NPAPI Cocoa event model

Report · Jul 20, 2009

Hi,

Would anyone know when we can expect to see the cocoa event model support in Flash player on Mac?

Mugdha

Report · Jul 20, 2009

I don't know that this is a question we're going to be able to answer here on the forum. Why, specifically, are you interested?

Report · Jul 20, 2009

Flash doesn't expose any platform API details - that is all abstracted in the SWF/Actionscript.

So, the underlying event model should make no difference.

Report · Jul 21, 2009

Pardon me, maybe I am asking the question in the wrong forum. I am askign this question not with respect to any actionscript code, but for the player interaction itself. I was hoping that some Adobe contact might be able to provide an answer to this question.

Would you know which would be the correct place to get answer to this question.

Report · Jul 21, 2009

No, this is the correct forum, but we do not understand the question.

Let me rephrase... we -do- understand the question, but we do not usually make the internal APIs of Flash Player available to the public. Flash Player functionality is only exposed through the published Actionscript API's available in Flash/Flex/AIR and our other tools.

So in order to help you, we need more detail about why you need to know about the internal functionality.

Report · Jul 21, 2009

I use the flash player on Mac like a browser and I am facing some issues in carbon events (NPAPI model) since they need to have the global position of the mouse instead of being relative of the view (/window). Hence in my work it will be helpful when Flash player moves to the Cocoa event model, as discussed in NPAPI future forums. Based on the information of when flash player with this model will be available, I can schedule my work

Thanks

Mugdha

Report · Jul 21, 2009

Mugdha,

Thanks for the information.

And that is exactly what I needed to know to answer the question. Unfortunately the answer is that I cannot give you this information.

Simply put, Flash Player engineering only supports the use of Flash Player plugin inside a supported browser, as listed in the system requirements at http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/.

My team cannot advise on any use of the plugin as a standalone, which is what I believe you're doing (please correct me if I'm mistaken).

Now, if you can recreate your spatial/event issues inside a browser then you can open a support web case (or a phone case if you have Flash or Flex) and we can proceed from that angle.

The other thing you can _try_ is filling a public player bug and submitting your application. I cannot guarantee the bug will be reviewed, but if you can get your bug enough votes it might be reviewed. See this article for details on how to file:

kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403392.html

A third angle, depending on how you're creating your app, is the SWF format page/forums/newsgroups. See here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/swf/ (I'm not sure that's applicable, but it's worth a try).

Report · Jul 21, 2009

Thanks for the information and suggestions. Guess will have to wait till it is actually released.

Thanks

Mugdha