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Can't install latest Exchange Extension for Photoshop CC

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:13:41 GMT

Hi, I've been trying for a while now to just get the exchange extension working in Photoshop CC.

1. First Photoshop needed to be updated, did that.

2. Then I installed Extension Manager, did that.

3. Then apparently had to update Both, did that.

4. Then tried to open the Exchange Extension in PS CC, it tells me to "Click Update for the latest features." I clicked update...

5. Another dialog in the extension pops up and says "A newer version of the Exchange panel is available. Would you like to install it?" I click yes...

6. It then downloads the extension, about 14Mb

7. then it tries to install it, but says "Adobe Extension Manager is required to install this extension. Do you want to launch Extension Manager now?". I click yes...

The panel just sits there spinning the wait wheel. It sat there for 5 mins before I killed the panel.

So then I thought I'll just get the latest version of the panel from http://www.adobeexchange.com/

1. Went to http://www.adobeexchange.com/ and clicked the "Download" Button

2. I Chose download for CC.

3. I waited for it to download, then doublie clicke the zxp which opened Extension Manager CC. Extension Manager CC then pops up a dialog saying it's installing the extension.

Extension Manager then pops up a message: "The entension 'AdobeExchange' does not contain a valid signature. The extnesion will not be installed."

So now I'm up to 10 steps just to try and get the exchange extension installed. I'm on Win 7 and the trial version of Photoshop CC.

Anyone have any problems with this?

TNKS,

Does the CC extension framework support WebGL?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:51:47 GMT

Hi all, last time I created extensions for Photoshop was for the beta of CS4 so a lot has changed!

Back then I was creating some effects using Pixelbender to create a shader, then applied that to a movieclip and everything was fine. Even this was a hack because I wanted to render a lit sphere, but had to settle for shading a normal map of a sphere. I wanted to start where I left off and just created a quick test panel trying to draw a triangle on a canvas using WebGL, but nothing is being drawn in the HTML canvas and I can't see any errors in the debug console.

Any official word on this? It would bust open a whole lot of crazy tools if WebGL was enabled.

Also on a side note, what is the HTML render/javascript engine being used in CC?

TNKS!

CEF1 useful examples from unit test code

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:37:28 GMT

Hi all, just found these unit tests on the CEF site, I've found a few useful snippets of code in them:

http://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/source/browse/trunk/cef1/tests/unittests/

Seeyas!

Creating a Flex Theme from a Skin made in Flash

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:35:06 GMT

Hi all, here's what I'm trying to do in Flash Builder 4 Beta 2:

I have the Flex Scope Skin used for creating UI for CS4 products from here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/

I have the Skin Design Extensions and Flex Component Kit from here:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex_skins

The instructions on the skin page say to add the skin files to each Flex project which bloats the number of files in each project. What I'd like to do is compile the Scope Skin down to a SWC that can be referenced by projects OR create a Flex Theme.

I've tried compiling an SWC out of Flash CS4, this kind of works but I can't find a way of embedding the fonts in the SWC that are recognised by Flex. I've also tried crating a Theme SWC from Flex with no success.

Is there a tutorial out there showing how to create a Flex theme with embedded fonts and swf resources as well as CSS? I have found some tutorials but the are all basic.

TNKS!

PixelBender IDE Bugs and Suggestions

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:24:21 GMT

Hi all, I've just started using PixelBender and these are my first impressions on the IDE:

Feature Request:

Seperate browse paths for PBK, PBJ and Images.
Ability to drag and drob shader and image files into the IDE.
An "Export" button next to the "Run" button that exports a PBJ to the last export path.
"Export" shortcut, maybe F4 or F6.
Lists of latest opened files.
Some kind of Preview in Flash functionality.
Some way of resetting a parameter control back to it's default, maybe right click.
Mouse wheel over images zooms the image.

Bugs:

In the numeric text field next to a slider in the shader parameter UI if you select the contents then type a number the number is preppended to the existing text instead of replacing it. This especially happens when you type a zero, I think its the code that is auto checking the validity of the field for that parameter.

Also is there a document which shows exactly which bugs have been fixed? I have been tralling this forum for answers to some of my questions and it's hard to tell if a bug is still present in the system or if it's my fault. For example I'm having trouble with some of my shader parameters in Flex and saw a post saying you can't have more than 2 inputs. There was a reply saying this will be fixed but I can't see anything in the release notes for 1.5.1. A list of open bugs would also be helpful.

