Thursday, January 29, 2015

Creating a Flex AIR Screenshot app Part 11

In todays tutorial well add some options to set export directory in our application.

What were going to add is the "Export destination" option. It basically consists of a label and a HGroup with a text input and a button in it. The text input field cannot be edited by the user, and displays the directory, where the final files are going to be saved. By pressing the "browse" button, the user calls out a window, which lets him select a folder, and the text field updates (the value also saves locally).

Create theese elements, set the text inputs text value boudn to pref_destination and the buttons click event handler to screenshotDestination():

<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Export destination:</s:Label>
<s:HGroup width="310">
<s:TextInput editable="false" width="100%" toolTip="Destination" text="{pref_destination}" />
<s:Button label="Browse" click="screenshotDestination();" />
</s:HGroup>

Now well add an option to create a folder automatically in the destination and put all the exported images inside of it. Well add a checkbox that the user can toggle and choose whether he wants the folder to be created, or just store the exported images in the selected destination. Set the checkboxs id to folderCheckbox and selected property bound to pref_folder (use two-way binding). Create a text input field and, most importantly, set its enabled property bound to the selected property of folderCheckbox.

<s:CheckBox id="folderCheckbox" label="Create new folder with exported images" styleName="descriptionText2" selected="@{pref_folder}" />
<s:TextInput id="folderField" width="100%" toolTip="Folder name" maxChars="200" enabled="{folderCheckbox.selected}"/>

You may have already noticed that I set the styleName property of several elements to descriptionText2 in the code above. Set every elements styleName that is displayed in the screenshotsettings page and displays any text to descriptionText2:

<s:NavigatorContent id="screenshotsettings">
<s:VGroup width="100%" horizontalAlign="center" paddingTop="20">
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Select screenshot screen sizes:</s:Label>
<s:SkinnableContainer backgroundColor="#999999" width="310" height="18" >
<s:CheckBox toolTip="Use this screen size" x="4" id="set1checkbox" />
<s:Label id="contSize" styleName="settingText" x="22" y="3" />
</s:SkinnableContainer>
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set2" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set3" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set4" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set5" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set6" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set7" />

<s:Label/>

<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Export as:</s:Label>
<s:HGroup>
<s:RadioButton id="screenRadioJPEG" label="JPEG" groupName="screenshotFormat" change="formatChange(JPEG);" styleName="descriptionText2" /> 
<s:RadioButton id="screenRadioPNG" label="PNG" groupName="screenshotFormat" change="formatChange(PNG);" styleName="descriptionText2" /> 
</s:HGroup>
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Quality:</s:Label>
<s:HSlider id="screenQualitySlider" width="310" minimum="1" maximum="100" liveDragging="true" enabled="{pref_format==JPEG}" value="@{pref_quality}" />

<s:Label/>

<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Export destination:</s:Label>
<s:HGroup width="310">
<s:TextInput editable="false" width="100%" toolTip="Destination" text="{pref_destination}" />
<s:Button label="Browse" click="screenshotDestination();" />
</s:HGroup>
<s:CheckBox id="folderCheckbox" label="Create new folder with exported images" styleName="descriptionText2" selected="@{pref_folder}" />
<s:TextInput id="folderField" width="100%" toolTip="Folder name" maxChars="200" enabled="{folderCheckbox.selected}"/>
<s:HGroup>
<s:Button label="Back" click="screenshotBack();" />
<s:Button label="Export" click="startExportScreenshot();" />
</s:HGroup>
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

The style is basically a white text, but smaller than descriptionText:

<fx:Style>
@namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
@namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx";

.descriptionText{
fontSize: 24;
color: #fff;
}

.descriptionText2{
fontSize: 16;
color: #fff;
}

.settingText{
fontSize: 16;
color: #fff;
}

#headStep{
fontSize: 30;
fontWeight: bold;
color: #ffffbb;
}

#headDesc{
fontSize: 30;
color: #ffffff;
}
</fx:Style>

Since we added some space-taking content, increase the applications height value to 600:

<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                       xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                       xmlns:custom="*"
                       xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" showStatusBar="false"
                       width="550" height="600" creationComplete="init();">

Now declare 2 variables - pref_folder and pref_destination:

[Bindable]
private var pref_folder:Boolean;
[Bindable]
private var pref_destination:String;

Edit init() function to set the default values for these variables. The folders default value is true, the destination is File.documentsDirectory.nativePath. Apply these values to pref_folder and pref_destination after that:

private function init():void {
//preferences.data.firsttime = null;

