Saturday, January 31, 2015

Creating a Flex AIR Screenshot app Part 18

In this part we will add labels that display width and height of the selected area to the user, as well as add a cursor for cropping.

Go to the "crop" NavigatorContent object and add 2 labels there. Set their ids to displayWidth and displayHeight, colors to black and mouseEnabled properties to false.

<s:NavigatorContent id="crop">
<s:VGroup width="{contentBox.width}" height="100%" gap="0" horizontalAlign="center">
<mx:HBox backgroundColor="#999999" width="100%" height="24" verticalScrollPolicy="off" verticalAlign="middle" paddingLeft="2">
<s:Button label="Back" click="{stack.selectedChild = loadpage;}" />
<s:Button label="Export selection" enabled="false" />
</mx:HBox>
<s:Scroller width="{(contentBox.width>cropHTML.width+15)?(cropHTML.width+15):(contentBox.width)}" height="{contentBox.height-24}">
<s:Group>
<s:BitmapImage id="cropHTML" />
<s:SpriteVisualElement id="cropDraw" width="{cropHTML.width}" height="{cropHTML.height}" />
<mx:Box width="{cropHTML.width}" height="{cropHTML.height}" alpha="0" id="drawArea" backgroundColor="#000000"/>
<s:Label id="displayWidth" color="#000000" mouseEnabled="false" />
<s:Label id="displayHeight" color="#000000" mouseEnabled="false" />
</s:Group>
</s:Scroller>
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

Now, lets go to the drawRectangle() function and set coordinates and text values for these two labels. We can use values from the drawingRect array:

private function drawRectangle():void {
displayWidth.x = drawingRect[0];
displayWidth.y = drawingRect[1] - 12;
displayWidth.text = Math.abs(drawingRect[2]) + "px";
displayHeight.x = drawingRect[0] + drawingRect[2] + 4;
displayHeight.y = drawingRect[1] + drawingRect[3] - 12;
displayHeight.text = Math.abs(drawingRect[3]) + "px";
cropDraw.graphics.clear();
cropDraw.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xff0000);
cropDraw.graphics.beginFill(0x00ff00, 0.15);
cropDraw.graphics.drawRect(drawingRect[0], drawingRect[1], drawingRect[2], drawingRect[3]);
cropDraw.graphics.endFill();
}

There might be problems with readability of the labels if we leave them like that, so lets add some thick glow filters that create a white stroke around the characters and make them readable on any background.

Go to changeState(), in the crop conditional add 2 lines that set filters for these two objects like this:

displayWidth.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xffffff, 1, 3, 3, 50)];
displayHeight.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xffffff, 1, 3, 3, 50)];

Now, we will add a cursor that appears when the user rolls over the crop area and returns to normal cursor when he roll out. Ive drawn my cursor myself, it is a 19x19 png image and looks like this:


Draw your own or use the one I made and save it as cursor_crop.png in the lib folder of the project.

Go to changeState() again, in the crop conditional add MOUSE_OVER and MOUSE_OUT event listeners for the drawArea object:

drawArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, drawOver);
drawArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, drawOut);

Go to the beginning of the script and declare a new variable cropCursor, typed Class. On a line above it embed the cursor_crop.png cursor image we have. This will attach the image to the variable below.

[Embed(source="../lib/cursor_crop.png")]
private var cropCursor:Class;

The drawOver() and drawOut() functions should display and hide the custom cursor. We can do that using cursorManager class, and its setCursor() and removeAllCursors() methods. In the first one, well have to specify a few parameters for it to display correctly:

private function drawOver(evt:MouseEvent):void {
cursorManager.setCursor(cropCursor, 2, -9, -9);
}

private function drawOut(evt:MouseEvent):void {
cursorManager.removeAllCursors();
}

And thats it 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="Exporting:" description="please wait." />
</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.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.filesystem.File;
import flash.filesystem.FileStream;
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
import flash.geom.Point;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import mx.controls.HTML;
import mx.core.FlexHTMLLoader;
import mx.events.FlexNativeWindowBoundsEvent;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.events.ResizeEvent;
import mx.graphics.codec.IImageEncoder;
import mx.graphics.codec.JPEGEncoder;
import mx.graphics.codec.PNGEncoder;
import mx.graphics.ImageSnapshot;
import spark.primitives.BitmapImage;
import flash.filesystem.FileMode;
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;

[Bindable]
private var urlString:String;
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;
[Bindable]
private var exportText:String;
private var screenGo:String;
private var drawing:Boolean = false;
private var drawingRect:Array = [];
[Embed(source="../lib/cursor_crop.png")]
private var cropCursor:Class;

