A much smaller framework can be found at ghostwire.com

not as sophisticated as FLASH MX 2004 v2 but quite solid

On 4/13/05, Bill Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
> 
> all of the MX2004 UI components have numerous Class dependancies as well as 
> common skin elements i.e all UI components extend UIObject and UIComponent.  
> Therefore adding any component adds a minimum of 22k.  Many of the components 
> share common classes and therefore adding more components won't usually add a 
> lot more to file size after the initial jump.  For example adding a label 
> adds 22k then adding a button takes the total to 27k.  The more complex the 
> component the bigger the hit (datagrid has 56k on it's own).
> 
> You can't use the V2 components without using their class structure.  You 
> could build your own light weight architecture (if you have nothing better to 
> do with the next month).  The other option is to take advantage of the V2 
> architecture when building your own classes.  That way they won't add much to 
> file size and you get a lot of out of the box functionality.  Chafic Kazoun 
> has two terrific articles on using V2 available at Ultrashock.  The following 
> is a good overview:
> 
> http://www.ultrashock.com/ff.htm?http://www.ultrashock.com/tutorials/flashmx2004/ui-components01.php
> 
> Bill Lane
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> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/13/05 10:14 am >>>
> Hi all, thanks for the help with the last question on streaming...
> here is the next one :)
> 
> I've got a main movie that's calling in a lot of smaller swfs. Each of
> the swfs is about 75 k.. however when I look at the size report, there
> is an item there called "ActionScript 2.0 Classes" which is taking up
> 66k for each of the swfs.
> 
> Firstly, why are these so big? I'm using a few form components in my
> piece... is that what's making the classes come along for the ride?
> 
> Secondly, is there any way to get all my swf's to share the same set
> of classes that are in my main movie, instead of each swf bringing its
> own set of classes down...?
> 
> thanks!
> 
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