Flex - Flash Integration

Hi,
I am working on a Flex project that loads dynamicaly a swf
file (flash 8 / actionscript 2). I need Flex listening events
dispatrched from flash.
Is that posible?
I read about the LocalConnection class but this looks like is
used to communicate diferent swf files in the same html documments.
Any ideas will be very apreciated.
tks,

LocalConnection is the way to go. It is for SWF-to-SWF
communication, but ActionScript 2 SWFs loaded into Flash Player 9
occupy a different virtual space than ActionScript 3 SWFs. So you
need LocalConnectiton to get them talking.
If possible, upgrade to Flash CS3 and you'll have
ActionScript 3 SWFs which can be loaded into the same virtual
space.
See my blog for details (search LocalConnection):
weblogs.macromedia.com/pent

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[svn:fx-trunk] 5811: Adding a Flex Builder Flash-Integration and Utilities project to make these files easier for people to work on .

Revision: 5811
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2009-03-31 11:20:19 -0700 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009)
Log Message:
Adding a Flex Builder Flash-Integration and Utilities project to make these files easier for people to work on. Flash-Integration is really an intermediate swc that Utilities uses. I've also modified the existing Flex Builder project for flex4tests to build against this new utilities project directly.
Also change the way FlashIntegration is built--we no longer have a manifest file and just include-classes FlashIntegrationClasses.as.
QE Notes: -
Doc Notes: -
Bugs: -
Reviewer: Evtim
tests: -
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/flex4test/.actionScriptProperties
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/build.xml
Added Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/flash-integration/
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/flash-integration/.actionScriptProperties
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/flash-integration/.flexLibProperties
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/flash-integration/.project
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/utilities/
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/utilities/.actionScriptProperties
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/utilities/.flexLibProperties
flex/sdk/trunk/development/eclipse/flex/utilities/.project
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/src/FlashIntegrationClasses.as
Removed Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/manifest.xml

Thats good news.

[svn:fx-trunk] 12545: flash-integration. swc is no longer built in to utilities.swc.

Revision: 12545
Revision: 12545
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-04 11:31:50 -0800 (Fri, 04 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
flash-integration.swc is no longer built in to utilities.swc. It is now it's own standalone swc that needs to be packaged up as part of the SDK. This is so Flash Builder can find the source code for the swc.
I'm also making some other changes for OSMF. Jim is going to make the rest of them to support fat-swcs.
QE notes: -
Doc notes: -
Bugs: SDK-24471
Reviewer: Pete reviewed some of this
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: Yes
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-24471
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/flash-integration/FlexComponentKit.mxp
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/FlexComponentKit.mxi
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/src/OSMFClasses.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/utilities/build.xml
Added Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/src/OSMFDocClasses.as

[svn:fx-trunk] 13699: -update textLayout, osmf, and flash-integration

Revision: 13699
Revision: 13699
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-01-21 15:28:17 -0800 (Thu, 21 Jan 2010)
Log Message:
-update textLayout, osmf, and flash-integration
-to build proper _rb swcs with the recent localized properties that have been checked in for each project
-to build proper fat-swcs with the recent localized xml that have been checked in for each project
updated the spark/build.xml to pint the properties files under textLayout and osmf
removed files from package that were not required: build.xml, build.properties, sparkskins/assets folder.
QE notes:
Doc notes:
Bugs: sdk-25171
Reviewer:
Tests run:
Is noteworthy for integration:
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/sdk-25171
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/datavisualization/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/rpc/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/build.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/build.xml
Added Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/da_DK/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/da_DK/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/de_DE/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/es_ES/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/es_ES/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fi_FI/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fi_FI/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fr_FR/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/it_IT/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/it_IT/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ja_JP/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ko_KR/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ko_KR/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/nb_NO/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/nb_NO/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/nl_NL/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/nl_NL/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/pt_BR/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/pt_BR/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ru_RU/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/sv_SE/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/sv_SE/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_CN/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_TW/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_TW/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/da_DK/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/da_DK/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/de_DE/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/es_ES/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/es_ES/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/fi_FI/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/fi_FI/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/fr_FR/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/it_IT/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/it_IT/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/ja_JP/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/ko_KR/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/ko_KR/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/nb_NO/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/nb_NO/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/nl_NL/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/nl_NL/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/pt_BR/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/pt_BR/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/ru_RU/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/sv_SE/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/sv_SE/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/zh_CN/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/zh_TW/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/textLayout/bundles/zh_TW/textLayout.properties
Removed Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/datavisualization/manifest.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/da_DK/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/da_DK/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/de_DE/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/de_DE/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/es_ES/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/es_ES/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/fi_FI/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/fi_FI/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/fr_FR/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/fr_FR/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/it_IT/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/it_IT/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/ja_JP/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/ja_JP/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/ko_KR/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/ko_KR/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/nb_NO/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/nb_NO/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/nl_NL/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/nl_NL/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/pt_BR/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/pt_BR/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/ru_RU/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/ru_RU/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/sv_SE/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/sv_SE/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/zh_CN/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/zh_CN/textLayout.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/zh_TW/osmf.properties
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/bundles/zh_TW/textLayout.properties

