Posts Tagged AS3

AnalyticsManager with multi-tracker support

Posted by Dries in AS3 on March 18th, 2009

Problem:

I was working on an international website for Le Pain Quotidien.
Depending on which country is chosen on the homepage, an other Google Analytics Tracker had to be used.

Solution:

I wrote a class which allows to create trackers at Runtime, and send tracking information to a specific tracker.

How it works:

The system consists of 2 classes:
- An AnalyticsManager class, which allows to add or remove trackers at runtime.
- An AnalyticsTracker class, which uses ExternalInterface to send the tracking-information to it’s associated tracker.

Code in AS3:

var analytics:AnalyticsManager = new AnalyticsManager ();
analytics.addTracker ("pageTracker1");
analytics.addTracker ("pageTracker2");

analytics.getTracker ("pageTracker1").track ( "tag_for_tracker_1" );
analytics.getTracker ("pageTracker2").track ( "tag_for_tracker_2" );

Code in HTML:

<script type="text/javascript">
   var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
   document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
   var pageTracker1 = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxxx-1");
   var pageTracker2 = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxxx-2");

   pageTracker1 ._trackPageview("/home");
</script>

Files:

You can download the files here:
AnalyticsManager.zip

The class uses a HashMap to save the trackers.
The HashMap classes are included in the zip-file.

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AIR Updater

Posted by Dries in AS3, Air on March 18th, 2009

I’ve written a class to make the updating process of AIR-projectors easier.
The class uses the great AIRRemoteUpdater classes, written by Claus Wahlers (http://codeazur.com.br/lab/airremoteupdater/).

How it works:

You create an AIRUpdater object, configure the wanted listeners, and ask it to check for an update.

Code in AS3:

var updater:AIRUpdater = new AIRUpdater ("path_to_air_file", true, true);
updater.addEventListener(AIRUpdaterEvent.COMPLETE, updateCompleteHandler);
updater.addEventListener(AIRUpdaterEvent.CONFIRM, updateConfirmHandler);
updater.addEventListener(AIRUpdaterEvent.WARNING, updateWarningHandler);
updater.addEventListener(AIRUpdaterEvent.CONNECTION_ERROR, updateErrorHandler);
updater.update();

function updateCompleteHandler(event:AIRUpdaterEvent):void
{
   // Starting application.
}

function updateConfirmHandler(event:AIRUpdaterEvent):void
{
   // Update confirmation requested.
   // Current version: updater.localVersion
   // Remote version: updater.remoteVersion

   // on confirm: updater.update (false);
}

function updateWarningHandler(event:AIRUpdaterEvent):void
{
   // Update warning message.
   updater.install ();
}

function updateErrorHandler(event:AIRUpdaterEvent):void
{
   // Update file not found.
}

The constructor of the class requires the path to the air file, and gives you the choice to stop the updating process for a confirmation and/or a warning.

Files:

You can download the zip-file here:
AIRUpdater.zip

I’ve included the original AIRRemoteUpdater classes in the zip file.
Note that these classes are not written by me, so more recent versions might be available.

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