On Jan 3, 2008 8:04 PM, Alvise Nicoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys... I developed applications for three years with Delphi on Windows > and Lazarus on Linux, I also have very good skills with php and mysql, > but I'm not understanding a word of what you wrote ;)
Yet another reason for an Introduction to SWF for non-Flashers wiki page... :) > So, starting from the beginning: > we all produce compiled small "running" applications containing multiple > audio-visual and vectorial contents runnable from the software called > "adobe flash player" now installable on all browsers. OK. We call that compiled application with vector and other content included "SWF". > I have no fear to use open source software, also the commercial > alternative is very expensive, but I want to be sure that I will be able > to start and finish my project without any compromise and renounce. It's entirely possible, but if you need animations, as you indicated, then Flash (as in the Adobe product) would be well worth the investment. Embedding graphics (png/jpg/svg) works well with Swfmill, but using it for animations isn't practical -- it generates an SWF from XML, and you'd have to do all transformations "manually". If you need animations and want easy layouting, then Flash is still the way to go. For writing the code I'd definitely recommend something else, though. Flash's built-in editor is no fun, at least last time I checked, which admittibly was a long time ago. > So, coming back to my project, will haXe be able to make me create > classes of the content of a website, taking it from xml (to parse) files > with ajax.php calls? > After that, I will need also to attach this structure and data to a > nice-to-see graphics and animations, what about the "graphical" part of > the IDEs you listed me? They don't have a graphical part. You can embed graphics (with Swfmill, for example) made with other programs, but as I mentioned above there is no good solution for animations. The haXe compiler can compile haXe source code into an existing SWF or use one as a library (i.e., include an existing SWF with graphical assets) and you can place and move those on the screen (the "Stage"). There is also mod_neko for Apache, so you could write the server side with haXe, too (it can compile to SWF, for the Neko VM, or generate JavaScript from the same source). It can of course parse XML that you request from PHP, depending on what you want to do AMF3 would be an alternative (another format to transfer data to an SWF app, more compact). HTH, Mark _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list osflash@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
