Well, you could always build the interface natively in Director! That way you would avoid stability and performance issues related to using components in the flash xtra. But I guess that would mean lots more development work in director to get the same functionality that components offer.
Quoting Lieven Cardoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > During last year I had a lot of experience with making cd's that > basically use an main swf embedded in Director or Zinc. With both there > are lots of problems. > > > > This application writes xml to harddisk, needs to reed data from a > database, alters screen resolution... > > > > For my next project I'm not sure what to use. > > > > - Zinc doesn't support a crossplatform database, so I would > have to use only xml, which would not be performant and rather complex. > Also Zinc has some ennoying bugs which don't seem to get resolved ( --> > dll ). They have hundreds of commands, sure, but it's quality that > counts, not quantity. > > - Director : Man, I've had problems with Director, > unbelievable, and I rather not use it anymore. I does support V12, but I > haven't heard lots of good things from colleagues about V12. Also using > a Tree/List Component in your flash movie (swf) causes Director to > freeze on a lot of older computers (Windows 98 / Mac / WindowsXP SP1). > Flash Asset 8 is out, but is it to be trusted??? I've reported the > Tree/List bug some months ago, but it seems they haven't resolved it. > > - SWFStudio : I've heard it's better than Zinc, but no support > on Mac, so I can't use it. > > - What about .NET??? Is there a way to let this function on > Mac??? > > > > > > I've thought of splitting the project. For pc I would use Zinc or .NET > or SWFStudio and for mac then I would use Director. This does mean more > work. > > > > Please respond. thx > > > > lieven cardoen > > indiegroup > interactive digital experience > engelse wandeling 2 k18 > b8500 kortrijk > T +32 (0)56/361 197 > // communicatie bij voorkeur op [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
