Ah, no not at all. If you want to consume non-AMF data with Flex that's being served up by OpenBD, you are more than free to do so. :-)
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Bryan Stevenson < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > How's this.....I mis-understood what was originally said and thought Flex > was being tossed completely as an option with OpenBD...sorry....been > fighting the "Flash is dead" media push in other forums. > > > > On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 10:11 -0800, Matthew Woodward wrote: > > Not sure I understand--all we're saying is we're not planning at this > point to roll full-blown Flash Remoting support into OpenBD. There's > nothing stopping you (and never has been) from returning data from a CFC or > simple CFML page that is consumed by a Flex client, or any other client for > that matter. It's specifically the seamless binary passing of data back and > forth between OpenBD and Flex that we're talking about here, and that will > not be supported other than via the HOWTO and basic explanations for using > BlazeDS on the wiki. > > > > I'm sure everyone understands that, as with all open source projects, we > can't be (and shouldn't try to be) all things to all people. Flash Remoting > is not something we've seen much demand for from users, and given Adobe's > announcement it makes even less sense for us to pursue that now. > > > > That isn't to say someone else couldn't dig into that of course, which I > started to at one point. With BlazeDS in the mix (which is the underlying > technology of what's in ColdFusion after all) it would just be writing some > Java code to marshall data back and forth. I started working on getting > queries passed back and forth at one point and it didn't look like it would > be terribly difficult, it's just not a need I personally have so I just > didn't keep pushing on it. > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Bryan Stevenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Oh for sure....but the OP said "Flex integration" which I interpreted as > a blanket statement saying no more Flex period. > > > > > > On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 09:53 -0800, Matthew Woodward wrote: > > Well the other reality check is you can get your data into Flex a thousand > different ways. You don't HAVE to use Flash Remoting. > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Bryan Stevenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Flex is long from dead and does not just allow for desktop apps (actually > that's what AIR is for....not Flex). > > Flex is for web apps and those of course are not just for mobile.....good > old PC based stuff > > AIR is for desktop apps and mobile apps (Blackberry, iOS and Android) > > Remember folks....the entire planet has not dropped all other computing > devices but tablets....in fact MOST have not > > ....just my 2 cents and reality check > > Cheers > > > > On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 17:29 +0000, Alan Williamson (aw2.0 cloud experts) > wrote: > > Of course it is dead ... what is the point in developing for desktop apps > when your users can't use your app on tablets and mobiles? > > Who is really going to be spending significant amount of flash development > now knowing that your app won't have a future on the tablet/mobile space? > Intranet applications you could argue, but if that's the case, then there > is way better alternatives if you are in a closed-environment. > > I am very sad Adobe killed off flash on the mobile; being a tablet user i > do not want a two-tier view of the internet -- those days have gone. We > demand to see on the move what we see on the desktop. > > But Bryan, if you feel that flex/flash still has a future, then do not let > me stop you. If you wish to continue with the development effort to > integrate it to OpenBD then we will happily accept it. Open Source gives > you the power not to accept what we think. > > > Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > Huh what? Not going to have Flex integration?? Flex is not > dead....neither is Flash....just the Flash browser plugin for mobile > devices.....what gives? > > > -- > official tag/function reference: http://openbd.org/manual/ > mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > > > -- > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > phone: 250.480.0642 > fax: 250.480.1264 > cell: 250.920.8830 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > Notice: > This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain > information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended > only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized > otherwise by the sender. 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If you are not an authorized recipient, please > notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this > message and attachments.Please consider the environment before printing this > e-mail > > > -- > official tag/function reference: http://openbd.org/manual/ > mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > > > > > -- > Matthew Woodward > [email protected] > http://blog.mattwoodward.com > identi.ca / Twitter: @mpwoodward > > Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, > etc. as attachments. > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > -- > official tag/function reference: http://openbd.org/manual/ > mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > > -- > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > phone: 250.480.0642 > fax: 250.480.1264 > cell: 250.920.8830 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > Notice: > This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain > information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. 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