Re: [Flashcoders] Integrating Flash SWFs with Flex

2007-08-03 Thread matt stuehler
Troy, Just wanted to thank you for responding to my post. The FlexComponentKit is a great tip, and looks like it will really be useful. Cheers, Matt On 7/30/07, Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 30, 2007, at 11:56 AM, matt stuehler wrote: Two questions - 1. The client has

Re: [Flashcoders] Integrating Flash SWFs with Flex

2007-08-03 Thread greg h
Hi Matt, First, Flex 2 is AS3 only. So if you intend your interactive charting widget to integrate with Flex create it in Flash CS3 using AS3. (The background is ... In Flash Player, AS3 runs in its own AVM2 (ActionScript Virtual Machine 2). AVM2 exists only in Flash Player 9 and higher. In

Re: [Flashcoders] Integrating Flash SWFs with Flex

2007-08-03 Thread Randy Troppmann
2. Assuming 1. is correct, what special considerations are there for developing a Flash movie/widget/component that might be embedded in an HTML page, AND/OR used within a Flex application? To use the FlexComponentKit your Flash CS3 project must be developed using AS3. Also check out

Re: [Flashcoders] Integrating Flash SWFs with Flex

2007-08-03 Thread elibol
I would not say it works really really well... In some cases, it's actually harder to integrate flash cs3 with flex this way than it is integrating AVM1 swf's (flash 8) with flex... First, you can use any movieclip in a swc library so long as it's exported in the first frame. Second, you will

[Flashcoders] Integrating Flash SWFs with Flex

2007-07-30 Thread matt stuehler
All, I'm working on a project for a client - my assignment is essentially to develop an interactive charting widget with a number of unique display options and behaviors. Because of those unique features, I'm developing the SWF from scratch, instead of modifying an existing pre-developed

Re: [Flashcoders] Integrating Flash SWFs with Flex

2007-07-30 Thread Troy Rollins
On Jul 30, 2007, at 11:56 AM, matt stuehler wrote: Two questions - 1. The client has asked about the feasibility of developing this in Flex instead of Flash. Since I'm only beginning to learn Flex, I can't really answer this. But my simplistic understanding is that, at a high level, Flex is a