// Set preferences if loaded for the first time
if (preferences.data.firsttime == null) {
preferences.data.firsttime = true;
preferences.data.screensizes = [ 
{ checked:true },
{ checked:true, w:1280, h:1024 },
{ checked:true, w:1280, h:800 },
{ checked:true, w:1024, h:768 },
{ checked:false, w:"", h:"" },
{ checked:false, w:"", h:"" },
{ checked:false, w:"", h:"" } ];
preferences.data.format = "JPEG";
preferences.data.quality = 100;
preferences.data.folder = true;
preferences.data.destination = File.documentsDirectory.nativePath;
preferences.flush();
}

// Set preferences loaded from local storage
pref_screensizes = preferences.data.screensizes;
pref_format = preferences.data.format;
pref_quality = preferences.data.quality;
pref_folder = preferences.data.folder;
pref_destination = preferences.data.destination;

addEventListener(FlexNativeWindowBoundsEvent.WINDOW_RESIZE, onResize);
}

Once again, were adding more preferences, so remember to set firsttime to null for the first time running this code.

Lets add that screenshotDestination function. The user browses for a directory and pref_destination is set to the selected directorys nativePath:

private function screenshotDestination():void {
var newDestination:File = new File(pref_destination);
newDestination.browseForDirectory("Select directory");
newDestination.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, destinationSelect);

function destinationSelect(evt:Event):void {
pref_destination = newDestination.nativePath;
}
}

Add 2 lines to update preferences with the new folder and destination values and save them in saveScreenshotSettings():

private function saveScreenshotSettings():void {
pref_screensizes[0].checked = set1checkbox.selected;

for (var i:int = 0; i < screenSettings.length; i++) {
pref_screensizes[i + 1].checked = screenSettings[i].checked;
pref_screensizes[i + 1].w = screenSettings[i].w;
pref_screensizes[i + 1].h = screenSettings[i].h;
}

if (screenRadioJPEG.selected == true) {
pref_format == "JPEG";
} else {
pref_format == "PNG";
}

preferences.data.screensizes = pref_screensizes;
preferences.data.format = pref_format;
preferences.data.quality = pref_quality;
preferences.data.folder = pref_folder;
preferences.data.destination = pref_destination;
preferences.flush();
}

Thats all for today.

Full code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:custom="*"
   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" showStatusBar="false"
   width="550" height="600" creationComplete="init();">
   
   
<fx:Declarations>
<mx:ArrayCollection id="headerTitles">
<fx:Object step="Step one:" description="load a web page." />
<fx:Object step="Loading..." description="please wait." />
<fx:Object step="Step two:" description="set your export preferences." />
<fx:Object step="Step two:" description="select the area you wish to crop." />
<fx:Object step="Step three:" description="set your export preferences for the cropped image." />
<fx:Object step="Final step:" description="please wait while your images are being expored." />
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</fx:Declarations>

<fx:Style>
@namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
@namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx";

.descriptionText{
fontSize: 24;
color: #fff;
}

.descriptionText2{
fontSize: 16;
color: #fff;
}

.settingText{
fontSize: 16;
color: #fff;
}

#headStep{
fontSize: 30;
fontWeight: bold;
color: #ffffbb;
}

#headDesc{
fontSize: 30;
color: #ffffff;
}
</fx:Style>

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.filesystem.File;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import mx.controls.HTML;
import mx.core.FlexHTMLLoader;
import mx.events.FlexNativeWindowBoundsEvent;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.graphics.codec.JPEGEncoder;
import mx.graphics.codec.PNGEncoder;
import mx.graphics.ImageSnapshot;
import spark.primitives.BitmapImage;

[Bindable]
private var urlString:String;
[Bindable]
private var canSelect:Boolean = true;
private var tempHTML:HTML = new HTML();

private var preferences:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("kirshotPreferences");
[Bindable]
private var pref_screensizes:Array;
[Bindable]
private var pref_format:String;
[Bindable]
private var pref_quality:int;
[Bindable]
private var pref_folder:Boolean;
[Bindable]
private var pref_destination:String;

private var screenSettings:Array;

private function init():void {
//preferences.data.firsttime = null;

// Set preferences if loaded for the first time
if (preferences.data.firsttime == null) {
preferences.data.firsttime = true;
preferences.data.screensizes = [ 
{ checked:true },
{ checked:true, w:1280, h:1024 },
{ checked:true, w:1280, h:800 },
{ checked:true, w:1024, h:768 },
{ checked:false, w:"", h:"" },
{ checked:false, w:"", h:"" },
{ checked:false, w:"", h:"" } ];
preferences.data.format = "JPEG";
preferences.data.quality = 100;
preferences.data.folder = true;
preferences.data.destination = File.documentsDirectory.nativePath;
preferences.flush();
}

