OK then, will I get a super discount on Flash from MM - say 98% as I am only going to use 2% of its features?
:-) nah, didnt think so...... N -----Original Message----- From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 30 September 2002 16:38 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Flash for data views : WAS Ben's J2EE Book, now new course t o be offered by MACR Actually, I think it makes a lot of sense. I just needed a form with side by side list boxes, make a selection in one and the second is populated with selections that change based on what was selected in the first. Try doing that simply and easily in HTML (without screen refreshes). Flash, ColdFusion CFCs, and Flash Remoting make it a no brainer. Did I use animation? Nope. Did I need the timeline? Nope. In fact, I don't even have it open - I used a single frame and a single layer. There is legitimate use for Flash beyond animation. --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:57 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Flash for data views : WAS Ben's J2EE Book, now new course t o be offered by MACR so you are using an animation tool and doing no an animation? I may just be a tad blinkered, but its like using IE to browser text files and not HTML.... doesnt make sense... -----Original Message----- From: Mike Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 30 September 2002 15:35 To: CF-Talk Subject: Flash for data views : WAS Ben's J2EE Book, now new course to be offered by MACR > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > I like Flash, dont get me wrong, but if all you are doing it > linking to a DB > for a static form or grid etc, then you may as well use HTML > and no I am not > anti Flash Remoting - far from it, I just dont see the > business benefit > (development time = cost) of using say Flash for things which could be > developed in normal HTML. If all you are doing is presenting data to the user with no interaction, then there is not much advantage to using Flash. However, if the users interacts with that data in any way, then there are advantages. Namely, the fact that the entire page will not need to be refreshed to update the data view (or to submit data, etc). btw, that workflow requires no animation. I have been working with Flash for about 4 years now, and I dont think i have done any animation for about 2 years. All of my Flash applications consists of one Frame which a bunch of components, and data going back and forth from Flash and the server. > What I am driving at is this : there is no real 'Spectrum of > Participants' > (sorry Ray) of how to get a movie up and running. For what its worth, here is my workflow. 1. create functionality of movie using ActionScript and components. 2. send it to a designer to make it look pretty. btw, as far as time and costs, in a lot of cases i think the developing in Flash is easier / faster than in HTML since I don't have to write a bunch of code that maintains client state across page views. mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
