Hi Anastasiy,

The HostObject technique described in the cookbook entry can be used with a script that is not embedded. The call to "jsxInterface.eval()" takes a string and you could get  this string from anywhere (e.g. reading from an external file). The example in the cookbook shows the script embedded in order to save time  reading the file (and to keep the code clean) at the expense of the SWF  size.

Zak

Can you explain what you're doing? There is nothing special about embedding the script; it's merely a way to get the script read into memory so it can be passed to jsxInterface.eval() as a string. Did you try reading in the script?

Anastasiy,

Is the code that reliese on "app" being called from an event handler? Specifically and event handler that is fired from an OS event (not a Flex UI event)?

Something like a network data received event, a timer event, something that hails from the OS.

If so, that's a known issue for Mac OS (my preso at the Dev Summit touched on it briefly -  http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p33908050/).

There is a workaround of using Script Listener code to execute the needed functionality.

Regards

Bob

Hi Anastasiy,

Weird!

It looks like it does not work during a creationComplete event.

If you change your code to intitialize in a function, and call that function outside the creationComplete event, it works fine. Like so:

ExtendScript:

function initializeJSX(){
  try
  {
    alert('SUCCESS! foregroundColor object = '+app.foregroundColor);  } catch(e)
  {
    alert('ERROR: '+e.description);
  }
}

MXML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<csxs:CSXSWindowedApplication
    xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    xmlns:csxs="com.adobe.csxs.core.*"
    layout="absolute" historyManagementEnabled="false"
    creationComplete="initApplication(event)">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            [  Embed (source=  "../assets/test.jsx" , mimeType=  "application/octet-stream" )]
            private static var _testJSX:Class;
            [Bindable]
            private var hostName:String = HostObject.mainExtension;
            private var jsxManager: HostObject;
            private function initApplication( e: Event ):void
            {
                jsxManager = HostObject.getRoot(HostObject['extensions'][0]);
                jsxManager.eval( new _testJSX().toString() );
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
    <mx:VBox height="100%" width="100%" verticalAlign="middle" horizontalAlign="center">
        <mx:Button label="Run PS code" click="jsxManager.initializeJSX()" enabled="{hostName.indexOf('photoshop') > -1}"/>
    </mx:VBox>
</csxs:CSXSWindowedApplication>

I presume you can get what you what by calling the function via a timer or some other event...

Harbs

What happens if you finish the initializing on a PANEL_OPEN event?

The other question is if it's a problem on creationComplete per se, or it's a problem accessing app right after the script is evaled. Maybe try eval() in an init event, and seeing if that helps?

Good luck!

Harbs