Hi All couldn't resist replying to this one (i usually only have just enough time to read!)
The open source components i am currently working (http://osflash.org/smx) on renders interfaces from xml in runtime with not too much fuss - check out my real world example currently in the final stages of development: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/squad_selector/default.stm The app does have a slight pause while it renders, but i am currently optimising the code to get a performance increase... the main reason for doing this kind of thing instead of pre-rendered interfaces is obviously the reformatting potential, which is actually pretty useful for an app such as this. Currently it is available for football (all uk clubs have one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/default.stm), but the plan is to roll out a similar one for cricket, rugby, hockey, basketball, lacrosse, netball etc. with the same functionality but different pitches, formation options, and in the case of cricket, different tabs and player types. With xml controlling the layout, one swf contains all the behaviour functionality so that any small bugfix or update can be easily made to hundreds of different apps. It also means that if you've downloaded the app once, you won't need to download it again for all the different incarnations (unless theres an update on the swf), making loading times faster. Rob On 8/20/05, jeremy lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > however, we were talking about xml for ui, and i can't see any > > problems with that - if used intelligently of course. > > > > recently I'm working on a visual-CMS system which client can drag-n-drop > elements on stage to arrange the layout(a banquet design app), then i > convert it to xml. > > during runtime, these sets of xmls were sent to flash player and parsed to > generate the layout (along with css settings), that's when i hit the wall by > letting player to handle 3-5 xml sets the same time, it's also the time i > started thinking maybe i should generate these pre-designed layout on server > (using swfmill maybe ? or some other 3rd party .net to swf tools) so i don't > have to do it in player. > > is it possible to generate and pre-cache those swf from xmls on server side > then just send swfs to client players ? > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Bateman - Flash Product Manager BBC News Interactive Tel: 0208 6248692 Mob: 07714 329073 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
