Monthly Archives: March 2011

VerifyError: Error #1024: Stack underflow occurred

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Wow – I’d never seen this one before. So I’m putting up here to remind me what to look for if I ever see it again!

Basically I had a SWF that ran fine in debug build mode in FlashDevelop but if I set it to compile as a release version this error soon appeared.
On closer inspection it turns out that in the line that was crashing (which was hard to find in itself) I was using a variable named “h” in a loop. The clue was that this var h:DisplayObject was coloured green by the compiler and therfore most likely an internal variable in a parent class. All I did was change it for something a bit more descriptive and unique and it all compiled. So lessons learnt – listen to the code highlighting hints and don’t be lazy and use short variable names!

Phew.

A bit of searching also suggested that it may be a Flex 4.1 SDK related bug as I would have assumed that the compiler would give you a warning even when compiling a debug version. If anyone can shine any more light on this one please post.

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Using Property Lists

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A simple way to get values or settings into a project without having to mess around too much! Just create a property list in xcode called Settings.plist for example and add any key values you need. Then when you instantiate your model load it in as an NSDictionary in and voila!

//Load in Settings
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];
NSString *plistPath = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Settings.plist"];
NSDictionary *plistDictionary = [[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:plistPath] retain];

//Now get out a value using the key name that we have entered in our pList in xcode
NSString *jsonStringURL =  [plistDictionary objectForKey:@"JSON_URL"];

//Show an alert with the value
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @"pList Settings" message: jsonStringURL delegate: self cancelButtonTitle: @"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];