// Set preferences loaded from local storage
pref_screensizes = preferences.data.screensizes;
pref_format = preferences.data.format;
pref_quality = preferences.data.quality;
pref_folder = preferences.data.folder;
pref_destination = preferences.data.destination;

addEventListener(FlexNativeWindowBoundsEvent.WINDOW_RESIZE, onResize);
}

private function doBrowse():void{
var file:File = new File();
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, browseSelect);
file.browseForOpen("Load a webpage");

function browseSelect(evt:Event):void {
urlInput.text = file.nativePath;
}
}

private function goCrop():void {
stack.selectedChild = crop;
urlString = urlInput.text;
}

private function goScreenshot():void {
stack.selectedChild = screenshotloading;
urlString = urlInput.text;

addElement(tempHTML);
tempHTML.visible = false;
tempHTML.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTempLoad);
tempHTML.htmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(urlString));
}

private function onTempLoad(evt:Event):void {
stack.selectedChild = screenshotsettings;
}

private function cancelLoading():void {
tempHTML.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTempLoad);
tempHTML.cancelLoad();
screenshotBack();
}

private function screenshotBack():void {
saveScreenshotSettings()
stack.selectedChild = loadpage;
removeElement(tempHTML);
}

private function changeState():void {
if (stack.selectedChild == loadpage) {
contentBox.setStyle("horizontalAlign", "center");
urlInput.text = urlString;
}
if (stack.selectedChild == crop) {
maximize();
canSelect = true;
contentBox.setStyle("horizontalAlign", "left");
cropHTML.htmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(urlString));
cropHTML.width = contentBox.width;
cropHTML.height = contentBox.height - 24;
cropStatus.text = "Loading";
cropStatus.setStyle("color", "#ffff00");
cropHTML.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCropLoad);
}
if (stack.selectedChild == screenshotsettings) {
screenSettings = [set2, set3, set4, set5, set6, set7];
contSize.text = "Full size (" + tempHTML.contentWidth + "x" + tempHTML.contentHeight + ")";
loadScreenshotSettings();
}
}

private function loadScreenshotSettings():void {
set1checkbox.selected = pref_screensizes[0].checked;

for (var i:int = 0; i < screenSettings.length; i++) {
screenSettings[i].checked = pref_screensizes[i + 1].checked;
screenSettings[i].w = pref_screensizes[i + 1].w;
screenSettings[i].h = pref_screensizes[i + 1].h;
}

if (pref_format == "JPEG") {
screenRadioJPEG.selected = true;
} else {
screenRadioPNG.selected = true;
}
}

private function saveScreenshotSettings():void {
pref_screensizes[0].checked = set1checkbox.selected;

for (var i:int = 0; i < screenSettings.length; i++) {
pref_screensizes[i + 1].checked = screenSettings[i].checked;
pref_screensizes[i + 1].w = screenSettings[i].w;
pref_screensizes[i + 1].h = screenSettings[i].h;
}

if (screenRadioJPEG.selected == true) {
pref_format == "JPEG";
} else {
pref_format == "PNG";
}

preferences.data.screensizes = pref_screensizes;
preferences.data.format = pref_format;
preferences.data.quality = pref_quality;
preferences.data.folder = pref_folder;
preferences.data.destination = pref_destination;
preferences.flush();
}

private function formatChange(newformat:String):void {
pref_format = newformat;
}

private function startExportScreenshot():void {
var canExport:Boolean = true;

for (var i:int = 0; i < screenSettings.length; i++) {
if (screenSettings[i].checked && ((screenSettings[i].w == "" || screenSettings[i].w == 0) || (screenSettings[i].h == "" || screenSettings[i].h == 0))) {
canExport = false;
}
}

if (canExport) {
Alert.show("Successful export");
}else {
Alert.show("One or more selected screen sizes are not entered or are invalid!", "Oops...");
}
}

private function screenshotDestination():void {
var newDestination:File = new File(pref_destination);
newDestination.browseForDirectory("Select directory");
newDestination.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, destinationSelect);

function destinationSelect(evt:Event):void {
pref_destination = newDestination.nativePath;
}
}

private function onCropLoad(evt:Event):void {
cropStatus.text = "Loaded";
cropStatus.setStyle("color", "#ffffff");
}

private function onResize(evt:Event):void {
if (stack.selectedChild == crop) {
cropHTML.width = contentBox.width;
cropHTML.height = contentBox.height - 24;
}
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
   