Flex engine integration

Hi All,
I have EP 6.0 SP 14 & VC Patch 6 SP13 installed and integrated. I wanted to integrate the Flex server + builder with the visual composer. Have anyone done this earlier? Can some one point me to any user guide for the same?
thanks in advance

And again without spelling mistakes, I hope:
With the VC nobody has done that before until we built a prototype (in January 2005). For this integration also the VC had to be changed (quite significantly indeed).
As far as I know there is a book planned which is going to deal with using Flex/Flash as UI for any kind of SAP systems. Perhaps this might help, once it is published (with SAP Press).
Mario

[svn:fx-trunk] 13687: Add in osmf and flash-integration localized files not picked up in the previous commit (13686)

Revision: 13687
Revision: 13687
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-01-21 07:25:58 -0800 (Thu, 21 Jan 2010)
Log Message:
Add in osmf and flash-integration localized files not picked up in the previous commit (13686)
Added Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/de_DE/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/de_DE/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/de_DE/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/fr_FR/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/fr_FR/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/fr_FR/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/ja_JP/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/ja_JP/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/ja_JP/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/ru_RU/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/ru_RU/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/ru_RU/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/zh_CN/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/zh_CN/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flash-integration/bundles/zh_CN/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/de_DE/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/de_DE/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/de_DE/docs/org.osmf.media.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/de_DE/docs/org.osmf.net.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/de_DE/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fr_FR/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fr_FR/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fr_FR/docs/org.osmf.media.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fr_FR/docs/org.osmf.net.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/fr_FR/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ja_JP/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ja_JP/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ja_JP/docs/org.osmf.media.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ja_JP/docs/org.osmf.net.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ja_JP/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ru_RU/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ru_RU/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ru_RU/docs/org.osmf.media.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ru_RU/docs/org.osmf.net.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/ru_RU/docs/packages.dita
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_CN/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_CN/docs/
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_CN/docs/org.osmf.media.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_CN/docs/org.osmf.net.xml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/osmf/bundles/zh_CN/docs/packages.dita

[svn:fx-4.0.0] 13505: make flash-integration src appear in the package

Revision: 13505
Revision: 13505
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-01-14 10:54:44 -0800 (Thu, 14 Jan 2010)
Log Message:
make flash-integration src appear in the package
QE notes: no
Doc notes: no
Bugs: sdk-25040
Reviewer:
Tests run:package target
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/sdk-25040
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/branches/4.0.0/build.xml

[svn:fx-trunk] 13301: Added flash-integration.swc to external library Path

Revision: 13301
Revision: 13301
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-01-05 22:49:53 -0800 (Tue, 05 Jan 2010)
Log Message:
Added flash-integration.swc to external library Path
QE notes:
Doc notes:
Bugs:
Reviewer:
Tests run:
Is noteworthy for integration:
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/automation_flashflexkit/build.xml

I had downloaded it for test, and requested for evaluation license...
But I haven't got license, and also I am not able to find Flash Builder Plugins from HFCD site....
I think those plugins are removed from site....
Please help me, if anyone have those plugins...

