[JDEV] Introduction

Brian Gray bgray at gridiron.com
Thu Feb 10 11:54:22 CST 2000


At 03:17 PM 2/9/00 -0700, vik wrote:
> Flash generator allows dynamic flash, really kewl stuff.. that may be
worth a 
> look at for anyone who is making a web client..

Unfortunately, Flash Generator is like ASP.  That is to say it does it's
magic at the time you request the document.  After that, there's no way to
get new information (like an XML stream) into the client.  Until Flash
supports a richer scripting language or MOA, I don't think a client will be
possible.

On the other hand, Director can embed Flash movies, so we could use the SFW
file format for its strengths while at the same time scripting it through
Lingo and communicating through MOA.  The Shockwave plug-in ships standard
with the Flash Xtra, so the only new download would be the Jabber Xtra to
support TCP.

 -- Brian





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