If you use the new Express components in FlexJS 0.8, binding beads should be added automatically, so that's one place where things might not necessarily be too different!
- Josh On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 5:48 AM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suggest you watch the getting started video by Yishay and the VS Code > video by Josh. > > Don’t try to port to Flex 4 first. It should not be significantly > different porting from Flex 3 or Flex 4. If anything, porting from Flex 3 > should be more straight-forward because the architecture is simpler. > > To set some expectations: > > You cannot expect to just copy your UI code as-is. You will need to > rewrite your view using FlexJS components. Many of them will be simple > replacements (i.e. <js:Label/> instead of <mx:Label/> etc. but the event > subsystem is different, and binding is different (you need to declare which > kind of binding you need), skinning is different and much of the > functionality is different. Layout is definitely different. > > You will need to wrap your head around strands and beads. (Basically, you > have a list of beads which defines what look and behavior your components > have.) > > We’re here to help. > > Good luck! > Harbs > > > On Jun 30, 2017, at 3:19 PM, Allen YANG <allen.y...@raritan.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Team, > > I have a Flex 3 project that was built on Adobe Flash Builder 3.6 (SDK > Flex 3.6A); it needs to be ported to support a non-flash environment. This > program was not originally written by me; but I have software development > experience. > > I installed a trial version of Flash Builder 4.7 on my Windows 7 > machine, then installed JDK 1.8.0_131 and replaced the Flash Builder's JRE > with the new JRE version; installed FlexJS 0.8.0 using FlexFlex SDK > installer, and successfully built and ran the example project, thanks to > Alex Harui's [Using FlexJS with Adobe Flash Builder]< > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/ > Using+FlexJS+with+Adobe+Flash+Builder> wiki page. I have also gone over > the Youtube video of [Migrating from Flex to FlexJS<https://www.youtube. > com/watch?v=-FcLs0O-BWQ&list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pLDCyPxByWQwYT>] by Harbs (I > have to admit that video is a bit over my head now) > > > > I am looking for advices what will be the best approach for me to do the > porting. Questions I have are: > > > > (a) Should I start by converting the project from Flex 3 to Flex 4 > first using Flash Builder 4.7's own Flex 4.6.0 SDK; and if it is > successful, then convert the Flex 4 project to HTML+JS using FlexJS SDK? > Or it is better to directly migrate from Flex 3 to HTML+JS using FlexJS SDK? > > > > (b) If I convert to Flex 4 first, then I am trying to prepare my > browsers for debugging in a Flash environment. My most frequently used > browser is Google Chrome. I found that there is no easy way to replace > Chrome's flash player, starting Chrome version 57, by the debug version > downloadable from Adobe. Could anyone advise me how to set that up for > debugging? > > > > (c) Could someone recommend the URLs that will help me to get > prepared and educated about porting an existing Flex project by FlexJS, > especially regarding the name spaces and comboBox. > > > > One of my MXML files looks like: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > xmlns:net="flash.net.*" > > verticalAlign="middle" horizontalAlign="center" layout="absolute" > > xmlns:dropdown="components.*" > > xmlns:controls="com.iwobanas.controls.*" > > xmlns:local="*" > > xmlns:dataGridClasses="com.iwobanas.controls.dataGridClasses.*" > > applicationComplete="appInit();"> > > > > <mx:Script > > > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.effects.RemoveItemAction; > > import mx.collections.ICollectionView; > > include "deallist.as"; > > > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > ... > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Allen > > > > Allen Yang > > Raritan, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Ce message, ainsi que tous les fichiers joints ? ce message, peuvent > contenir des informations sensibles et/ ou confidentielles ne devant pas > ?tre divulgu?es. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire de ce message (ou que > vous recevez ce message par erreur), nous vous remercions de le notifier > imm?diatement ? son exp?diteur, et de d?truire ce message. Toute copie, > divulgation, modification, utilisation ou diffusion, non autoris?e, directe > ou indirecte, de tout ou partie de ce message, est strictement interdite. > > > > > > This e-mail, and any document attached hereby, may contain confidential > and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or > have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately > and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized, direct or indirect, copying, > disclosure, distribution or other use of the material or parts thereof is > strictly forbidden. > >