Data connection between Java Webdynpro - Flex Flash Island

Hi,
I'm developing a Java Webdynpro with connection to a Flex Flash Island. I'm using Flex 3.2.
I've already set up the connection from WDJ to Flex, by using Events and the FlashIsland.fireEvent method, this all works fine. Now I'm trying to update a value in WDJ, to be updated in Flex. This gives the following error:
Error: Error #1023: Stack overflow occurred.
     at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
     at mx.binding::Watcher/wrapUpdate()
     at mx.binding::PropertyWatcher/eventHandler()
     at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
     at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
     at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
     at UWLApplication/set opentask_updated()
     at MethodInfo-4234()
     at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call()
     at sap.core.wd.context::WDContextListener/execute()
     at sap.core.wd.context::WDContext/notifyListeners()
     at sap.core.wd.context::WDContext/_set()
     at sap.core.wd.context::WDContext/set()
     at sap.wd.island::WDIsland/storeProperty()
     at sap.wd.island::WDIsland/onUpdateProperty()
     at mx.binding.utils::ChangeWatcher/wrapHandler()
     at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
     at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
     at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
     at UWLApplication/set opentask_updated()
     at MethodInfo-4234()
This is especially strange, cause before I had a refresh button in which I updated my entire item collection. Now, I have added this field and suddenly I get this error !
Does anybody has any idea what this could mean? Any help would be much appreciated ...
My field in Flex:
\[Bindable\]
public var opentask_updated:Number;
<mx:Text id="opentask_updated_text" text="{opentask_updated.toString()}" />
My adaptions in WDJ:
public void getInbox( ) {
       wdContext.currentInboxElement().setOpentask_updated(0);
public void wdDoInit() {
       getInbox();

Solved!
It appeared to be a "long" parameter and I was trying to put it in a "Number" parameter in Flex (because there is no long in Flex)
When I changed both to String, it worked!

Flash Islands Tutorial I - Confusion with Flex/Flash Builder Versions

Hi Guys,
i am new to the Adobe Flex/Flash Islands technology and tried to implement Tutorial I by Thomas Jung. Unfortunately i am confused by the various different versions for flex and the corresponding IDE's.
As far as i understood SAP at the moment only supports Flex versions up to version 3.3 for NetWeaver 7 EHP1. Furtheron the Adobe Charting Components (used in the Tutorial) seem to be part of the Flex Builder Professional Version only.
So i went to the Adobe Website and looked into the products and download areas. All i found was Flash Builder 4.5 Premium and the various Adobe and Open Source Flex SDK versions. I am using Flash Builder 4.5 as a trial right now. Unfortunately the Charting Components are not included.
So the question i have is whether the Charting Components (e.g. <mx:BarChart /> )are included in the non Trial version of Flash Builder 4.5 Premium or whether there is any possibility to get them as an Add-On. Or do i have to use Flex Builder 3 Professional (i found no information about this on the Adobe Website)?
Additional Hint:
I found out that when i compile the poject with Flex SDK vesion 3.6 or higher, the compiler knows the <mx:BarChart /> tag. Also in that case the view designer is working. However FlashIslands is only supported up to Flex SDK 3.3. But when i choose 3.3 the <mx:BarChart /> tag and some other related tags are unknown.
This is a really anoying issue.
Best Regards,
Dirk
Edited by: Dirk Jäckel on Jul 19, 2011 12:14 PM

HI Dirk,
wtith Web Dynpro, you can only use Flex SDK version 3.3 and downwards. You can download the SDK here [http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/DownloadFlex3]
Flash Builder ships with Flex SDK 4.5 which is not compatible with WDA flash islands.
As for the charts library, which Adobe referes to as the Data Visualization Component, it is also available as a separate download which can be unzipped into the same directory as the Flex SDK -- the library is available here [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3sdk]
I must say I am also confused, because as far I can tell data visualization component is not included in 3.3, but SAP makes no mention of this. Hopefully someone else can enlighten us on this issue?

Adobe Flex & Flash

Hi,
I have a question about Adobe Flex. I have a project about preparing a digital content (i am planning preaper it at flash and compatible with SCORM 2004). I need to know that can i connect a content prepared with Adobe Flash CS4 to Flex?
And if yes, how can i do it. I dont know Flex much
Thank you.
Nilay P.

