On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Michael Schmalle <apa...@teotigraphix.com>wrote:
> BTW, > > When I say I am not interested in the view cross compilation... All that > means is that I am saying don't wait for me to implement any of it. I am > being very direct in what my goals are with FlaconJx anyways, I just wanted > something that would cross compile actionscript to a multiple output > possibilities. This allows others as Erik is proving to do what they need > with the end product. > > Thanks for clarifying, Mike. I really want to play along with what good work you folks have been doing. I dont think I can sustain starting a new top-down approach on my own. Om > My days of flex components are over, thank goodness. :) > I've ready your old blog posts. Lets see :-) > > Mike > > > > Quoting Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>: > > FWIW, Peter and I are pretty much done with the basic set of unstyleable, >> unskinnable HTML4 components. Peter and I were going to work on styleable >> HTML4 components next then tackle HTML5 and bitmap skinning, but maybe we >> should jump to wrapping the HTML5 components so you can try getting your >> skinning model to work on them. >> >> >> On 3/15/13 4:16 AM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Michael Schmalle >>> <apa...@teotigraphix.com>**wrote: >>> >>> Om, >>>> >>>> At this point and time, I am not worried about rendering. I am more >>>> concerned about straight business logic getting cross compiled. >>>> >>>> >>>> I am worried about it and hence scratching my itch :-) I have not >>> seen any >>> proposal better than mine so far. >>> >>> >>> This is probably why you have heard anything, I talk a lot on this forum >>>> and haven't said anything about it. :) >>>> >>>> I don't even own up to date Adobe programs that even export FXG, I >>>> think I >>>> have CS3, and love it. I think giving the View to web developers using >>>> HTML >>>> and CSS should be explored by this group as well, instead of relying on >>>> cross compiling views. >>>> >>>> >>> My goal is to have a solution that does not make the user touch HTML, JS >>> or >>> CSS. The current workflow we have with Flex + FXG is far superior than >>> anything out there. I am just trying to see how to keep these workflows >>> going forward but still support cross compilation. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Quoting Om <bigosma...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> I quickly whipped up a proof of concept proving the FXG to SVG >>>> >>>>> interoperability. >>>>> >>>>> The working demo can be found here: >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~****bigosmallm/fxg2svg/svg.html<http://people.apache.org/~**bigosmallm/fxg2svg/svg.html> >>>>> <ht**tp://people.apache <http://people.apache> >>>>> .org/~bigosmallm/fxg2svg/svg.**html>(Tested to be working >>>>> fine on Chrome 25, Firefox 19 and IE 10 on Windows) >>>>> >>>>> I did not have time to write a stylesheet, so I hand created a simple >>>>> SVG >>>>> element based on an FXG element. I chose the most basic element: >>>>> "Rect" >>>>> which is available as "rect" in SVG. Once I had the basic set up >>>>> working, >>>>> all I had to do was modify the svg's attributes using Javascript. This >>>>> happens during runtime, but we could totally move this to the >>>>> compilation >>>>> stage. >>>>> >>>>> As you can see, I have proven that rendering fidelity can be achieved >>>>> using >>>>> this route. At the same time, this can be plugged into the AS to JS >>>>> translation piece that Mike, Erik, et al. are working on. From what I >>>>> see >>>>> in that project, there is no faithful rendering solution (yet) You >>>>> probably discussed about rendering that I might have missed. >>>>> >>>>> When I get some more time, I will start fiddling with more and more FXG >>>>> elements and see how SVG handles them. At some point, writing a >>>>> stylesheet >>>>> would be more efficient. >>>>> >>>>> Just right click either the Flex app or the HTML content to view the >>>>> source >>>>> of both. Comments and suggestions for improvement highly appreciated. >>>>> This is a very basic demo, dealing mostly about rendering fidelity. But >>>>> IMHO, this unleashes a ton of possibilities. >>>>> >>>>> (And no, FXG is not dead - yet. ;-) ) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Om >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC >>>> http://www.teotigraphix.com >>>> http://blog.teotigraphix.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >> -- >> Alex Harui >> Flex SDK Team >> Adobe Systems, Inc. >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui >> >> >> > -- > Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC > http://www.teotigraphix.com > http://blog.teotigraphix.com > >
