Does Flex have an onclose/onunload event for the main movie? - apache-flex

I'm looking to dispose of my localconnection when the movie is closed, or unloaded, what event should i do this with?

I do not believe that there is, but I think you can force the closure anyway.
Not entirely certain how simple this will be, but here would be my best guess. When instantiating your LocalConnection, be sure to include this in the client (or as a property in AS2):
function close()
{
myConnection.close();
}
In addition to that, I would include this while attempting to have the connection connect:
var commName:String = "MY_CONNECTION";
var myConnection:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
// Try to tell any open LocalConnection on this channel to close.
// This may cause an AsyncErrorEvent, so be sure to add the appropriate
// Error handling.
myConnection.send( commName, "close" );
try
{
myConnection.connect( commName );
}
catch( error:Error )
{
// If there is another connection already open on the same channel,
// that will cause an Error. I have had some luck catching that
// Error and then calling connect again. That said, you would be
// best to take precautions anyway.
try
{
myConnection.connect( commName );
}
catch( error:Error )
{
// Your connection cannot connect!!!
// DO SOMETHING!!!
}
}
myConnection.client = this;

I guess you could react to the unload event in JavaScript and call some cleanup function in the flex app through the ExternalInterface. Haven't worked much with ExternalInterface though, so I'm not really sure.

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What is the proper way of disposing a QMessageBox instance?

given this code:
void FooBar::ProcessExitHandler(QProcess* someProcess, QString logsPath)
{
if (clientProcess->exitCode() != 0)
{
QMessageBox* dialog = new QMessageBox();
dialog->setText("bye bye");
dialog->setStandardButtons(0);
QObject::connect(dialog, &QMessageBox::finished, [this](int) {
if (mMainWindow->AutoCloseCheckBoxChecked())
{
delete dialog; //TODO: need to confirm what is the correct way
this->quit();
}
});
dialog->show();
dialog->activateWindow();
}
else
{
if (mMainWindow->AutoCloseCheckBoxChecked())
{
delete dialog; //TODO: need to confirm what is the correct way
this->quit();
}
}
}
Is calling delete dialog like that correct? Is there a more QT idiomatic way of doing this?
Also, something that has caused me confusion is the idea (from the docs) that I should be passing a parent to the constructor of the message box. Then I would get automatic memory management, right? Is that the QT style I should shoot for?
I'm aware that since the app is exiting anyway, the leak "doesn't matter", but I want to do the right thing.
The right way is to use setAttribute
QMessageBox* dialog = new QMessageBox();
dialog->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
By setting the attribute WA_DeleteOnClose, the destructor will be called at the right moment.
When you manually call delete, the pointer will keep its value (the address) although it isn't valid anymore. If for some reason you were to reuse that pointer again, the app would crash.
\warning Deleting a QObject while pending events are waiting to be
delivered can cause a crash. You must not delete the QObject directly
if it exists in a different thread than the one currently executing.
Use deleteLater() instead, which will cause the event loop to delete
the object after all pending events have been delivered to it.
https://code.woboq.org/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp.html#881

TypeScript InversifyJS: asynchronous binding

I'm facing this kind of problem: I'm creating Event Manager with ability to handle several concrete providers, and I'm struggling with dependency injection issue here.
I'm using:
Typescript#2.0.10, node#7.0.0, inversify#2.0.1, inversify-binding-decorators#2.0.0
Lets see that in code:
const socketIO: SocketIO.Server = io.listen(instance);
kernel.bind<SocketIO.Server>(TYPES.SocketIO).toConstantValue(socketIO);
const eventManager: IEventManager = kernel.get<IEventManager>(TYPES.IEventManager);
eventManager.init(kernel.getAll<IEventManagerProvider>(TYPES.IEventManagerProvider));
console.log(eventManager);
And console logs me that event manager is undefined, which crashes the whole app. But...
When I disable the kernel.getAll(...) from init, then I'm receiving just what I've expected:
const eventManager: IEventManager = kernel.get<IEventManager>(TYPES.IEventManager);
eventManager.init([]);
console.log(eventManager);
Gives me: MultipleProvidersEventManager { providers: {} }. The init method is very simple by itself and contains:
#provideSingleton(TYPES.IEventManager)
class MultipleProvidersEventManager {
...
public init(providers: IEventManagerProvider[]): void {
forEach(providers, this.registerProvider);
}
public registerProvider(provider: IEventManagerProvider): void {
if (this.providers[provider.type()]) {
throw new Error('Event Manager provider already registered');
}
console.log('Registered ' + provider.type() + ' event manager provider');
this.providers[provider.type()] = provider;
}
...
}
So my problem is that I have to wait with calling the init method until
all required objects are stored properly in InversifyJS container and can be returned. But I don't know how :(. Can someone explain me how should I solve this problem ?
Ok, I've solve it.
The problem was in totally different place that I was thinking on the beginning.
So... in MultipleProvidersEventManager class on init method, forEach was loosing the context of the caller. Adding bind soved the problem..
forEach(providers, this.registerProvider.bind(this));
... is the anwser.

PNaCl: Handle another message while already in 'HandleMessage' function?

