On 7/7/05, chris.alvarado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so basically what I'm wondering is could this app be developed in > Flex, and if so could i expect better performance than the native > Flash app?
As a person who came from a similiar background, I can understand where you are coming from. Probably yes to that more so as you have more "agility" then FLASH IDE offers. As from one perspective you can simply allow folks to load "what they need" vs 100% of what everyone could potentially use (unless you applied some smart Runtime Shared Libaries / loadMovie concepts in your application already, in which case performance won't be overly exciting if switched). The main thing about FLASH IDE developers going FLEX, as well you don't have the luxury of ignoring the existing v2 framework (ie if your a fan of component sets like ghostWire or simply loathe the halo framework, you will find FLEX aggrovating). That all being said, you will gain more traction in terms of code "speed" then FLASH IDE (easily)l > Ive just spent some time digging through the Flex samples on > Macromedia's site and it seems as if combining many of their examples > into one app would really suit my needs. not to mention as a > developer, i find the Flash IDE and the whole idea of time lines etc > to be somewhat cumbersome. Well I have to admit that FLASH IDE does have certain perks here and there, mainly as you can see how a UI is being build visually vs FLEX, where it requires imaginaton - but, XML flavoured approach to FLASH development, damn fine approach and you'll probably end up using your IDE for moments when you need to maybe "skin". > would i still be able to use all our nifty little movieclip widgets > for thinks like containers, background images, transition animations > in a Flex app? Yup, there are a number of ways you can achieve this. You could load them in as seperate swfs? or simply compile them all down to a SWC and insert them as part of your theme.swc - basically you can embed flash RIA's inside flex. I wrote a gModeler style app where it allows people to build workflow connections, it was done in FLASH IDE all the way, but i wanted it to be interactive via my FLEX application. I was able to simply load it in *much the same way as using the loadMovie technique* and off i went. > one other thing i forgot to mention on the flashcoders list . . . > currently i have the "controlling movie" published as an executable so > that it can run as a standalone app on a desktop, would i be able to > do the same thing if this were a Flex app? Not sure on this ruling, from memory (vague at that) apparently its a EULA issue if you compile a FLEX swf and deploy it to customers etc via an EXE seperate to the FLEX Server. Best bet is to probe Lucian or someone from MM for that specific ruling. -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