> I am Working as Consultant-SAP.I am creating static Forms using Adobelive
> Cycle Designer and SAP.
>
> How Adobe Flex is useful to create Forms?
Yes very.
> Is it usefull for me if i learn Adobeflex?
Several of us are turning to Flex for eLearning and we are finding it to be
a great tool.
> How will be the future with ADOBE FLEX?
I think Adobe are commiting heavily to Flex - Flex plays on any machine with
the latest Flash player , so that includes PC, Mac and Linux. AIR plays on
PC and Mac today, with a Linux version under development right now. In the
future (Open Screen Project) versions of Flex and AIR should play on mobile
devices too.
>
> I have seen the article SAP WebDynpro + Adobe Flex/Flash = Enterprise UI
> 2.0.
> Working as ABAPer shall i shift to Adobe Flex?
I don't really know what would be good or bad for your needs. Take a look at
some of the sample Flex and AIR apps on Adobe.com and see if you think the
features demonstrated are applicable to your needs.
Steve
http://twitter.com/Stevehoward999
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
European eLearning Summit - EeLS
Adobe-sponsored eLearning conference.
http://www.elearningsummit.eu

Load Flex/Flash Builder project in Flash Professional CS5

Is there a way that I can load (or export) Flex/Flash builder project in Flash Professional CS5?
As it turns out we got Flash Prof for our team, but it may look like we actually need Flash builder to build lots of UI related stuff..

Specifically, I want to use flex chart in CS5. Is there a way to do this?
Message was edited by: bart2335658
And flex ui

Qn:OpenGL or similar support in Flex/Flash?

i am to develop an engineering simulation application that
runs on web as well as on destop. i am exploring the possibilities
of using Flex/Flash, & AIR. but i am not getting any
information on support to OpenGL or similar thing by
Flex/Flash/AIR. my application will have a graphic window to show
lines, curves, etc in 3d view. It should also offer pan, zoom.
rotate etc functionality.
can Adobe give me all these functionalities?

The Macintosh implementation of the Flash Player on MacOS X
10.2+ since Flash Player 8 uses OpenGL hardware acceleration.
In Flash Player 9 Upadate 3, OpenGL is used for hardware
acceleration of the fullscreen mode on the Mac.
On PC, the fullscreen mode uses Direct X.
So, you can't directly access OpenGL functions but new
releases of the Flash Player like Astro (Flash Player 10) will use
it more and more for hardware acceleration of 2D and 3D rendering.

Fireworks/Flash Integration Not Useful

I’ve begun experimenting with Fireworks and the vaunted
integration between FW & Flash seems to be mostly hype.
(I’m speaking of the big deal Adobe makes about it in the CS3
Video Workshop.) So far I’m finding that the limitations of
what can be transported through round-trips between the two apps
render the purported integration largely useless.
Some of the most useful effects, like those commonly applied
in the provided Styles, don’t survive the import into Flash.
E.g., for Plastic Button 009 the Hue/Saturation filter
doesn’t make it into Flash. Without the HS filter, you
don’t get any color in Flash.
And even when the needed visual properties do make it intact,
the update mechanism doesn’t seem to work. For example, I
created a new FW file, drew a rounded rectangle and applied the
Chrome Reflective 006 Style and saved the file. I imported it into
the Flash library choosing the maintain appearance options. I then
went back into FW and applied the Chrome Misc 003 style and saved.
Then, in Flash I right-clicked on the bitmap in the library and
chose Update but when I clicked the Update button it just said 0 of
1 items updated and displayed a little question mark. I’ve
had similar problems importing PSD files/layers into Flash and
trying to update.
I tried another test, this time choosing the “keep all
paths editable” option when importing into Flash. However,
this lost some of the desired effects and didn’t even provide
the option to update (grayed out).
So, as far as I can tell, I have to create each image as a
separate file in FW and then just import it as a regular GIF or
JPEG into Flash. FW can still be useful as it provides some nice
styles, gradients, textures and other features that can help in
creating web graphics. But integration with Flash seems to be all
but non-existent. Am I missing something??
David Salahi

