Re: Some discoveries about multilingual .swf's with ming 0.3a

>> 
>> SWFText
>> -------
>> version 0.3a
>> I can't use the default web browser fonts with the SWFText object...period.

I have seen a mention somewhere in some flash manual about using browser fonts with 
static text / SWFText, but I have no idea how this is supposed to work
(and as far as I recall, when somebody tried it in flash, the result was a text field)

>> 1)I can't use any ttf2fft/makefdb generated .fdb files with this.  They don't
>> appear...period.
>> 2)I can however use the default web browser fonts such as _sans, _serif,
>> _typewriter, ...
>> 3)the French characters display correctly when using addUTF8String but not
>> addString.

french characters probably are encoded as iso-latin-1 while flash now prefers unicode
You could try to place actionscript
System.useCodePage
on first frame - if the special codes work, the fonts are isolatin

On the other side this would mean that we need some way to reencode codepage fonts as
unicode.... Oops - did not see code example first; the bitstream fonts are definitely codepage,
and your french example is unicode

Wolfgang

>> 4)the Japanese characters don't display at all since I can't seem to find the
>> right name for the "Mincho" font.  In my mind, this should work, since all
>> Japanese fonts are installed on my machine.
>> 
>> Actionscript works with SWFTextField.  I set a name for the SWFTextField and it
>> worked for English and French.  Being that I couldn't use the japanese font, I
>> couldn't get to see this working with japanese strings yet.
>> 
>> Conclusion:
>> -----------
>> To display stuff and animate stuff though, ming is definitely there.
>> For inputting typed data with either japanese/french/english at the same time
>> through ming/.swf however, IMHO it's not there yet on my machine.
>> 
>> I think we should be able to achieve this considering there are built-in web
>> browser fonts that we should be able to access but I haven't succeeded yet for
>> jp mincho.  Any suggestions or ideas for this?  The Flash format spec v7.0
>> clearly shows the mincho font as one of the default web browser fonts available.
>> 
>> I have attached a test2.c file demonstrating some of my observations.
>> 
>> Tangent...I noticed in the v7.0 spec that the actionscript stack doesn't use
>> boundaries when describing an action.  I also noticed that some of the string
>> objects are still using null-terminated strings instead of providing boundaries
>> i.e. begin and end with a string length.  Something tells me it would be safer. 
>> It's not a ming issue as such but a Flash Player issue I think.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> David Marceau
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>>  name="test2.c"
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>> Content-Disposition: inline;
>>  filename="test2.c"
>> 
>> #include <time.h>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <stdlib.h>
>> 
>> #include "../ming.h"
>> 
>> #define WIDTH 500
>> #define HEIGHT 200
>> 
>> 
>> void testEnglishSWFText(SWFMovie movie)
>> {
>>   SWFFont f;
>> 
>> 	//works for english text no problem
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/test.fdb","rb"));
>>   
>>   //works for english text no problem
>>   f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/fdbfonts/fdb/CarminaLtBT.fdb","rb"));
>>   SWFText t = newSWFText();
>>   SWFDisplayItem d;
>> 
>>   if(f == NULL)
>>   {
>>     printf("font def file not found!\n");
>>     exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   SWFText_setFont(t, f);
>>   SWFText_setHeight(t, 14);
>>   SWFText_setColor(t, 0, 0, 0, 0xff);
>>   SWFText_setSpacing(t, 0);
>>   SWFText_addString(t, "EnglishSWFText <<I love you Sayo;)>>", NULL);
>> 
>>   d = SWFMovie_add(movie, (SWFCharacter)t);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_move(d, 0, 14);
>> }
>> 
>> void testJapaneseSWFText(SWFMovie movie)
>> {
>>   SWFFont f;
>> 
>> 	f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/Kochi Mincho.fdb","rb"));
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/test.fdb","rb"));
>>   
>>   //works for english text no problem
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/fdbfonts/fdb/CarminaLtBT.fdb","rb"));
>>   SWFText t = newSWFText();
>>   SWFDisplayItem d;
>> 
>>   if(f == NULL)
>>   {
>>     printf("font def file not found!\n");
>>     exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   SWFText_setFont(t, f);
>>   SWFText_setHeight(t, 14);
