Flex Examples
The following example shows how you can use the PopUpManager class to display a VideoDisplay control in a TitleWindow container in Flex.
Full code after the jump.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/04/displaying-a-video-in-a-pop-up-window-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical"
verticalAlign="top"
backgroundColor="white">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
private function button_click(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var popUpVideoDisplay:PopUpVideoDisplay;
popUpVideoDisplay = new PopUpVideoDisplay();
popUpVideoDisplay.source = "http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/video/water.flv";
PopUpManager.addPopUp(popUpVideoDisplay, this, true);
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Button id="button"
label="Launch video"
click="button_click(event);" />
</mx:Application>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/04/displaying-a-video-in-a-pop-up-window-in-flex/ -->
<mx:TitleWindow xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
showCloseButton="true"
styleName="noPadding"
creationComplete="init();"
close="titleWindow_close(event);">
<mx:Style>
.noPadding {
paddingBottom: 0;
paddingTop: 0;
paddingLeft: 0;
paddingRight: 0;
}
</mx:Style>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.managers.IFocusManagerComponent;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject;
import mx.events.CloseEvent;
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
[Bindable]
public var source:String;
private function init():void {
PopUpManager.centerPopUp(this);
}
private function titleWindow_close(evt:CloseEvent):void {
PopUpManager.removePopUp(evt.target as IFlexDisplayObject);
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:VideoDisplay id="videoDisplay"
source="{source}"
resize="init();" />
<mx:ControlBar horizontalAlign="right" width="100%">
</mx:ControlBar>
</mx:TitleWindow>
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Peter deHaan
Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.
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Thats sick!
yay!! this example is very useful 4 me!! thanxxx!!
did anybody seen any good example of SWFAddress??gimme da links please?
There is lots of talk about using video – but finding a post about how to *embed* video in a Flex app was a lot harder than I expected. If you can convert an .FLV to a .SWF, you can easily embed a video file just like you might embed an image. See the code below for an example. I think this warrants a post of its own…
<mx:SWFLoader id="myVideo" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" source="@Embed(source='misc/video.swf')" autoLoad="true" /> <mx:Canvas id="canvas" height="100%" width="100%" verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" <mx:Button x="-21" y="244" label="Get Data ..." click="myVideo.load()" /> <mx:Canvas/>An idea to enable fullscreen of the video in the popup ?
Erwan,
There is an example of building fullscreen Flex applications at “Creating full-screen Flex applications” which may get you started.
If you only want to display the VideoDisplay while in fullscreen mode, you may need to set up some states or something.
Peter
HI well there is a bug here……the moment you keep pressing space bar…new window will load automtaiclly……can you resolve this
rahul,
In PopUpVideoDisplay.mxml file, change the
init()method to the following:private function init():void { PopUpManager.centerPopUp(this); focusManager.setFocus(this.mx_internal::closeButton); }Now, when you press the space bar, the TitleWindow will close.
Peter
HI well there is a bug here……the moment you keep pressing space bar…new window will load automtaiclly……can you resolve this
hi i resolved this…use this.setFocus();inside your init function.
I have a form designed using Flex. The form does not fit the screen area and hence I am having scroll bars in it. When we click on some of the controls in the form, we open popups. But when the popup is opened, if we scroll the form using the form scroll bar then the popup is not getting scrolled. I want the popup to be scrolled along with the form elements. Please let me know how this can be done.
Thanks
Abhilash
The video keeps playing even when the popup box is closed. How can I fix that?
-Scotty G
ScottyG,
Oops.
The best fix is probably calling the
stop()method on the VideoDisplay control when the PopUp window is closed.Peter
If you use the close on the popup window the sound continues to play!
@Rod,
Correct. Sorry, I should have explicitly called the
stop()method in the close handler before removing the popup from the display list.Peter
videoDisplay.close();
I want controls to play, pause, stop the video. Is it possible in this example?
@xabibi,
Sure, in the PopUpVideoDisplay.mxml ControlBar, just add a few mx:Button controls that play, pause, stop the video.
Peter
Hey peter ,
Can this example be used to display the live stream ??
Apoorv
Hi Peter,
Is it possible for the pop up window to move outside the boundaries of the parent application. As I would like them to be able to play a tutorial video on one screen and follow along in the second one.