[Papervision3D] Far manifest...

[John Grden]

LOVE YOU

thanks man ;)

On 3/1/07, Edwin van Rijkom <lists at screenweaver.com> wrote:
>
>
> > so, "1" means zlib compress and "0" means as-is?
> yes, that's it.
>
> Cheers,
> Edwin
> >
> > On 3/1/07, Edwin van Rijkom <lists at screenweaver.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The compress attribute indicates whether a file should be packed 'as
> >> is', or should get ZLIB compressed before adding it to the archive -
> >> it's unrelated to the FarItem.asX methods.
> >>
> >> Speaking of which, for using FarItem.asBitmap, you'll need my latest
> >> local version of the API, which for the time being I've uploaded to
> >> http://vanrijkom.org/far/far_0.1.r2.zip (includes upd. archiver tool
> >> too), until I get a chance to update the Google code page.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Edwin
> >>
> >> John Grden wrote:
> >> > ha! excellent:
> >> >
> >> > <!--
> >> > ============================================
> >> > Far (Flash Archive) Manifest file, v.0.1
> >> > --------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Build an archive from this manifest, using:
> >> >    far -m path-to-manifest
> >> >
> >> > ============================================
> >> > -->
> >> > <far-manifest target="mexico.far">
> >> >
> >> >    <!--
> >> >    Priorities, ranked from highest to lowest.
> >> >
> >> >    Higher priority files are placed at the beginning of the
> >> >    archive so they will be streamed in first .
> >> >    -->
> >> >
> >> >    <priorities>
> >> >        <priority>default</priority>
> >> >    </priorities>
> >> >
> >> >    <!--
> >> >    Source files, in random order.
> >> >    -->
> >> >
> >> >    <source compress="1" priority="default">
> >> >        <path>mexico/states.shp</path>
> >> >        <index>mexico/states.shp</index>
> >> >    </source>
> >> >    <source compress="1" priority="default">
> >> >        <path>mexico/rivers.shp</path>
> >> >        <index>mexico/rivers.shp</index>
> >> >    </source>
> >> >    <source compress="1" priority="default">
> >> >        <path>mexico/roads.shp</path>
> >> >        <index>mexico/roads.shp</index>
> >> >    </source><source compress="1" priority="default">
> >> >        <path>mexico/cities.shp</path>
> >> >        <index>mexico/cities.shp</index>
> >> >    </source><source compress="1" priority="default">
> >> >        <path>mexico/cities.dbf</path>
> >> >        <index>mexico/cities.dbf</index>
> >> >    </source>
> >> > </far-manifest>
> >> >
> >> > Just wondering, does compress attribute directly relate to
> >> > FarItem.asBitmap,
> >> > FarItem.asMovieClip, FarItem.asText ?  if not, what does the "1"
> stand
> >> > for
> >> > (or is there a doc on the manifest usage?)
> >> >
> >> > Thanks Edwin - very exciting to see this taking shape!
> >> >
> >> > On 3/1/07, Edwin van Rijkom <lists at screenweaver.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi John,
> >> >>
> >> >> The -m option is for building an archive from an xml manifest file.
> >> >> Using it on a .far file confused the XML parser. I'll make sure to
> >> put
> >> >> in a better error. To extract a manifest from an existing .far file
> >> >> though, use the -n option. So:
> >> >>
> >> >> > far.exe -n mexico.far
> >> >>
> >> >> should work, and should create 'mexico.xml' (the manifest).
> >> >>
> >> >> To repack the archive from the manifest:
> >> >>
> >> >> > far.exe -x mexico.far (to extract all files from the org. archive)
> >> >> > far.exe -m mexico.xml
> >> >>
> >> >> Beware that extracting a manifest doesn't bring back the originally
> >> >> specified priority groups, for those aren't stored in the archive to
> >> >> keep things small. Normally though, the .far author would have the
> >> >> original manifest (incl. priorities).
> >> >>
> >> >> The version that's currently on-line has a bug on adding files to
> >> >> existing archives. This is fixed with my local build that I'll
> upload
> >> >> shortly.
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Edwin
> >> >>
> >> >> John Grden wrote:
> >> >> > I tried grabbing the mexico.far from Edwin's site and then using
> >> the
> >> >> > -m tag,
> >> >> > but I get this error:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > FAR (Flash Archive) 0.1 - (C) 2007, Edwin van Rijkom
> >> >> > http://www.vanrijkom.org
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Unhandled exception:
> >> >> > Invalid field access : get
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 3/1/07, John Grden <neoriley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I've got far installed, env variable set, cmd prompt working
> >> and I'm
> >> >> >> trying to do this in a bat file:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> far "C:/Documents and Settings/John/My
> >> >> >> Documents/Papervision3D/starwars/deploy/meshes" xwing.ASE
> >> >> deathstar.ASE
> >> >> >> endor.ASE tiefighter.ASE
> >> >> >> pause
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> when I run this, it just keeps running the same line over and
> over
> >> >> and
> >> >> >> over again until I cancel it with ctrl+c
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Does anyone have a manifest file I can look at to see how to
> >> >> >> structure the
> >> >> >> xml?  I can't find it on the wiki and there isn't a sample in the
> >> >> >> download
> >> >> >> ;)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> [  JPG  ]
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
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