a4j:mediaOutput

[iimirela]

Hello,

I'm having problems with the media output. I tried the exmple from the live demo page, but it does not work for me.

In my xhtml, I have

<a4j:outputPanel id="flashPanelDynamic">

 <a4j:mediaOutput element="a" id="swfLink" style="display: none;" cacheable="false" session="true"
 createContent="#{Bean.paintFlash}" value="#{mediaData}" />

 <a4j:outputPanel layout="block" id="myFlashContent" style="width: 200px; height: 200px">
 <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
 <img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
 </a>
 </a4j:outputPanel>

 <script type="text/javascript">
 var flashvars = {};
 var params = {};
 var attributes = {};
 swfobject.embedSWF(#{rich:element('swfLink')}.href, "#{rich:clientId('myFlashContent')}", "200", "200", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
 </script>

 </a4j:outputPanel>

In my bean I have the paintFlash and copy methods, and I added the MediaData bean.

Ok, I must mention that the swf is in another war (I'm trying to integrate 2 projects), but this is not the problem. I've put a breakpoint inside the paintFlash method, but the method is not called.

Plus how can I send flashvars?

Thank you,
Ioana.

[iimirela]

I fixed the problem partially. I was a matter of

<context-param>
 <param-name>org.richfaces.LoadScriptStrategy</param-name>
 <param-value>ALL</param-value>
</context-param>

in the web.xml file.

Now.. the fact that the swf is in another war is a problem :)
How can I call it? And pass flashvars?

Thanks,
Ioana.

[nbelaevski]

Hi Ioana,

Why not use SWF file directly? E.g.

swfobject.embedSWF("/anothercontext/flash/my.swf", ...)

without a4j:mediaOutput?

[iimirela]

Because it's a dynamic thing, and I need to specify in java what to show, so a4j:mediaoutput is very confy. In the paintFlash method is there a way to get the swf in another context?

Thanks,
Ioana.

[nbelaevski]

I'm not sure what dynamical do you mean, so how about this:

swfobject.embedSWF("#{bean.movieUrl}", ...)

?
If this doesn't work for you, then you can try forwarding request to SWF resource; however this solution will work better with custom-coded Servlet and without a4j:mediaOutput, because I do not see a good place to include forwarding in its code.

[iimirela]

I meant dynamic in the sense that not always I have to show a swf.

I have a tree menu, and in base of the selected leaf, I show a swf, or an image, or smth else.

Thanks.
Ioana.

[nbelaevski]

Ioana,

Then you can hide/show a4j:outputPanel holding SWF. E.g. using "rendered".

[iimirela]

Hi,

Yes, I'll render/rerender :) but I have to dynamically decide the content of the outputpanel. Maybe you'll disagree, but I did smth like this int the paintFlash method:

javax.faces.context.ExternalContext ext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest)ext.getRequest();

ServletContext context = request.getSession(). getServletContext).getContext("/otherContext");

InputStream stream = context.getResourceAsStream("/myflex.swf");

And it works for me.

Ioana.

[nbelaevski]

Hi Ioana,

Nice to hear it's working.