>>
>>> 2008/11/18 Henry Minsky <hminsky at laszlosystems.com <mailto:
>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com>>
>>>
>>>   That's really cool!
>>>
>>>
>>>   On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Antun Karlovac
>>>   <antun at laszlosystems.com <mailto:antun at laszlosystems.com>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Henry,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help on this. I extended the example to include
>>>   geocoding an
>>>> address using OL datasets, and passing information to/from the map
>>>> component. Instructions are here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.antunkarlovac.com/blog/2008/11/17/google-maps-in-openlaszlo/
>>>>
>>>> Did I link to the right web site for you (beartronics.com
>>>   <http://beartronics.com>)?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Antun
>>>>
>>>> Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I attached a sample app which calls the geocoding API to look up  
>>>>> an
>>>>> address, and displays a marker for
>>>>> it, and then drops a marker at the map center each time the map
>>>   is moved.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Antun Karlovac
>>>   <antun at laszlosystems.com <mailto:antun at laszlosystems.com>>
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Henry,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's awesome; I've done a quick test and it works fine in
>>>   4.2b3. I'll
>>>>>> write up some instructions and post them soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Antun
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's an example of the Google map component running in a LZX
>>>   <window>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a Google discussion group regarding a non-flex Flash  
>>>>>>> map
>>>>>>> component at
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They have a library which seems to have remove the
>>>   dependencies on the
>>>>>>> Flex mx.* framework.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You just need to  download the library map_flash_1_6.swc from
>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash/files
>>>>>>> and copy that to WEB-INF/flexlib
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> then the following code compiles and runs in swf9 runtime and
>>>   displays
>>>>>>> the map component.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <canvas debug="true">
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <script when="immediate"><![CDATA[
>>>>>>>       class FlashMapOL {
>>>>>>>          #passthrough (toplevel: true) {
>>>>>>>          import com.google.maps.*;
>>>>>>>          import flash.geom.*;
>>>>>>>          }#
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          var map:Map;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          function createMap() {
>>>>>>>              map = new Map();
>>>>>>>              map.addEventListener(MapEvent.MAP_READY,
>>>   onMapReady);
>>>>>>>              // Henry's key
>>>>>>>              map.key =
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> "ABQIAAAAT-bIcrU96- 
>>> d2UT9ao4fuQhQeYAb4p95ZEYTsQwGDQ7cOBxduDBQsJj99qzzLWoeHwQer1vjPN0wTNg 
>>> ";
>>>>>>>              map.setSize(new
>>>   Point(LFCApplication.stage.stageWidth,
>>>>>>> LFCApplication.stage.stageHeight));
>>>>>>>              return map;
>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           function onMapReady(event:MapEvent):void {
>>>>>>>              this.map.setCenter(new
>>> LatLng(40.736072,-73.992062),
>>>>>>> 14, MapType.NORMAL_MAP_TYPE);
>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      var mapfactory = new FlashMapOL();
>>>>>>>      lz.map = mapfactory.createMap();
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  ]]>
>>>>>>>  </script>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <window id="mapwin" width="640" height="480">
>>>>>>>  <passthrough>
>>>>>>>    import flash.display.*;
>>>>>>>  </passthrough>
>>>>>>>  <handler name="oninit">
>>>>>>>    var sprite:Sprite = this.content.sprite
>>>>>>>    sprite.addChildAt(lz.map, sprite.numChildren);
>>>>>>>  </handler>
>>>>>>> </window>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> </canvas>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   --
>>>   Henry Minsky
>>>   Software Architect
>>>   hminsky at laszlosystems.com <mailto:hminsky at laszlosystems.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sebastian Wagner
>>> http://www.webbase-design.de
>>> http://openmeetings.googlecode.com
>>> http://www.laszlo-forum.de
>>> seba.wagner at gmail.com <mailto:seba.wagner at gmail.com>
>>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Sebastian Wagner
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