[Laszlo-dev] dependence on ExternalInterface in swf9

[Henry Minsky]

When I try to debug a swf9 app from the fdb command line debugger, I get
this error


[Fault] exception, information=Error: Error #2067: The ExternalInterface is
not available in this container. ExternalInterface requires Internet
Explorer ActiveX, Firefox, Mozilla 1.7.5 and greater, or other browsers that
support NPRuntime.
Execution halted in 'gcursor.lzr=swf9.swf' at 0xffffffff (-1)


Error: Error #2067: The ExternalInterface is not available in this
container. ExternalInterface requires Internet Explorer ActiveX, Firefox,
Mozilla 1.7.5 and greater, or other browsers that support NPRuntime.

at Error$/throwError()

at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()

at
DojoExternalInterfaceClass/addCallback()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/DojoExternalInterfaceClass.as:33]

at LzSprite/init()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzSprite.as:99]

at LzCanvas/__LZcallInit()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzCanvas.as:418]

at
LzCanvas/__LZinstantiationDone()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzCanvas.as:343]

at
LzInstantiatorService/makeSomeViews()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzInstantiatorService.as:188]

at
LzInstantiatorService/checkQ()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzInstantiatorService.as:132]

at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call()

at LzEvent/sendEvent()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzEvent.as:87]

at
LzIdleService/__idleupdate()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzIdleService.as:51]

at
LzIdleKernel$/__update()[/private/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen16038/LzIdleKernel.as:27]

at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()

at SetIntervalTimer/onTimer()

at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch()

at flash.utils::Timer/tick()



Is there a way we can make the calls to ExternalInterface optional, or wrap
them in a try-catch, so that it is possible to debug
without being in a browser? It looks like the canvas size or layout
computations may depend on some callback, if I continue through that error,
the canvas comes up with all the components on top of each other.



-- 
Henry Minsky
Software Architect
hminsky at laszlosystems.com
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