TNKS!

Major time wasting bug in PixelBender IDE

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:05:23 GMT

ARRRRRRRRRRRRG!!!

Was trying to get a shader working in flex, which I knew had worked before. Nothing seemed to change the shader, edited all sorts of stuff, made sure that the file was exporting and flex was compiling it etc.

Then I worked out that:

PixelBender IDE exports the last saved shader file, not the current working code even if you have compiled it! I intentionally wasn't saving the shader src because I was trying to work out what was going wrong.

Can the IDE at least promp you to save the file before export or something, just wasted 2 hours on this

And while I'm at it it's very annoying having to browse to a different path EVERY time I want to export binaries for flash.

I know all this is prerelease but still

Maybe Flex SDK bug: Setting visible of DataGrid item renderers

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:44:46 GMT

Hi all, I'm still a noob at flex but this looks a bit strange to me.

I've been trying to hide a button renderer in a DataGrid but it just wouldn't hide. I've been setting visible inside the mxml and also in the the class that extends buttonbut it just wouldn't hide. I then overloaded the visible property set/get and traced what was setting the property to true and found that inside DataGridBase.as the function setupColumnItemRenderer always sets visible of the renderes to true.

DataGridBase.as
protected function setupColumnItemRenderer(c:DataGridColumn, contentHolder:ListBaseContentHolder, rowNum:int, colNum:int, data:Object, uid:String):IListItemRenderer { var listItems:Array = contentHolder.listItems; var item:IListItemRenderer; var rowData:DataGridListData; item = listItems[rowNum][colNum]; if (!item \|\| itemToUID(item.data) != uid \|\| columnMap[item.name] != c) { item = createColumnItemRenderer(c, false, data); if (item == null) return null; if (item.parent != contentHolder) contentHolder.addChild(DisplayObject(item)); // a space is used if no data so text widgets get some default size columnMap[item.name] = c; if (listItems[rowNum][colNum]) addToFreeItemRenderers(listItems[rowNum][colNum]); listItems[rowNum][colNum] = item; } //[Matt] moved from inside the block above to outside because //the item definitely exists at this point, and always needs //its data refreshed rowData = DataGridListData(makeListData(data, uid, rowNum, c.colNum, c)); rowMap[item.name] = rowData; if (item is IDropInListItemRenderer) IDropInListItemRenderer(item).listData = data ? rowData : null; item.data = data; item.visible = true; if (uid && colNum == 0) contentHolder.visibleData[uid] = item; return item; }

DataGridBase.as

protected function setupColumnItemRenderer(c:DataGridColumn, contentHolder:ListBaseContentHolder,
                    rowNum:int, colNum:int, data:Object, uid:String):IListItemRenderer
    {
        var listItems:Array = contentHolder.listItems;
        var item:IListItemRenderer;
        var rowData:DataGridListData;

        item = listItems[rowNum][colNum];
        if (!item || itemToUID(item.data) != uid
            || columnMap[item.name] != c)
        {
            item = createColumnItemRenderer(c, false, data);
            if (item == null)
                return null;
            if (item.parent != contentHolder)
                contentHolder.addChild(DisplayObject(item));

            // a space is used if no data so text widgets get some default size
            columnMap[item.name] = c;
            if (listItems[rowNum][colNum])
                addToFreeItemRenderers(listItems[rowNum][colNum]);
            listItems[rowNum][colNum] = item;
        }

        //[Matt] moved from inside the block above to outside because
        //the item definitely exists at this point, and always needs
        //its data refreshed
        rowData = DataGridListData(makeListData(data, uid, rowNum, c.colNum, c));
        rowMap[item.name] = rowData;
        if (item is IDropInListItemRenderer)
            IDropInListItemRenderer(item).listData = data ? rowData : null;
        item.data = data;
        item.visible = true;
        if (uid && colNum == 0)
            contentHolder.visibleData[uid] = item;
        return item;
    }

Why does it do this? Shouldn't it respect the visible property already set for the renderer in mxml and not force it to true on init?

Problem overloading "set data" function on Button DataGrid Renderer

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:43:00 GMT

Hi all, I'm hoping this is something simple.

I have a class that extends mx.controls.Button and implements mx.core.IDataRenderer. I need to set the button icon whenever the Data property is set from the DataGrid. My problem is that my overloaded set/get Data function are never called (I've stepped through the code in debug). Instead the set/get functions in Container.as (Flex 3.4 SDK) get called.

