Open Source Flash Tools

Question

Hi All,
Just wondering if anybody can recommend any Open Source Flash generation tools on the same line as Adobe's Flash Application.
Want to incorporate into ApEx apps.
Thanks.
Tony.

Answer 1

Here is the Flex code that displays a grid and a text box.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns="*" layout="absolute" styleName="plain" creationComplete="userRequest.send()">
   <bridge:FABridge bridgeName="flash" id="flash" xmlns:bridge="bridge.*" /> 
   <mx:HTTPService id="userRequest" url="dc_htmldb.EmployeeXml" useProxy="false" method="GET">
      <mx:request xmlns="">
      </mx:request>
   </mx:HTTPService>
   <mx:DataGrid id="dgUserRequest" x="0" y="30" rowCount="15" dataProvider="{userRequest.lastResult.Rowset.Row}">
      <mx:columns>        
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="First" dataField="FIRST_NAME"/>
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Last" dataField="LAST_NAME"/>
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="E-Mail" dataField="EMAIL" width="80"/>
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Phone" dataField="PHONE_NUMBER" width="125"/>
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Hire Dt" dataField="HIRE_DATE" width="75"/>
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Job" dataField="JOB_ID" width="75"/>
         <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Salary" dataField="SALARY" width="55"/>
      </mx:columns>
   </mx:DataGrid>
   <mx:HBox x="5" y="0">
      <mx:Label text="Selected ID"/>
      <mx:TextInput id="selectedempid" text="{dgUserRequest.selectedItem.EMPLOYEE_ID}" width="40"/>
   </mx:HBox>  
</mx:Application>It gets it data by calling a stored procedure (EmployeeXml) via HTTP.
That procedure just runs a query and returns it as XML.
To show it on the page, you just embed the Flash player in a HTML region.
To exchange data between Flex and other HTML elements requires some javascript:
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Framework:FABridge
Tony - if you email me at dccase at yahoo dot com I can send you a link where you can my app running.