I'm using PNaCl and I'm in a situation where first I receive a message that is handled in the 'HandleMessage' function as the normal way, but then in the current HandleMessage execution, I need to wait for a user input that would come from an other message in order to complete the execution.
I'm wondering if this is possible to do that (handling a message while already waiting in the 'HandleMessage' function) ? And if so, can someone give me a trick ?
Thanks !
HandleMessage is currently called on one thread, the main thread. So you cannot receive a message while you are handling another message.
We typically suggest you spawn a new thread to do your work, and leave the main thread to handle messages, and queue them for the new thread to handle. Take a look at the nacl_io_demo example in the SDK for an example of this technique (found in examples/demo/nacl_io).
Another solution is to use a state machine; i.e. keep track of your current state in a variable instead of on the stack.
For example:
enum State {
STATE_INIT,
STATE_WAITING_FOR_INPUT,
STATE_DO_OTHER_STUFF,
};
State state_;
virtual void HandleMessage(const pp::Var& var_message) {
switch (state_) {
case STATE_INIT:
if (var_message.AsString() == "first_message") {
state_ = STATE_WAITING_FOR_INPUT;
// Do some work before you need the user input ...
}
break;
case STATE_WAITING_FOR_INPUT:
if (var_message.AsString() == "user_input") {
// Do more work, now that we've received input from the user...
state_ = STATE_DO_OTHER_STUFF;
}
break;
}
}

I can't catch an Error

I can't catch the thrown error in my simplified code below. Why is that?
According to requirements of the stackoverflow I must insert some more info but this example is very simple. Can you help me with this example?
package com.myserver {
public class ReturnInfo extends Sprite {
public function ReturnInfo(urlParamsArr:Array) {
try {
var client:HttpClient = new HttpClient();
var uri:URI = new URI("http://valid-url.com/aaa.php");
client.listener.onData = function(event:HttpDataEvent):void {
throw new Error();
};
client.listener.onError = function(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace("error");
};
client.postFormData(uri, variables);
}
catch (e:Error){
trace("Error was caught.");
}
}
} //class
} //package
I tried also:
try {
new ReturnInfo(urlParamsArr);
}
catch(e:Error){
trace("caught error");
}
It didn't work either.
The code does not work because the code that throws error is executed later, so you need to use try-catch in the client.listener.onData handler. That handler I assume is called sometimes later so there when you parse or handle the data,make sure to catch/handle the errors
Adding on to what Simion said, the problem is method closure. In order for an exception to be caught somewhere in the "food chain" the catch needs to be in the stack - you will know what is in the current stack by getStackTrace(). In this example, there is no stack pointer that sits at the constructor (or any method) like there is one for client.listener.onData - which is why the postFormData will execute. When the event is triggered it's stack pointer goes back to the origination point of what actually started the event trigger in the first place (not the method that declared it). This is also why the 2nd attempt was unsuccessful.
Add on to the fact that the FP executes discrete chunks in frames (think of this like a heap), anything that executes in the scope of the dispatchEvent will generally have a very small or no stack at all (eg the first stack pointer is usually the dispatcher itself - not a method that actually called it).
try-catch is best attempted within the same scope of a method.
A pseudo example:
function getOrCreateWidget():Widget {
var a:Widget;
try {
a = getWidet();
}
catch(e:TypeError) {
a = createNewWidget();
}
//finally can be debatable - most of us leave it off
//bc it executes anyway just as it would in the function scope.
finally {
a.property = 'foo';
}
return a;
}
If this isn't possible - a last ditch effort is to attach a listener to the loaderInfo.uncaughtErrorEvents. Generally associating this with the systemManager is the best option because the SM knows about every branch of the display tree right down to the root stage. It's neither good practice nor practical to assign all deviations in this method because a lot of context to the programmer is usually lost. It's more an "oh S#!) sorry user, our app just verped."

How does ASP.NET AJAX work when retrieving values from the server?

If I want to call a server function from JavaScript to retrieve a name of a person from a database (just as an example)... and I went...
name = myServices.getName(userId);
If I have a script manager with a service reference to a .asmx file that has the web method getName( int userId ) {} then this function should be called properly and would, eventually, return the name for that userId.
Unfortunately, I want to do...
name = myServices.getName(userId);
alert(name);
however, when doing ASP.NET AJAX, it would call the web method and continue executing before waiting for a response from the server (which I understand is the point of AJAX, to stop the browser from freezing while waiting for data)
I need to get the name back from the server before I can continue executing... How can I approach this to fix this issue?
There is a method you can add as a parameter to the service method that will call the method on success where you can do other stuff.
For example:
function test() {
PageMethods.MyMethod("name", OnMyMethodComplete);
}
function OnMyMethodComplete(result, userContext, methodName) {
alert(result);
}
If you want to call a Web method synchronously, you'll need to set up the request manually and use a Sys.Net.XMLHttpSyncExecutor.
Here's an example (see ExecuteSynchronously function).
For a JavaScript solution, you could loop until name has a value. Adjust time-based on latency to keep app responsive
var time = 100;
window.setTimeout(name == '' ? wait : continue, time);
function wait() {
window.setTimeout(name == '' ? wait : continue, time);
}
function continue() {
//code having to do with name
alert(name);
}
Congratulations! You've taken your first step into a larger asynchronous world. I'd definitely go with using the callbacks that CSharpAtl suggested.

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