Hi Sergey, Have you run into any instances where your single SWF is too large? Is there a way to control its size? Perhaps via RSLs?
Thanks for your quick response, YJ --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Sergey Kovalyov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure, it depends on particular application so much, but as for me one big > application with detailed preloader is much more better than lightweight > core with a lot of modules that a preloaded upon each request. I want RIA to > work exactly as a desktop application. Broadband is not a future, but today. > In any case RIA are not very suitable for dial-up users so if application is > big enough they will ignore it for sure either you load it at once or > dynamically. On the other hand imagine, you click New button in your mail > client and application freezes for a while to load New message editor. > Broadband users will experience something like that. :) > > Sergey. > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of fowleryj > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:24 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Your preference - Loader or createChild? > > We are trying to make a decision on how the "shell" of our application > should work. Our goal is to load the sub-applications that are a part of our > large app dynamically. Basically, should we go with the createChild method > or use the mx:Loader tag? We are happy with all of the inner workings of our > mxml/viewhelpers/commands/etc, but not with the shell. Would anyone out > there mind sharing how you structure your large-scale applications? Are you > using a shell with createChild, mx:Loader, or another method? > > What we have observed so far is this: > > createChild > Good: seems to execute more quickly than mx:Loader > Bad: one huge SWF > > mx:Loader > Good: multiple SWFs > Bad: seems to execute more slowly than createChild > -- 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/