Buddy says.... You should be able to write MXML within CF therefore at compile time it will all be mo-betta...
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Clarke Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the good advice Doug and Buddy! > > Flex seemed too heavy for what I was doing, so I decided to try out the > CF8/Ajax stuff. There's still a learning curve as I had to know something > about the underlying JavaScript framework. > > Fortunately, I found a good article on devnet that really helped me get > going: > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/user_mgr.html > > I really wish Adobe would make Flash forms what they could be. You know, > embed Flex 3 into CF instead of Flex 1.5 and then have CFForm create MXML. > Or, even better, just let you stick some MXML directly into CF. For when you > just want just a little Flex or want a little help getting going with Flex, > it seems like this would be good. Oh, well! > > Clarke > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Knudsen > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:08 PM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] CFForms or Flex? > > I don't know Clarke. But I tell you what I do know. Buddy is out of the > office at the moment, perhaps when he is back he can help out, eh? > > heh. Ok, I might be a wee bit jaded here, but go with the Flex Luke! > But if your app is largely HTML, might be good to use Ajax based stuffs to > keep things sort of uniform for the user. The new stuff in > CF8 is pretty sweet and of course there is the standard SPRY stuff too. > Charlie's web site has some good Spry info. > > I'd run fast, very fast from flash based cfgrid and that Flex 1.5 junk. I > mean yeah, you could hack around in it and actually have the full Flex 1.5 > SDK available, but its a PITA and feels icky. > > DK > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Clarke Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> What's the latest thinking on CFForms? >> >> I am doing as straightforward master/detail admin form. And, I thought >> cfgrid might be a good way to do the master part. >> >> But, I need to be able to apply a switch to filter what the cfgrid >> shows, and I'm having trouble seeing how to update the cfgrid's >> dataprovider and get data between CF and Flash. >> >> So, I'm wondering if I shouldn't just do this in Flex. CFForms are >> actually Flex 1.5, and I've heard Adobe may be lukewarm on making >> improvements. I like having all my code together as CF provides, and >> Flex seems more complex. But, of course, Flex is also a lot more powerful. >> >> Thanks for any ideas! >> >> Clarke >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >> http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform >> >> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ >> http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Darin Kohles RIA Developer ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
