RE: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
I've seen many AJAX examples of drag and drop. Is drag and drop planned for Flex in the future (beyond 8.5) or is their some kind of fundamental reason not to have it? I have a feeling it can be done already but not it should be made easier. Drag and drop is a common feature of rich user interfaces.On the second point, I've been told on this list that the Flex-to-desktop interface is very tricky to implement. I have yet to see any documentaion/examples on how to do it. This aspect of Flex should be made simpler for developers who don't mind having their users install servers on the desktop.Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think. There might be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand the drag and drop. Matt -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Katz Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with the user's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and the new Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file or folder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app perform an action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them, etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this? thanks, David -- David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
David I know for a fact Zinc mProjector allow you to drag and drop files to projectors (EXE's that wrap SWF's) so this could work for Flex 1.5 SWF's; only a matter of time till 2 is supported. This is not in a browser, however. Dos Flex 1.5 and Flex 2 both have built-in drag and drop functionality. They just cannot interact with the file system while running in a browser. So, anything you've seen with AJAX for drag and drop, you could probably do the same in Flex. - Original Message - From: dos dedos To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I've seen many AJAX examples of drag and drop. Is drag and drop planned for Flex in the future (beyond 8.5) or is their some kind of fundamental reason not to have it? I have a feeling it can be done already but not it should be made easier. Drag and drop is a common feature of rich user interfaces.On the second point, I've been told on this list that the Flex-to-desktop interface is very tricky to implement. I have yet to see any documentaion/examples on how to do it. This aspect of Flex should be made simpler for developers who don't mind having their users install servers on the desktop.Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think. Theremight be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand the dragand drop.Matt! -Original Message-From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of David KatzSent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into aFlex 2.0 appI know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with theuser's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and thenew Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file orfolder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app performan action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them,etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this?thanks,David--David Katz[EMAIL PROTECTED]--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives:http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
As far as I can tell there are two ways to do Flex/Browser-to-desktop interfacing:1. " You need to serve a crossdomain.xml file over HTTP from the local server. This will allow a web based application to interoperate with a desktop basedserver. This is essential to get this to work. Basically this forces you tosupport both HTTP and XMLSocket/Socket in parallel." -- quoted from a reply I had received earlier.2. I may be wrong on this one but my assumption is that if you don't mind installing FES on the desktop and running the Flex app off of http://localhost/ then I believe that you could access file I/O and whatever else you need on the desktop, thru FES. This adds the cost of FES deployment license to each desktop the app runs on.JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David I know for a fact Zinc mProjector allow you to drag and drop files to projectors (EXE's that wrap SWF's) so this could work for Flex 1.5 SWF's; only a matter of time till 2 is supported. This is not in a browser, however. Dos Flex 1.5 and Flex 2 both have built-in drag and drop functionality. They just cannot interact with the file system while running in a browser. So, anything you've seen with AJAX for drag and drop, you could probably do the same in Flex. - Original Message - From: dos dedos To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I've seen many AJAX examples of drag and drop. Is drag and drop planned for Flex in the future (beyond 8.5) or is their some kind of fundamental reason not to have it? I have a feeling it can be done already but not it should be made easier. Drag and drop is a common feature of rich user interfaces.On the second point, I've been told on this list that the Flex-to-desktop interface is very tricky to implement. I have yet to see any documentaion/examples on how to do it. This aspect of Flex should be made simpler for developers who don't mind having their users install servers on the desktop.Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That'snot something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think.Theremight be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand thedragand drop.Matt! -Original Message-From:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf OfDavid KatzSent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* theuser's file system into aFlex 2.0 appI know the Flash player islimited in its ability interact with theuser's file system. I'm wonderingif a Flex 2.0 application (and thenew Flash player) has the ability toenable a user to drag a file orfolder *from the file system* onto a Flexapp and have the app performan action (such as reading meta data on thefiles, uploading them,etc.). Does anybody have any insight aboutthis?thanks,David--DavidKatz[EMAIL PROTECTED]--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearchArchives:http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
Aye, you could do that. I'm talking specifically about clicking on a file on your desktop, and dragging over top of a Flex interface, dropping it there, and having Flex respond to it. - Original Message - From: dos dedos To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app As far as I can tell there are two ways to do Flex/Browser-to-desktop interfacing:1. " You need to serve a crossdomain.xml file over HTTP from the local server. This will allow a web based application to interoperate with a desktop basedserver. This is essential to get this to work. Basically this forces you tosupport both HTTP and XMLSocket/Socket in parallel." -- quoted from a reply I had received earlier.2. I may be wrong on this one but my assumption is that if you don't mind installing FES on the desktop and running the Flex app off of http://localhost/ then I believe that you could access file I/O and whatever else you need on the desktop, thru FES. This adds the cost of FES deployment license to each desktop the app runs on.JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David I know for a fact Zinc mProjector allow you to drag and drop files to projectors (EXE's that wrap SWF's) so this could work for Flex 1.5 SWF's; only a matter of time till 2 is supported. This is not in a browser, however. Dos Flex 1.5 and Flex 2 both have built-in drag and drop functionality. They just cannot interact with the file system while running in a browser. So, anything you've seen with AJAX for drag and drop, you could probably do the same in Flex. - Original Message - From: dos dedos To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I've seen many AJAX examples of drag and drop. Is drag and drop planned for Flex in the future (beyond 8.5) or is their some kind of fundamental reason not to have it? I have a ! feeling it can be done already but not it should be made easier. Drag and drop is a common feature of rich user interfaces.On the second point, I've been told on this list that the Flex-to-desktop interface is very tricky to implement. I have yet to see any documentaion/examples on how to do it. This aspect of Flex should be made simpler for developers who don't mind having their users install servers on the desktop.Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think. Theremight be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand the dragand drop.Matt! -Original Message-From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of David KatzSent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into aFlex 2.0 appI know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with theuser's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and thenew Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file orfolder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app performan action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them,etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this?thanks,David--David Katz[EMAIL PROTECTED]--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives:http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! MailUse Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
Yes :) but once you can open/read files on the desktop you can show them inside a Flex UI and then drag and drop them from their to some other place within the UI.JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aye, you could do that. I'm talking specifically about clicking on a file on your desktop, and dragging over top of a Flex interface, dropping it there, and having Flex respond to it. - Original Message - From: dos dedos To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app As far as I can tell there are two ways to do Flex/Browser-to-desktop interfacing:1. " You need to serve a crossdomain.xml file over HTTP from the local server. This will allow a web based application to interoperate with a desktop basedserver. This is essential to get this to work. Basically this forces you tosupport both HTTP and XMLSocket/Socket in parallel." -- quoted from a reply I had received earlier.2. I may be wrong on this one but my assumption is that if you don't mind installing FES on the desktop and running the Flex app off of http://localhost/ then I believe that you could access file I/O and whatever else you need on the desktop, thru FES. This adds the cost of FES deployment license to each desktop the app runs on.JesterXL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David I know for a fact Zinc mProjector allow youto drag and drop files to projectors (EXE's that wrap SWF's) so this couldwork for Flex 1.5 SWF's; only a matter of time till 2 is supported. Thisis not in a browser, however. Dos Flex 1.5 and Flex 2 both have built-in drag anddrop functionality. They just cannot interact with the file system whilerunning in a browser. So, anything you've seen with AJAX for drag anddrop, you could probably do the same in Flex. -Original Message -From:dos dedosTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's filesystem into a Flex 2.0 app I've seen many AJAX examples of drag and drop. Is dragand drop planned for Flex in the future (beyond 8.5) or is their some kind offundamental reason not to have it? I have a ! feeling it can be done alreadybut not it should be made easier. Drag and drop is a common feature of richuser interfaces.On the second point, I've been told on this list thatthe Flex-to-desktop interface is very tricky to implement. I have yet to seeany documentaion/examples on how to do it. This aspect of Flex should be madesimpler for developers who don't mind having their users install servers onthe desktop.Matt Chotin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:That's not something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think. Theremight be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand the dragand drop.Matt! -Original Message-From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of David KatzSent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into aFlex 2.0 appI know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with theuser's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and thenew Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file orfolder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app performan action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them,etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this?thanks,David--David Katz[EMAIL PROTECTED]--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives:http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links __Do YouYahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection aroundhttp://mail.yahoo.comYahoo! MailUse Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this
RE: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
That's not something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think. There might be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand the drag and drop. Matt -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Katz Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with the user's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and the new Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file or folder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app perform an action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them, etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this? thanks, David -- David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
I know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with the user's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and the new Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file or folder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app perform an action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them, etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this? thanks, David -- David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [flexcoders] Drag drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app
Hello, My insight is that would be a dream. I bet Adobe is thinking along the same lines though. Looking at Flash5 to Flex2, you can imagine anything for the future. ;-) Other than a no answer to your question, you could use a server side language locally to accomplish something close but, no dice on the OS to Flash Player just using the Flash Player 8.5. Peace, MikeOn 3/13/06, David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with the user's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and the new Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file or folder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app perform an action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them, etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this? thanks, David -- David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group flexcoders on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- What goes up, does come down. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