>>   SWFText_setColor(t, 0, 0, 0, 0xff);
>>   SWFText_setSpacing(t, 0);
>>   //SWFText_setBounds(t, 700, 14);
>>   SWFText_addUTF8String(t, "JapaneseUTF8 SWFText <<ã?*ã,^ï¼? ã,?ã?Yã?-ã?¯ ã?,ã?ªã?Yã,? ã?,ã??ã?-ã?¦ã??ã?¾ã??ã?,>>", NULL);
>> 
>>   d = SWFMovie_add(movie, (SWFCharacter)t);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_move(d, 0, 28);
>> }
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> void testFrenchSWFText(SWFMovie movie)
>> {
>>   //I haven't been successful here with a straight addstring
>>   SWFFont f;
>> 
>>   //cannot use browser font for SWFText
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("_sans");
>> 
>>   //this one displays characters but the wrong accented characters
>>   //could it be the character map in the .fdb file that's wrong?
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/test.fdb","rb"));
>>   f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/fdbfonts/fdb/CarminaLtBT.fdb","rb"));
>>   SWFText t = newSWFText();
>>   SWFDisplayItem d;
>> 
>>   if(f == NULL)
>>   {
>>     printf("font def file not found!\n");
>>     exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   SWFText_setFont(t, f);
>>   SWFText_setHeight(t, 12);
>>   SWFText_setColor(t, 0, 0, 0, 0xff);
>>   SWFText_setSpacing(t, 0);
>>   //this one doesn't display the characters correctly
>>   //so I am trying with this service instead
>>   SWFText_addString(t, "<<FrenchSWFText éàiôöç>>", NULL);
>> 
>>   //this one still gave me the wrong accented characters
>>   //I suspect the character maps aren't working maybe...
>>   //SWFText_addUTF8String(t, "<<FrenchSWFText éàiôöç>>", NULL);
>> 
>>   d = SWFMovie_add(movie, (SWFCharacter)t);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_move(d, 0, 100);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_setName(d, "message2");
>>   char myOnlyFrameAction[4000];
>>   sprintf(myOnlyFrameAction, "message2 = \"<<FrenchSWFText éàiôöç>>\"; ");
>>   SWFMovie_add(movie, compileSWFActionCode(myOnlyFrameAction));
>> }
>> 
>> void testEnglishSWFTextField(SWFMovie movie)
>> {
>>   SWFTextField t;
>>   SWFFont f;
>> 
>>   //no longer seems to work in 0.3a, this only works in 0.2a for me 
>>   //for either english text or french text for that matter
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/test.fdb","rb"));
>>   
>>   //no longer seems to work in 0.3a, this only works in 0.2a for me 
>>   //for either english text or french text for that matter
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/fdbfonts/fdb/CarminaLtBT.fdb","rb"));
>>   
>>   //this works in 0.3a
>>   //it seems only the default browser fonts work 
>>   //with SWFTextField at the moment.
>>   f = newSWFBrowserFont("_sans");
>>   t = newSWFTextField();
>>   SWFTextField_setFont(t, f);
>>   SWFTextField_setColor(t, 255, 0, 0, 255);
>>   SWFTextField_setHeight(t, 12);
>>   SWFTextField_setBounds(t, 300, 50);
>>   SWFTextField_setAlignment(t, SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_LEFT);
>>   SWFTextField_setVariableName(t, "message");
>> 
>>   //SWFTextField t = newSWFTextField();
>>   SWFDisplayItem d;
>> 
>>   if(f == NULL)
>>   {
>>     printf("font def file not found!\n");
>>     exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   d = SWFMovie_add(movie, (SWFTextField)t);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_move(d, 0, 100);
>> 
>>   char myOnlyFrameAction[4000];
>>   sprintf(myOnlyFrameAction, "message = \"EnglishSWFTextField\"; ");
>>   SWFMovie_add(movie, compileSWFActionCode(myOnlyFrameAction));
>>   SWFMovie_nextFrame(movie);
>> }
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> void testFrenchSWFTextField(SWFMovie movie)
>> {
>>   SWFTextField t;
>>   SWFFont f;
>> 
>>   //font no longer displays in 0.3a, this only works in 0.2a for me 
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/test.fdb","rb"));
>>   
>>   //font no longer displays in 0.3a, this only works in 0.2a for me 
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/fdbfonts/fdb/CarminaLtBT.fdb","rb"));
>> 
>>   //shows nothing like mincho since they are for japanese characters.
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("Tohaba(Gothic Mono)");
>> 
>>   //works with AddUTF8String to display french chars
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("_serif");
>> 
>>   //displays characters but french accented ones only visible with 
>>   //AddUTFString or within actionscript which assumes utf8 
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("_typewriter");
>> 
>>   
