A simple RPC example

This example creates a 200 x 200 pixel rectangle in Fireworks when a button in a Flash application is clicked.

To build a Flash application that uses RPC to create a Fireworks object:

  1. Download the supporting ActionScript stub files (a series of supporting ActionScript files) from the Macromedia website, you need to put them in your working directory (where the new FLA file will reside).
  2. Open a new document in Flash 8.
  3. In the first frame, add the following in the Actions panel to link the general fireworks stub file to the movie when it is published: 
    #include "fwstubs.as"
  4. Create a simple button which will activate the RPC script.
  5. Insert the button in the first frame, in the middle of the Stage.
  6. Attach the following ActionScript code to the button to activate the RPC code when the button is clicked: 
    on(press){
	RPCMethods.CreateAutoReleasePool();
	
	var fw = new Fireworks();
	//Hide all panels - this function commented out as it will crash if run 
from inside Fireworks
	//fw.setHideAllFloaters(true);
	
	//Define the document objects the long way
	var res = new Object();
	res.units = "inch";
	res.pixelsPerUnit = 72;
	var size = new Object();
	size.x = 220;
	size.y = 220;
	
	//Create new doc
	var fwdoc = fw.createFireworksDocument(size, res, "#0033FF");
		
	//Define a rectangle object the short way
	var rect = {left:10, top:10, right:210, bottom:210};
	//Add Rectangle
	fwdoc.addNewRectanglePrimitive(rect,0.20);
	//Set its color
	fwdoc.setFillColor("#00CC99");

	
	RPCMethods.DestroyAutoReleasePool();
}

RPCMethods.DestroyAutoReleasePool();
  7. Publish the SWF file.

    When you publish the SWF file, make sure the stubs files are in the same directory as your FLA file.

The SWF creates a new Fireworks document, and draws a 200 x 200 pixel green rectangle in Fireworks:



 

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