<s:VGroup width="100%" height="100%" gap="0">
<mx:HBox backgroundColor="#333333" height="46" width="100%" paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10">
<s:Label id="headStep" text="{headerTitles.getItemAt(stack.selectedIndex).step}" />
<s:Label id="headDesc" text="{headerTitles.getItemAt(stack.selectedIndex).description}" />
</mx:HBox>
<mx:Box backgroundColor="#666666" width="100%" height="100%" id="contentBox" horizontalAlign="center">
<mx:ViewStack id="stack" change="changeState();">
<s:NavigatorContent id="loadpage">
<s:VGroup width="100%" horizontalAlign="center" paddingTop="20">
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText">Enter the link to the page:</s:Label>
<s:HGroup>
<s:TextInput width="250" id="urlInput" text="http://" /><s:Button label="Browse local..." click="doBrowse();" />
</s:HGroup>
<s:HGroup>
<custom:ImageButton img="@Embed(../lib/b_screenshot.png)" over="@Embed(../lib/b_screenshot_over.png)" toolTip="Take screenshots" click="goScreenshot();" buttonMode="true" enabled="{urlInput.text!=}" />
<custom:ImageButton img="@Embed(../lib/b_cut.png)" over="@Embed(../lib/b_cut_over.png)" toolTip="Crop area" click="goCrop();" buttonMode="true" enabled="{urlInput.text!=}" />
</s:HGroup>
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="screenshotloading">
<s:VGroup width="100%" horizontalAlign="center" paddingTop="20">
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText">The page is being loaded...</s:Label>
<s:Button label="Cancel" click="cancelLoading();" />
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="screenshotsettings">
<s:VGroup width="100%" horizontalAlign="center" paddingTop="20">
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Select screenshot screen sizes:</s:Label>
<s:SkinnableContainer backgroundColor="#999999" width="310" height="18" >
<s:CheckBox toolTip="Use this screen size" x="4" id="set1checkbox" />
<s:Label id="contSize" styleName="settingText" x="22" y="3" />
</s:SkinnableContainer>
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set2" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set3" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set4" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set5" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set6" />
<custom:ScreenSetting id="set7" />

<s:Label/>

<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Export as:</s:Label>
<s:HGroup>
<s:RadioButton id="screenRadioJPEG" label="JPEG" groupName="screenshotFormat" change="formatChange(JPEG);" styleName="descriptionText2" /> 
<s:RadioButton id="screenRadioPNG" label="PNG" groupName="screenshotFormat" change="formatChange(PNG);" styleName="descriptionText2" /> 
</s:HGroup>
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Quality:</s:Label>
<s:HSlider id="screenQualitySlider" width="310" minimum="1" maximum="100" liveDragging="true" enabled="{pref_format==JPEG}" value="@{pref_quality}" />

<s:Label/>

<s:Label styleName="descriptionText2">Export destination:</s:Label>
<s:HGroup width="310">
<s:TextInput editable="false" width="100%" toolTip="Destination" text="{pref_destination}" />
<s:Button label="Browse" click="screenshotDestination();" />
</s:HGroup>
<s:CheckBox id="folderCheckbox" label="Create new folder with exported images" styleName="descriptionText2" selected="@{pref_folder}" />
<s:TextInput id="folderField" width="100%" toolTip="Folder name" maxChars="200" enabled="{folderCheckbox.selected}"/>
<s:HGroup>
<s:Button label="Back" click="screenshotBack();" />
<s:Button label="Export" click="startExportScreenshot();" />
</s:HGroup>
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="crop">
<s:VGroup width="100%" height="100%" gap="0">
<mx:HBox backgroundColor="#999999" width="100%" height="24" verticalScrollPolicy="off" verticalAlign="middle" paddingLeft="2">
<s:Button label="Back" click="{cropHTML.htmlLoader.loadString(); stack.selectedChild = loadpage;}" />
<s:Button label="Export selection" enabled="false" />
<s:Label id="cropStatus" />
<s:Label text="{urlString}" />
</mx:HBox>
<mx:HTML id="cropHTML" horizontalScrollPolicy="on" verticalScrollPolicy="on" />
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="cropsettings">

</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="export">

</s:NavigatorContent>
</mx:ViewStack>
</mx:Box>
</s:VGroup>

</s:WindowedApplication>

Thanks for reading!
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