Here's the basics code:

exportButtonRenderer.as
package controls { import flash.events.Event; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import mx.controls.Button; import mx.core.IDataRenderer; import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData; import mx.controls.listClasses.BaseListData; import mx.events.FlexEvent; import mx.controls.Alert; import model.descriptors.compDescriptor; import events.exportClickedEvent; public class exportButtonRenderer extends Button implements IDataRenderer { // embed your icons [Embed(source='/assets/icons/export.png')] [Bindable] public static var imageExport:Class; [Embed(source='/assets/icons/blank.png')] [Bindable] public static var imageBlank:Class; public function exportButtonRenderer() { super(); } private var _listData:DataGridListData; override public function get listData():BaseListData { return _listData; } override public function set listData(value:BaseListData):void { _listData = DataGridListData(value); } private var _data:Object; override public function get data():Object { return _data; } override public function set data(value:Object):void { _data = value; } override protected function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { super.clickHandler(event); } } }

exportButtonRenderer.as

package controls
{
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

    import mx.controls.Button;
    import mx.core.IDataRenderer;
    import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData;
    import mx.controls.listClasses.BaseListData;
    import mx.events.FlexEvent;
    import mx.controls.Alert;

    import model.descriptors.compDescriptor;
    import events.exportClickedEvent;

    public class exportButtonRenderer extends Button implements IDataRenderer
    {
        //    embed your icons
        [Embed(source='/assets/icons/export.png')]
        [Bindable]
        public static var imageExport:Class;

        [Embed(source='/assets/icons/blank.png')]
        [Bindable]
        public static var imageBlank:Class;


        public function exportButtonRenderer()
        {
            super();
        }

        private var _listData:DataGridListData;
        override public function get listData():BaseListData
        {
            return _listData;
        }

        override public function set listData(value:BaseListData):void
        {
            _listData = DataGridListData(value);
        }

        private var _data:Object;
        override public function get data():Object
        {
            return _data;
        }


        override public function set data(value:Object):void
        {
            _data = value;
        }

        override protected function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            super.clickHandler(event);
        }
    }
}

Now I know I'm using the Flexlib TreeGrid and not a standard DataGrid but when I trace through all the code all code firing the set/get functions is coming from the DataGrid anyway.

Here's the my Grid def in my main app mxml:

Header 1
<flexlib:TreeGrid id="MKTXGrid" dragEnabled="false" sortableColumns="false" showRoot="false" disclosureClosedIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/arrow_right.png')" disclosureOpenIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/arrow_down.png')" folderOpenIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/psd.png')" folderClosedIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/psd.png')" click="MKTXGrid_clickHandler(event)" doubleClickEnabled="true" doubleClick="MKTXGrid_doubleClickHandler(event)" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="16"> <flexlib:columns> <flexlib:TreeGridColumn dataField="Name" headerText = "Name" minWidth="200" width="200" editable="true"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="ExportName" headerText = "Export Name"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Export" headerText = "Export" width="50" minWidth="20" resizable="false"> <mx:itemRenderer> <mx:Component> <mx:Box horizontalAlign="center" width="100%" verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalScrollPolicy="off"> <controls:exportButtonRenderer label="Export" icon="@Embed(source='assets/icons/export.png')" width="12" height="12" useHandCursor="true"> <controls:click> <![CDATA[ import events.exportClickedEvent; var e:exportClickedEvent = new exportClickedEvent(); e.itemData = data; dispatchEvent(e); ]]> </controls:click> </controls:exportButtonRenderer> </mx:Box> </mx:Component> </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:DataGridColumn> </flexlib:columns> </flexlib:TreeGrid>

Header 1

<flexlib:TreeGrid
        id="MKTXGrid"
        dragEnabled="false" sortableColumns="false" showRoot="false"
        disclosureClosedIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/arrow_right.png')"
        disclosureOpenIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/arrow_down.png')"
        folderOpenIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/psd.png')"
        folderClosedIcon="@Embed(source='/assets/icons/psd.png')"
        click="MKTXGrid_clickHandler(event)"
         doubleClickEnabled="true" doubleClick="MKTXGrid_doubleClickHandler(event)" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="16">

