Flash was [JDEV] Introduction

[David Waite]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdev-admin at jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin at jabber.org]On Behalf Of
> Brian Gray
>
> At 04:16 PM 2/10/00 -0500, Jerrad Pierce wrote:
> >if you use the JFlash I mentioned at webmin.com,
> >you can handle live XML data as well... And you can use it on the web
> >OR as a standalone app
>
> The Webmin stuff is pretty cool, but I didn't see anything that would come
> close to touching Director and its "Save as Java" command.  Granted, I
> didn't see JFlash.  All I could find was JShock.  Did I miss something?
> Oh, and since the Shockwave player is now a system DLL, you can run SW
> movies as apps just as easily as you can play them in a browser.  And
> they're no bigger.

But remember that users must have at least IE 4.0 to have this file, and (if
Macromedia puts the same terms as they used to for Flash) you may not
redistribute the player. If you want to manually include it with an
application install, you have to pay a per-product royalty fee.

> Admittedly, the Macromedia solutions only cover Mac and Windows.  I'm not
> suggesting ditching the Java project, as it is better for wide-platform
> deployment.  This is just another solution that offers higher-quality
> clients in a more restricted market.  It's a tradeoff.

Well I'm still looking, generator does nothing for you since it is
server-generated flash - it doesn't generate flash based on user input on
their remote systems. JFlash sounds cool, it is also a product I was going
to write a long, long time ago and sell (along with JPDF) :)

-David Waite