If you want to see what can be done with Flash for stocks/trading, you should have a look to this app : http://marketrac.nyse.com/mt/
I think it is Flash5 based... pretty impressive... It should be even faster if it was done with FlashMX. The example always shown by MM is the E*Trade stock quote widget. https://us.etrade.com/e/t/invest?traxui=F_HV ("flashlet" on the right) There is a small sample applications in DRK1 called "Stock Services Library" that allow you to easily retrieve and display historical stock information within Macromedia Flash MX : http://www.macromedia.com/software/drk/productinfo/product_overview/volume1/ additional_resources.html#1 http://www.macromedia.com/software/drk/productinfo/product_overview/volume1/ flash_remote_article.html I haven't seen the java applet from scotttrader.com but a Flash-based app should definitely offer a much better end results (portability, UI, experience...). Benoit Hediard www.benorama.com > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : lundi 16 juin 2003 18:12 > À : CF-Talk > Objet : SOT Flash vs Java Applet to display streaming data > > > Not exactly CF, but there are lots of Flash users out there. > > Scotttrader at www.scotttrader.com provides a free java applet that > allows you to monitor stock positions in real time. ( a more robust > version of the java applet is available if you set up a Scottrade > account). > > You can enter multiple lists of up to 10 stocks and it will display > real time activity from some sort of streaming feed. A stock ticker > and other goodies are also available, but the real-time display of > multiple stock positions is the most useful (and most impressive, > challenging, etc). As each activity is posted to the spreadsheet-like > form, the background color of each affected cell changes to reflect the > plus or minus direction of the activity -- green = plus, red = minus, > yellow = high or low for the day. Each cell changes color when the > activity warrants. It is quite useful to see the colors and numbers > ripple through the spreadsheet, every second, or so. > > In general it is fast and quite nice, but suffers from some of the > common Java applet problems: > > -- works with only certain browser versions > -- displays differently (incorrectly) in different browser versions > -- does not play nicely with other browser windows. > > I was wondering if some of the Flash experts out there could answer > some general questions: > > -- Could this be done with Flash? > -- Would a Flash implementation perform as well, worse, better than the > Java applet? > > If there is no performance penalty, a Flash implementation would appear > to be a better solution. > > Just to throw something else into the pot, the "robust" version has an > interactive tutorial that works just OK in Java, but would be a natural > for Flash. > > Thoughts > > Dick > > P.S. MACR was up .25 to $20.80 at last look! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
