airSprite

Sprite

airSprite

Loader with AIR functions for basic load of settings and handling of commandline and drop events on desktop icon.

Summary

airSprite	Loader with AIR functions for basic load of settings and handling of commandline and drop events on desktop icon.
Private constants
SETTINGS_FILENAME	Name of application configuration file.
Private members
app	Main application object
stream	A FileStream object temporarily used to read and write script files.
Constructor
airSprite	Constructor for muSprite desktop frontend.
Startup methods
onComplete	Load settings and adds an event handler for commandline line arguments and drop events on the desktop icon and one for application shutdown.
onInvokeEvent	When a file is dropped on the desktop icon or given on the commandline then it is loaded as the current script in the application.
loadSettings	Load the application configuration file.
deserializeSettings	Apply the settings to the state of the application.
Shutdown methods
onApplicationShutdown	Save settings when the application is terminated normally.
saveSettings	Store settings in XML serialized form.
serializeSettings	Serializes the current application state into an XML object.
storeSettings	Writes the XML settings object to the application configuration file.
Script loading
fileRead	Prepare to read the script File asyncronously.
fileReadHandler	Read the contents of the loaded file and let the application load it.
readIOErrorHandler	An I/O error occurred when reading a script file.

Private constants

SETTINGS_FILENAME

private const SETTINGS_FILENAME: String

Name of application configuration file.

Private members

app

private var app: muSprite

Main application object

stream

private var stream: FileStream

A FileStream object temporarily used to read and write script files.

Constructor

airSprite

public function airSprite()

Constructor for muSprite desktop frontend.

Startup methods

onComplete

private function onComplete( event: Event ):void

Load settings and adds an event handler for commandline line arguments and drop events on the desktop icon and one for application shutdown.

onInvokeEvent

public function onInvokeEvent( invocation: InvokeEvent ):void

When a file is dropped on the desktop icon or given on the commandline then it is loaded as the current script in the application.

loadSettings

private function loadSettings( settingsFile: File ):void

Load the application configuration file. The file is created if it does not exist.

deserializeSettings

private function deserializeSettings( settingsData: String ):void

Apply the settings to the state of the application.

Shutdown methods

onApplicationShutdown

private function onApplicationShutdown( event: Event ):void

Save settings when the application is terminated normally.

saveSettings

private function saveSettings():void

Store settings in XML serialized form.

serializeSettings

private function serializeSettings():XML

Serializes the current application state into an XML object.

storeSettings

private function storeSettings( settings: XML ):void

Writes the XML settings object to the application configuration file.

Script loading

fileRead

private function fileRead( scriptFile: File ):void

Prepare to read the script File asyncronously.

fileReadHandler

private function fileReadHandler( event: Event ):void

Read the contents of the loaded file and let the application load it.

readIOErrorHandler

private function readIOErrorHandler( event: Event ):void

An I/O error occurred when reading a script file.