I love Fireworks + Flash integration, it's what originally
got me using Fireworks, actually. But there are some bumps that you
need to be familiar with, as you've found. It also takes some
understanding of the Flash platform and how it differs from the
freedoms you get in Fireworks, so hopefully I can help there:
Filters - Yep, Flash only supports a small subset of filters.
This might change in the future with the announcement of
Hydra/Pixel
Bender, which is really exciting, but for now you are stuck
with only a few filters in Flash. Open up Flash and get familiar
with them. And be glad we aren't having this conversation a few
version ago, when there were no filters at all! Once you are
familiar with the filters and blendmodes that Flash has, when you
are working in Fireworks and intend to go to Flash, remember what
filters you can use. The rest will have to be avoided or flattened
before importing into Flash. Yes, it's technology limiting your
creative freedom, I hate that, but if you understand the limits you
can still push it very far. BTW, Hue/Saturation actually does make
it from FW to FL for me.
The Update option is really intended for Bitmaps linked to an
external bitmap image file, like JPGs or GIFs. When you went to
update your bitmap you probably noticed that the Path field was
blank -- this is because Flash doesn't have it linked to an image
file, and it can't pull it out of a PNG source file. That would be
a really nice feature, and one I've requested:
http://adobe.com/go/wish/
When you choose "keep all paths editable" then all filters
and effects you used which are not supported in Flash are stripped
out. There are other features which Fireworks has that Flash does
not, like pattern/texture fills, some of the gradients, etc. They
all don't exist in Flash so they don't come through. Again this all
comes back to understanding what Flash can do, and making sure your
Fireworks design is compatible.
Sounds like you had a jarring experience trying to integrate
between FW and Flash, but the problem is understanding the huge
difference between what you get on Flash's canvas and Firework's
canvas. Flash is generally limited. The reason Flash is limited is
because it's a runtime canvas optimized for web. When you make
something in Fireworks you have unlimited freedom because in the
end you'll just export to a static pixel image. But in Flash, you
are dealing with a whole different beast -- interaction. The Flash
canvas is rendered at runtime... you can think of the Flash Player
as fulfilling the role of Fireworks running in the browser, so of
course it has to be in a much smaller scale.
Anyway, once you get used to how Flash works and how that
differs from Fireworks, integration will make a lot more sense. The
way you describe of exporting each graphic/layer as a separate JPG
and importing is basically the way it used to have to be done with
Photoshop, but I definitely recommend trying to get familiar with
how Flash works and getting a hang of the design to import process
of Fireworks to Flash.
In case it helps, here's my workflow of Fireworks to Flash (I
create a lot of Flash content so this is very battle tested for
me):
1) Design in Fireworks, with both knowledge of what Flash can
do, and a bit of reckless abandon because I'm a designer, I'll make
it look the way I want even if it takes extra work in Flash ;)
2) Once the design is final, I create a duplicate Fireworks
page
3) I go through my design and make it as Flash compatible as
possible. This means flattening anything that needs to be
flattened, sometimes converting text to paths, redoing some
graphics in vector, etc
4) Import into Flash
5) Cleanup anything that didn't come through right. At this
point it's just small stuff, like dotted strokes come through
solid, so I have to make them dotted again
6) Animate or rig up with ActionScript
7) For small changes, I make my change in Fireworks, then I
copy/paste only the changed elements back into Flash and replace
them
Hope that helps. Good luck!

SAP WebDynpro + Adobe Flex/Flash = Enterprise UI 2.0

Hi Frens...
I am Working as Consultant-SAP.I am creating static Forms using Adobelive Cycle Designer and SAP.
How Adobe Flex is useful to create Forms?
Is it usefull for me if i learn Adobeflex?
How will be the future with ADOBE FLEX?
I have seen the article SAP WebDynpro + Adobe Flex/Flash = Enterprise UI 2.0.
Working as ABAPer shall i shift to Adobe Flex?
Please Suggest me.
Regards
Bhuvana

> I am Working as Consultant-SAP.I am creating static Forms using Adobelive
> Cycle Designer and SAP.
>
> How Adobe Flex is useful to create Forms?
Yes very.
> Is it usefull for me if i learn Adobeflex?
Several of us are turning to Flex for eLearning and we are finding it to be
a great tool.
> How will be the future with ADOBE FLEX?
I think Adobe are commiting heavily to Flex - Flex plays on any machine with
the latest Flash player , so that includes PC, Mac and Linux. AIR plays on
PC and Mac today, with a Linux version under development right now. In the
future (Open Screen Project) versions of Flex and AIR should play on mobile
devices too.
>
> I have seen the article SAP WebDynpro + Adobe Flex/Flash = Enterprise UI
> 2.0.
> Working as ABAPer shall i shift to Adobe Flex?
I don't really know what would be good or bad for your needs. Take a look at
some of the sample Flex and AIR apps on Adobe.com and see if you think the
features demonstrated are applicable to your needs.
Steve
http://twitter.com/Stevehoward999
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
European eLearning Summit - EeLS
Adobe-sponsored eLearning conference.
http://www.elearningsummit.eu

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