>>   //doesn't work. no characters visible accented or not accented.
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("Mincho");
>>   
>>   //this works in 0.3a
>>   f = newSWFBrowserFont("_sans");
>> 
>>   t = newSWFTextField();
>>   SWFTextField_setFont(t, f);
>>   SWFTextField_setColor(t, 255, 0, 0, 255);
>>   SWFTextField_setHeight(t, 14);
>>   SWFTextField_setBounds(t, 700, 14);
>>   SWFTextField_setAlignment(t, SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_LEFT);
>>   SWFTextField_setVariableName(t, "message");
>>   SWFTextField_addUTF8String(t, "FrenchUTF8 SWFTextField <<Sayo je t'aime en français ;)éàiöô�>>");
>>   
>>   SWFDisplayItem d;
>> 
>>   if(f == NULL)
>>   {
>>     printf("font def file not found!\n");
>>     exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   d = SWFMovie_add(movie, (SWFTextField)t);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_move(d, 0, 28);
>> 
>>   //this works for SWFTextField only(not SWFText)
>>   //char myOnlyFrameAction[4000];
>>   //sprintf(myOnlyFrameAction, "message = \"<<FrenchUTF8 SWFTextField éàiôöç>>\"; ");
>>   //SWFMovie_add(movie, compileSWFActionCode(myOnlyFrameAction));
>>   //SWFMovie_nextFrame(movie);
>> }
>> 
>> void testJapaneseSWFTextField(SWFMovie movie)
>> {
>>   SWFTextField t;
>>   SWFFont f;
>> 
>> 
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/Kochi Mincho.fdb","rb"));
>> 
>>   //font no longer displays in 0.3a, this only works in 0.2a for me 
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/devstuff/flashstuff/ming-examples/common/test.fdb","rb"));
>>   
>>   //font no longer displays in 0.3a, this only works in 0.2a for me 
>>   //f = loadSWFFontFromFile(fopen("/home/david/fdbfonts/fdb/CarminaLtBT.fdb","rb"));
>> 
>>   //shows nothing like mincho since they are for japanese characters.
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("Tohaba(Gothic Mono)");
>> 
>>   //works with AddUTF8String to display french chars
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("_serif");
>> 
>>   //displays characters but french accented ones only visible with 
>>   //AddUTFString or within actionscript which assumes utf8 
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("_typewriter");
>> 
>>   
>>   //doesn't work. no characters visible accented or not accented.
>>   f = newSWFBrowserFont("Mincho");
>>   
>>   //this works in 0.3a
>>   //f = newSWFBrowserFont("_sans");
>> 
>>   t = newSWFTextField();
>>   SWFTextField_setFont(t, f);
>>   SWFTextField_setColor(t, 255, 0, 0, 255);
>>   SWFTextField_setHeight(t, 12);
>>   SWFTextField_setBounds(t, 400, 50);
>>   SWFTextField_setAlignment(t, SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_LEFT);
>>   SWFTextField_setVariableName(t, "message");
>>   SWFTextField_addUTF8String(t, "<<ã??ã??ã??ã??ã??ã?¯ã?½ã?,>>");
>>   
>>   SWFDisplayItem d;
>> 
>>   if(f == NULL)
>>   {
>>     printf("font def file not found!\n");
>>     exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   d = SWFMovie_add(movie, (SWFTextField)t);
>>   SWFDisplayItem_move(d, 0, 100);
>> 
>>   //this works for SWFTextField only(not SWFText)
>>   //char myOnlyFrameAction[4000];
>>   //sprintf(myOnlyFrameAction, "message = \"<<FrenchSWFTextField éàiôöç>>\"; ");
>>   //SWFMovie_add(movie, compileSWFActionCode(myOnlyFrameAction));
>>   //SWFMovie_nextFrame(movie);
>> }
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   //SWFDisplayItem_setName(d, "frmsg");
>>   //SWFTextField_setFont(t, f);
>>   //SWFTextField_setHeight(t, 24);
>>   //SWFTextField_setColor(t, 0xff, 0, 0, 0xff);
>>   // SWFTextField_setSpacing(t, 0);
>>   //SWFTextField_setVariableName(t, "message");
>>   //SWFTextField_addUTF8String(t, "<<FrenchSWFTextField éàiôöç>>");
>> 
>> 
>> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>> {
>>   FILE *f;
>>   SWFMovie m = newSWFMovieWithVersion(6);
>>   int length;
>> 
>>   Ming_init();
>> 
>>   srand(time(NULL));
>> 
>>   f = fopen("test.swf", "wb");
>> 
>>   SWFMovie_setRate(m, 15.0);
>>   SWFMovie_setDimension(m, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
>>   SWFMovie_setNumberOfFrames(m, 40);
>> 
>>   testEnglishSWFText(m);
>>   //testEnglishSWFTextField(m);
>>   //testFrenchSWFText(m);
>>   testFrenchSWFTextField(m);
>>   testJapaneseSWFText(m);
>>   //testJapaneseSWFTextField(m);
>> 
>>   length = SWFMovie_output(m, fileOutputMethod, f, -1);
>>   destroySWFMovie(m);
>> 
>>   printf("%i bytes written\n", length);
>> 
>>   exit(0);
>> }
>> 
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