Thanks for the nice article Patrick. It is a good overview. I didn't realize how little there actually is in the component world. I actually wrote all the stuff I posted more than a year ago for a client. It took 2 weeks. I think I could make a lot of progress cleaning it up for public consumption - after I get married on the 14th !!!
Thanks to everyone for all the encouragement. I will publish a development plan after the 17th. I think my first step will be to make sure the skin spec is tight and while doing that, add another (fancier) skin to the package. Best, David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Mineault Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:09 PM To: Open Source Flash Mailing List Subject: Re: [osflash] Component Library Agreed. I posted something on my blog about this, hopefully this will help you find people willing to help out. Patrick www.5etdemi.com/blog Grant Davies wrote: >Holy crap these look awesome! > >Grant > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Scott Hyndman >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:17 PM >To: Open Source Flash Mailing List >Subject: Re: [osflash] Component Library > >Where did this come from? Great job! You've got to love when things >come out of left field like this. > >Is your datagrid a scrollview kind of deal? How many rows can it handle? > >I'm sure I'll have more questions...are you on MSN? (I'm writing a >datagrid for ActionStep right now, so I'm interested in how you did a >few things) > >/Scott > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of David Karam >Sent: Wed 10/5/2005 6:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: >Subject: [osflash] Component Library >Hi > > >I have posted a component library written in ActionScript 2. This >library is based on a strongly decoupled view and controller with a >considered method of data binding based on XML or class modeled sources. > >The component library has passed its design phased and is in the proof >of concept phase. Try the sample application featuring: context >sensitive menus, drag and drop tree nodes, strong data binding with xml >source, a complex table/tree widget with pulldowns and invisible fields >and context sensitive component behavior. The main application class >(com.posttool.app.categoryEditor.Application) is in the Eclipse project >listed below. > >http://posttool.com/as2components/deploy/ > > >Class overview > >http://posttool.com/as2components/classDiagram.png > > >Documentation > >http://posttool.com/as2components/docs > > >Downloadable "FAMES" Project > >http://posttool.com/as2components/UI0.zip > > >A Note about the use of SWF files > >I currently use SWF files (source files fla6 included) with a creative >movieclip instance naming system to skin the UI. I will have clean >documentation on this aspect shortly and post the spec for each component. > >This provides clean separation between designer and programmer. I hope >that the ability to create drawings in Swfmill progresses to a nice api >so that the skins could be specified that way. I also hope that Adobe >Illustrator will be able to export compliant SWF skins for this system. > >This configuration is much more convenient than drawing the components >with code. It puts control of the 'drawings' in the hands of designers >and allows the windowing toolkit to be easily skinned. With the >proliferation of SWF generators, many authors with a variety of tools >will be able to create the component skins. > > >Finally > >I would like to set this up as a new osflash project only if someone is >interested in working on it with me. I realize that there are other >component libraries being developed. I would like to distinguish this >one as the simplest code base with clean separation between primitive >drawing & controller code. > > > >Best regards, David Karam > > >_______________________________________________ >osflash mailing list >[email protected] >http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > >_______________________________________________ >osflash mailing list >[email protected] >http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