    <flexlib:columns>
            <flexlib:TreeGridColumn dataField="Name" headerText = "Name" minWidth="200" width="200" editable="true"/>
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="ExportName" headerText = "Export Name"/>
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Export" headerText = "Export" width="50" minWidth="20" resizable="false">
             <mx:itemRenderer>
                <mx:Component>
                    <mx:Box horizontalAlign="center" width="100%" verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalScrollPolicy="off">
                        <controls:exportButtonRenderer label="Export" icon="@Embed(source='assets/icons/export.png')" width="12" height="12" useHandCursor="true">
                            <controls:click>
                                <![CDATA[
                                    import events.exportClickedEvent;
                                    var e:exportClickedEvent = new exportClickedEvent();
                                    e.itemData = data;
                                    dispatchEvent(e);
                                ]]>
                            </controls:click>
                        </controls:exportButtonRenderer>
                    </mx:Box>
                </mx:Component>
            </mx:itemRenderer>
            </mx:DataGridColumn>
        </flexlib:columns>
    </flexlib:TreeGrid>

Nothing too special going on.

I know this can be done, I've seen examples in the SDK:

http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/durango/trunk/ExternalFlexTools/com/dougmccune/ containers/accordionClasses/AccordionHeader.as

By the way I've stepped through the code of the TreeGridItemRenderer class in Flexlib which works correctly and the class def starts like this:

TreeGridItemRenderer.as
import flash.display.DisplayObject; import flash.display.InteractiveObject; import flash.display.Shape; import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.Event; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import flash.geom.Point; import flash.geom.Rectangle; import flexlib.controls.TreeGrid; import mx.controls.Image; import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData; import mx.controls.listClasses.BaseListData; import mx.controls.listClasses.IDropInListItemRenderer; import mx.controls.listClasses.IListItemRenderer; import mx.core.IDataRenderer; import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject; import mx.core.IToolTip; import mx.core.SpriteAsset; import mx.core.UIComponent; import mx.core.UITextField; import mx.events.FlexEvent; import mx.events.ToolTipEvent; import mx.events.TreeEvent; import mx.managers.ILayoutManagerClient; import mx.styles.IStyleClient; public class TreeGridItemRenderer extends UIComponent implements IDataRenderer, IDropInListItemRenderer, ILayoutManagerClient, IListItemRenderer {...

TreeGridItemRenderer.as

import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.InteractiveObject;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.geom.Point;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;

import flexlib.controls.TreeGrid;

import mx.controls.Image;
import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData;
import mx.controls.listClasses.BaseListData;
import mx.controls.listClasses.IDropInListItemRenderer;
import mx.controls.listClasses.IListItemRenderer;
import mx.core.IDataRenderer;
import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject;
import mx.core.IToolTip;
import mx.core.SpriteAsset;
import mx.core.UIComponent;
import mx.core.UITextField;
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
import mx.events.ToolTipEvent;
import mx.events.TreeEvent;
import mx.managers.ILayoutManagerClient;
import mx.styles.IStyleClient;

public class TreeGridItemRenderer extends UIComponent
                                  implements IDataRenderer,
                                               IDropInListItemRenderer,
                                             ILayoutManagerClient,
                                               IListItemRenderer
{...

Any help would be great!

Windows only: Flash Panel Handle

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:36:49 GMT

Hi all, is there any way of getting some kind of unique handle of a Flash Panel control? I would like a HWND but will take anything I can convert to a handle. We are experimenting with displaying our game engine in a dockable panel to preview normal maps etc.

TNKS!

Ram

Flash Builder 4 Post Build Events?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:20:09 GMT

Hi all, is there any way to add any kind of pre/post build events to Flex/Flash Builder the same as MS Visual Studio? I need to copy my SWFs to my Photoshop folder after they are built, esp debug builds. I have a batch file to do this but this still means anohter double click every time I build.

TNKS!

Fixed size CSXS Flash Panel

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:42:05 GMT

Hi all, I've been trying to fix the hight of a Flash panel in Photoshop exactly the same way that the width of the Kuler panel is fixed.

I have read this thread:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/203439#203439

This method does work but is buggy. As I replied in the thread there MUST be a better way of doing this since Kuler does it.

PS: I've tralled all relevent doco and can't find anything so please don't reply with "it's in the doco somewhere". Sorry dont want to sound narky but if you read the above thread you'll see what I'm talking about.

TNKS!

SmartObject Layer Information

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:26:56 GMT

Hi all,

I'm creating a util script that will export layer data to a game engine. Is there any way to get at the transform (position, rotation, scale) of a SmartObject layer? Photoshop must store this somewhere since smartObject layers remember their rotation etc.

TNKS!

Ram.