during the conversations on IRC when OFLA was on, there was some talk about flash and java (communication, embedding etc..), which is something i've been thinking about quite a bit recently.
I already knew that I could use an XML socket to talk back and forth but whilst reading the API docs for the SWT Browser component I realised that with a little sleight of hand and the flash / javascript communication kit its possible to get messages both ways from SWT to Flash and from Flash to SWT. I've made a proof of concept project which you can download from http://relivethefuture.com/code/flash/SWTFlash.zip Its useful for me as im working on an RCP project at the moment that also involves flash and if this is reliable on PC and OSX it means I can do some of the UI work (moving, rotating, arranging images etc) in flash, rather than worrying about graphics contexts and display devices :) anyway, id be interested to hear what people think, as it may provide a simple way of integrating flash into eclipse for use as plugins. thanks, p.s. (for Mike Chambers) Is it ok to redistribute the flash / js kit like this? Ive included a docs directory with the license and the readme for the kit, i also remember you mentioned that you may be changing the license to something more 'liberal'. Is this true? and what is it? when is it? etc.. :) Martin _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