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;

addElement(tempHTML);
removeElement(tempHTML);
}

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 goScreenshot(screen:String):void {
screenGo = screen;
stack.selectedChild = screenshotloading;
urlString = urlInput.text;

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

private function onTempLoad(evt:Event):void {
tempHTML.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTempLoad);
if(screenGo=="screenshot"){
stack.selectedChild = screenshotsettings;
}
if (screenGo == "crop") {
if(tempHTML.contentWidth <= 4096 && tempHTML.contentHeight <= 4096){
var t:Timer = new Timer(1000, 1);
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, tComplete);
t.start();
tempHTML.width = tempHTML.contentWidth;
tempHTML.height = tempHTML.contentHeight;
function tComplete(evt:TimerEvent):void {
stack.selectedChild = crop;
}
}else {
Alert.show("Dimensions of a screenshot cannot exceed 4096 pixels.", "Sorry...");
stack.selectedChild = loadpage;
}
}
}

private function cancelLoading():void {
tempHTML.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTempLoad);
tempHTML.cancelLoad();
stack.selectedChild = loadpage;
removeElement(tempHTML);
}

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;
tempHTML.width = 1;
tempHTML.height = 1;
tempHTML.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTempLoad);
tempHTML.htmlLoader.loadString("<html></html>");
}
if (stack.selectedChild == crop) {
maximize();
contentBox.setStyle("horizontalAlign", "left");
var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(tempHTML.width, tempHTML.height, false);
bd.draw(tempHTML);
var b:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bd, "auto", true);
cropHTML.source = b;
drawArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drawDown);
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, drawUp);
drawArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, drawMove);
displayWidth.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xffffff, 1, 3, 3, 50)];
displayHeight.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xffffff, 1, 3, 3, 50)];
drawArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, drawOver);
drawArea.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, drawOut);
}
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) {
if ((pref_folder && folderField.text != "") || !pref_folder) {
saveScreenshotSettings();
exportScreen();
}else {
Alert.show("Folder name should not be blank!", "Oops...");
}
}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 exportScreen():void {
var encoder:IImageEncoder;
var bd:BitmapData;
var byteArray:ByteArray;
var folderName:String = (pref_folder)?(folderField.text):("");
var fileName:String;
var file:File;
var fileStream:FileStream;
var screensToExport:Array = [];
stack.selectedChild = export;

if (pref_format == "JPEG") {
encoder = new JPEGEncoder(pref_quality);
}
if (pref_format == "PNG") {
encoder = new PNGEncoder();
}

// add full-size screen to array if checked
if (pref_screensizes[0].checked) {
screensToExport = [ { w:tempHTML.contentWidth, h: tempHTML.contentHeight, full:true} ];
}

// add the rest screens to array if checked
for (var i:int = 0; i < screenSettings.length; i++) {
if (pref_screensizes[i + 1].checked) {
screensToExport.push( { w: pref_screensizes[i + 1].w, h:pref_screensizes[i + 1].h } );
}
}

// if nothing is checked, go to first page and stop code
if (screensToExport.length == 0) {
removeElement(tempHTML);
stack.selectedChild = loadpage;
return;
}

// create a timer that repeats itself as many times as many items there are in the array
var timer:Timer = new Timer(2000, screensToExport.length);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimer);
// set sizes to the first size of the array
if (screensToExport[0].full) {
tempHTML.horizontalScrollPolicy = "off";
tempHTML.verticalScrollPolicy = "off";
}else {
tempHTML.horizontalScrollPolicy = "auto";
tempHTML.verticalScrollPolicy = "auto";
}
if(screensToExport[0].h <= 4096 && screensToExport[0].w <= 4096){
tempHTML.height = screensToExport[0].h;
tempHTML.width = screensToExport[0].w;
}
updateExportText(screensToExport[0].w, screensToExport[0].h, 1, screensToExport.length);
timer.start();

