Jeff Small wrote: >>Am I understanding MM's description of Blackstone correctly, >>especially the new, "Rich Forms"? >> >>Will Blackstone provide built-in "Flash-Remoting" type capability >>without having to actually use Flash / Flash Remoting / ActionScript?
NDA was not mentioned during the conference as far as I know EXCEPT during the blackstone specific sessions.. I don't think the keynote sessions were under NDA. That being said, Coldfusion already provides flash remoting built in. I think you're misunderstanding something. Blackstone will allow you to create rich flash-based web forms without having to know flash. However, it's just a replacement for HTML forms.. there's no remoting involved - at least not in the normal sense. You can populate a select list from a database using coldfusion just like you would in an HTML form. If I say anything else, I might start referring to stuff that I learned in the NDA sessions, so I'll stop there =) As for not having compelling reasons to upgrade from 4.5 - you really are missing out. There were a lot of compelling reasons to go to CF 5.0 - UDF's were a particularly nice feature. There were *tons* of compelling reasons to go to CFMX - web services, flash remoting, CFCs, use of java objects natively, etc.. I mean sure, if you're not doing any coldfusion development and you are simply maintaining an existing application with no changes, then staying with CF 4.5 would be fine I guess, but if you're doing any development at all - you are seriously missing out. - Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183983 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
