Yeah well, it's going to be work no matter which route I take :-)
I guess that's job security right? -- Howard Fore, [email protected] "A novice asked the master, 'What is the true meaning of programming?' The master replied: 'Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are fatigued, program when the moment is right.' " - Geoffrey James<http://www.softwarequotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=687&name=James,Geoffrey>- From The Zen of Programming. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[email protected]>wrote: > I smelled silliness then and still smell it now :) AS was not really > designed for server-side jobs, reminds me of the hammer and nail analogy. > > Howard, sure, you could run a AIR app on the server, but how to communicate > with it? local connection? certainly doable, but seems a heck of a lot of > work IMO. Oh, and it is not going to be thread safe and all that jazz and > has no way to push to clients. Need some ADEP and $$ for that. > > > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Steve Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> from the docs for CF8: >> >> >> Server-side ActionScript lets your ActionScript engineers use their >> knowledge of ActionScript to write code for the back end of their Flash >> applications, which can mean more meaningful levels of interactivity for >> your users. Your Flash applications can share a library of server-side >> ActionScript functions, which means you can define functions that are >> specifically tailored to your own business. >> >> You could, for example, create a server-side ActionScript file that >> defines a whole library of SQL query methods. With these query methods >> defined on the server side, your Flash designers only have to invoke the >> specific query function they want to return data to their Flash movies. They >> do not have to write any SQL, and they do not have to create a new query >> every time they need to retrieve data from a ColdFusion data source. It is a >> way of creating reusable queries that your entire Flash design team can use. >> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Howard Fore <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can Air apps run server-side? >>> >>> -- >>> Howard Fore, [email protected] >>> "A novice asked the master, 'What is the true meaning of programming?' >>> The master replied: 'Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are fatigued, >>> program when the moment is right.' " - Geoffrey >>> James<http://www.softwarequotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=687&name=James,Geoffrey>- >>> From >>> The Zen of Programming. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:19 PM, John Mason <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Not yet from Adobe. There is server-side ECMAscript with Node.js. Since >>>> actionscript and ecmascript are so closely related, it might be worth >>>> looking that route. >>>> >>>> You could also do an air app with a socket server to have cf call it >>>> that way. >>>> >>>> >>>> John >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/1/11 1:14 PM, Howard Fore wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> Has anyone used Server-side Actionscript? Is it just another way for >>>> Flash/Flex to talk to CF? I was hoping it would allow communication the >>>> other way, where I could have a CFM or CFC call an Actionscript function. I >>>> have a third-party SWF (AnyChart) that has a function to export any chart >>>> it >>>> creates as PNG (or JPEG) but I wanted to do it on the backend, not force >>>> the >>>> user to do it in the browser. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Howard Fore, [email protected] >>>> "A novice asked the master, 'What is the true meaning of programming?' >>>> The master replied: 'Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are fatigued, >>>> program when the moment is right.' " - Geoffrey >>>> James<http://www.softwarequotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=687&name=James,Geoffrey>- >>>> From >>>> The Zen of Programming. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >>>> http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform >>>> >>>> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists >>>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >>>> List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Ross >> web application & interface developer >> http://blog.stevensross.com >> [mobile] (912) 344-8113 >> [ AIM / Yahoo! : zeriumsteven ] [googleTalk : nowhiding ] >> > >