function onTimer(evt:TimerEvent):void {
// do export for the current size
if(screensToExport[timer.currentCount-1].h <= 4096 && screensToExport[timer.currentCount-1].w <= 4096){
timer.stop();
doExport();
timer.start();
}else {
Alert.show("Cannot export " + screensToExport[timer.currentCount-1].w + "x" + screensToExport[timer.currentCount-1].h + " - dimensions of a screenshot cannot extend 4096.","Sorry");
}
// change the size if this was not the last size in the array
if (timer.currentCount != screensToExport.length) {
tempHTML.horizontalScrollPolicy = "auto";
tempHTML.verticalScrollPolicy = "auto";
if(screensToExport[timer.currentCount].h <= 4096 && screensToExport[timer.currentCount].w <= 4096){
tempHTML.height = screensToExport[timer.currentCount].h;
tempHTML.width = screensToExport[timer.currentCount].w;
}
updateExportText(screensToExport[timer.currentCount].w, screensToExport[timer.currentCount].h, timer.currentCount+1, screensToExport.length);
}else {
// if it was the last size in the array, return to first page
timer.stop();
removeElement(tempHTML);
stack.selectedChild = loadpage;
}
}

function doExport():void {
bd = new BitmapData(tempHTML.width, tempHTML.height, false);
bd.draw(tempHTML, null, null, null, null, true);
byteArray = encoder.encode(bd);
fileName = pref_destination + File.separator + folderName + File.separator + tempHTML.width + "x" + tempHTML.height + "." + pref_format;
file = new File(fileName);
fileStream = new FileStream();
fileStream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
fileStream.writeBytes(byteArray);
fileStream.close();
}

function updateExportText(w:int, h:int, current:int, total:int):void {
exportText = "Exporting " + w + "x" + h + "." + pref_format + " (" + current + "/" + total + ")";
}
}

private function drawDown(evt:MouseEvent):void {
drawing = true;
drawingRect = [evt.target.mouseX, evt.target.mouseY, 0, 0];
drawRectangle();
}

private function drawUp(evt:MouseEvent):void{
drawing = false;
}

private function drawMove(evt:MouseEvent):void{
if (drawing) {
drawingRect[2] = evt.target.mouseX - drawingRect[0];
drawingRect[3] = evt.target.mouseY - drawingRect[1];
drawRectangle();
}
}

private function drawRectangle():void {
displayWidth.x = drawingRect[0];
displayWidth.y = drawingRect[1] - 12;
displayWidth.text = Math.abs(drawingRect[2]) + "px";
displayHeight.x = drawingRect[0] + drawingRect[2] + 4;
displayHeight.y = drawingRect[1] + drawingRect[3] - 12;
displayHeight.text = Math.abs(drawingRect[3]) + "px";
cropDraw.graphics.clear();
cropDraw.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xff0000);
cropDraw.graphics.beginFill(0x00ff00, 0.15);
cropDraw.graphics.drawRect(drawingRect[0], drawingRect[1], drawingRect[2], drawingRect[3]);
cropDraw.graphics.endFill();
}

private function drawOver(evt:MouseEvent):void {
cursorManager.setCursor(cropCursor, 2, -9, -9);
}

private function drawOut(evt:MouseEvent):void {
cursorManager.removeAllCursors();
}
]]>
</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(screenshot);" buttonMode="true" enabled="{urlInput.text!=}" />
<custom:ImageButton img="@Embed(../lib/b_cut.png)" over="@Embed(../lib/b_cut_over.png)" toolTip="Crop area" click="goScreenshot(crop);" 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}" restrict="a-zA-Z0-9._-=+" />
<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="{contentBox.width}" height="100%" gap="0" horizontalAlign="center">
<mx:HBox backgroundColor="#999999" width="100%" height="24" verticalScrollPolicy="off" verticalAlign="middle" paddingLeft="2">
<s:Button label="Back" click="{stack.selectedChild = loadpage;}" />
<s:Button label="Export selection" enabled="false" />
</mx:HBox>
<s:Scroller width="{(contentBox.width>cropHTML.width+15)?(cropHTML.width+15):(contentBox.width)}" height="{contentBox.height-24}">
<s:Group>
<s:BitmapImage id="cropHTML" />
<s:SpriteVisualElement id="cropDraw" width="{cropHTML.width}" height="{cropHTML.height}" />
<mx:Box width="{cropHTML.width}" height="{cropHTML.height}" alpha="0" id="drawArea" backgroundColor="#000000"/>
<s:Label id="displayWidth" color="#000000" mouseEnabled="false" />
<s:Label id="displayHeight" color="#000000" mouseEnabled="false" />
</s:Group>
</s:Scroller>
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="cropsettings">

</s:NavigatorContent>

<s:NavigatorContent id="export">
<s:VGroup width="100%" horizontalAlign="center" paddingTop="20">
<s:Label styleName="descriptionText" text="{exportText}" />
</s:VGroup>
</s:NavigatorContent>
</mx:ViewStack>
</mx:Box>
</s:VGroup>

</s:WindowedApplication>

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