Mike, By using WDDX it makes it much easier for those of us not using Flash MX to convert the information without having to use a third party tool, not all of us have access to install these third party tools. By simply using the <CFWDDX> tag we are able to convert the WDDX packet to a valid cf variable quickly and easily.
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Mike Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Macromedia XML feed contest WDDX wasn't really meant for this sort of data. What would be the advantage of putting it into WDDX? CF5 has native support for WDDX? - The beauty of XML is that it is not tied to any implementation. - There are already a number of third party libraries / tags that parse the XML into native cf data structures: http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/logged_in/ btw, i get just as many emails from people asking why the feed doesn't adhere to the RSS dtd (it was not flexible enough for us). thoughts? mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia XML feed contest > > > It seems like it would be perfect for this. Would they consider > creating a 2nd feed as WDDX? > > = = = Original message = = = > > Paul wrote: > > ...I guess WDDX isn't cool enough :) > > I don't think that's it at all. The XML feed was developed by > one of our Flash folks (Mike Chambers), and he felt that the > way he put it together would be most useful. > > Another XML format that Mike could have chosen, was RSS, but > he felt it needed some fine tuning to be best. > > My understanding is that WDDX is way cool, but just not necessarily > the ideal format for this purpose. > > -Vern > > P.S Billy, I didn't see anyting at: > http://www.mywebsite.com/mmfeed.aspx. > is it gone already? > > > Remember, this is a contest, for which there will be judges - > that should help address any sort of less-than-favorable application > of the XML feed. =) > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
