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How to change Photoshop CS6 SWF panel scale mode

Aug 3, 2012 8:01 AM

I have successfully created a SWF panel in Photoshop CS6 but the stage scale mode is ignored and I just cannot figure out why it doesn't work.

I have follwed the examples in the "USING THE ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 6 SDK" pdf, I have created a working CSXS manifest and opened the panel in Photoshop and had the panel create a new document but I cannot change the stage scale mode.

I know it is possible because the mini bridge paneldoes it, so what am I missing?

1488 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: thecmann2, Aug 7, 2012 3:37 AM
 
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  • thecmann2
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    1. thecmann2,
    Aug 3, 2012 2:55 PM   in reply to thecmann2
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    - Update -

    I have narrowed down the problem somewhat.

    I have downloaded the CS6 SDK from here : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite.html

    and copied exactly the HelloCreativeSuite sample from samples\HelloCreativeSuite included with the SDK. What I have found is that if I use the SWF I have compiled the the panel does not scale properly, but If I overwrite my SWF with the precompiled one included with the sample it works perfectly.

    So the problem must be the way the SWF is compiled.

     

     

    I have added two images below to demonstrate the problem just in case.

     

    sample-2.pngsample-1.png

    The sample SWF works as expected, the content is always at 100% no matter the panel size;

    while my SWF seems to ignore the stage.scaleMode property and always resizes to fit the content.

     
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    2. zak.nelson,
    Aug 3, 2012 3:23 PM   in reply to thecmann2
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    In your .actionscriptProperties file do you have additionalCompilerArguments="-includes=mx.managers.systemClasses.Mars hallingSupport"?

     
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    3. thecmann2,
    Aug 4, 2012 1:06 AM   in reply to zak.nelson
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    Thanks! that worked.

    May I ask what exactly that does?

     

    Another question : Why is there an empty grey strip at the bottom of the SWF when I use csxs:CSExtension in the mxml file?

     
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    4. zak.nelson,
    Aug 6, 2012 9:42 AM   in reply to thecmann2
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    thecmann2 wrote:

     

    May I ask what exactly that does?

     

    Of course! This reason this argument is necessary stems from the architecture used to load extensions. Each extension is loaded as a sub-application by an application called StageManager. In order for these two swfs to play nicely with one another you have to use something called the Marshall Plan (http://sourceforge.net/adobe/flexsdk/wiki/Marshall%20Plan/ has a pretty detailed overview of the Marshall Plan and why it's necessary).

     

    thecmann2 wrote:

     

    Another question : Why is there an empty grey strip at the bottom of the SWF when I use csxs:CSExtension in the mxml file?

     

    That's the status bar. You can remove that by setting showStatusBar="false" for your CSExtension.

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 3:37 AM   in reply to zak.nelson
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    Thanks for the help.

     
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