This is a bit off
at a tangent but from what I have heard, Macromedia will be announcing
Coldfusion MX next week. Coldfusion MX will be Java based and hence can be
deployed on any Java based platform. From what I understand Coldfusion MX will
talk directly to Flash (or the other way round which ever way you look at it)
allowing real-time
data to be deployed in Flash applications (obviously without the need to
refresh html pages which is the case with most present html based application
servers). To go along with Coldfusion MX will be Dreamweaver UltraDev MX with
drivers to virtually every database
engine (again only rumours that I have heard) for rapid development. And of
course Flash MX has been released already. This is exciting news to some
people as a lot of devices are now shipping with flash players (such as cell
phones, etc.) making data access easy and fast.
Anyone heard
anything about this or been a beta tester and want to
comment?
Trevor
-----Original
Message-----
From: Brandano,
Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 April
2002 02:19
To: Multiple recipients of list
witango-talk
Subject: RE:
Flash integration (was Re: Witango-Talk: Before the conferen
cedinner...)
Jason,
Great news... I just switched to
strings as well! :) I can't tell you how happy I am that I found this group.
It is so helpful to be able to share ideas. I'll tell you, my Tango/Flash
integration has really come a long way thus far. Here are some of the
important things I've found for those who care.
My first attempt
at the integration worked well, but was a little unorthodox. I used an lesser
known method of the flash player object: the setVariable() method.
After instantiating the flash object and playing my movie I called a number of
set Variables similar to this (animation was the ID of my Flash player
object):
window.document.animation.SetVariable("flashVariableNameHere","value
to pass, can also be JavaScript var"); // Bad way to do
this.
Within the first frame of
the flash movie I declared flash variable flashVariableNameHere.
Voila, as soon as the setVariable function was called, my data (which tango
drew from a SQL database) was in my flash movie. I planned to use FSCommands
to do information exchange in the other direction. MAJOR problem: From what I
have read, setVariable(), and
FScommand() are not
supported in Opera for embedded Linux (the second of our two platforms, I am
developing for an internet appliance). Netscape 6 apparently lacks support as
well, due to the fact that they dropped liveConnect.
SOLUTION: go with the more common
approach. Changing my approach REALLY paid off. Previously, I had to reload my
page to get new data into Flash. Now by using loadVariables()
within Flash, I am able to get data from
TAFs behind the scenes, in real time. I now call
loadVariables("dataLoader.taf", _root); whenever I need new data. Works
fantastic. I chose to use URLencoded strings as you did. From what I hear,
Flash 5's XML parser was written in ActionScript, and is very slow.
Performance is critical for our application, so I went with strings. My output
pages in my TAFs are simply strings of URL encoded variables. I won't even get
into the exciting new possibilities that Flash MX brings to the table. I hope
that I will get some time to put together some demos that other people can
view. Does anyone have any examples of what they've done with
Tango/Flash?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason
Pamental [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
Thursday, April 25,
2002
10:23
PM
To: Multiple
recipients of list witango-talk
Subject: Flash integration (was Re:
Witango-Talk: Before the conference
dinner...)
Pete,
I�d
be happy to talk to you; my contact info is at the bottom. I�m hoping
to
put together a little suite of test apps (Scott put us all to shame
with
everything he put together!) to show how it works, but haven't had a
chance
yet.
There are two ways to get the data in and out; via XML
or with strings of
name/value pairs of variables. We've used the latter and
it's pretty
straightforward but not as fast as we'd like. (only a concern
if youre
adding lots of data) - we want to try the xml method and see if
it's
speedier. I suspect it may be...
Thanks also to lee for his
kind words - we were really flattered with the
response we
received.
Jason
On 4/24/02 10:40 PM, "Lee Sobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I don't have any specifics on what he's doing, but it is
very cool. Perhaps
> you can convince Sophie or Phil to provide you
contact information.
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:
Brandano, Peter <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk
>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
Sent: Wednesday,
April 24, 2002
6:46
AM
>>
Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Before the conference
dinner...
>>
>> Thanks Lee,
>>
>> I am
interested in the Tango/Flash demo you saw. I am currently working on
a
>> large project that will use Tango for database interaction and
Flash as a
>> front end. I have hit some interesting roadblocks along
the way (most have
>> more to do with Flash than Tango, and all
problems were associated with our
>> platform Opera for embedded
Linux YUCK!). I have already changed my design 4
>> times. I
wonder if Jason (?) has any info on pitfalls he may have come
across
>> in his development.
>>
>>
Pete
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lee Sobo
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>
Sent: Tuesday, April
23, 2002
6:12
PM
>>>
To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk
>>> Subject: Re:
Witango-Talk: Before the conference dinner...
>>>
>>>
Gauthier:
>>>
>>> I can't speak for eveyone in the
conference, but I'll speak for myself. The
>>> presenters showed
some incredible creativity and brilliance. Scott
>>> Cadillac's
demo on using XML and Jason on intgegrating Flash were
>>>
unbelievable. Also, one gentleman showed an implementation for
the
>>> government of Ireland and another for the city of Seoul, South Korea.
>>>
>>> Witango seems to be
in very capable hands and there appears to be quite a
>>> future
for us. An early demo was just shown of being able to compile
Tango
>>> into Java. They are working on the same for .net. The
main new features of
>>> Witango seem to be the preemptive multi
threading and a new tag called
>>> @email. I'm sure there is
more, but that is what stood out for me. There
>>> seem to be
quite a few innovations in the editor with customizable
snippets
>>> and a totally new view allowing us to see the inside
of our actions without
>>> having to open them all the
time.
>>>
>>> I would say you can go develop and sell
in peace.
>>>
>>> Long live Tango.... or I better say
Witango or pay a fine.
>>>
>>> Lee
Sobo
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From:
[Gauthier] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>
To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk
>>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>
Sent: Tuesday, April
23, 2002
2:21
PM
>>>> Subject: Witango-Talk: Before the
conference dinner...
>>>>
>>>>
Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know what are the
main new features of the new version of
>>>>
Witango!
>>>>
>>>> And does the Case studies and
speakers interventions were great:
>>>> Does Witango is
compliant with with Large Scale Government Applications ?
>>>>
Does Witango works well for Intranet Applications with XML
?
>>>> Does strenght strategic alliance are good for buisiness
?
>>>> Does the Case study materials are available
?
>>>> Does the witango powerfull open a wide range of
possibilities ?
>>>> Does the future of Witango v6 is ambitious
?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks alot for some feedback
;)
>>>>
>>>>
Gauthier
>>>>
>>>> PS: Does the dinner will be
fine
?
>>>>
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