Very interesting reply, I guess you got what I need. I'll have a look at python to see if it is hard to write it, I'm not a language killer.
It makes me think, as I'm quite fine with actionscript, is there anything I can do with Java? To make something portable, working on mac, windows and linux, a kind of executable to generate my source? Or even a kind of small software? I'm asking because, people are saying that Java is similar to actionscript in term of syntax (both based on ECMA script right?). Also, I know there's this beta air-java bridge (http://www.merapiproject.net/), do you think it could be a good idea to think about doing it with AIR? Any other ideas? Thank anyway Juan, I know SEPY and python might be a very good solution. I'm just not sure I can handle the language easily but I'll definitely have a close look. I'll probably need to work with other developers (and other skills) interested in an open source project but I need to make some tries myself to see the potential. Romu www.soundstep.com <http://www.soundstep.com/> _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juan Pablo Califano Sent: 27 May 2008 14:47 To: Open Source Flash Mailing List Subject: Re: [osflash] automation If what you're looking for is reading / writting files to the file system and some other goodies as support for XML, there are many options. Php, as you said, could be a good one if you feel comfortable with it. Php scritps can be run directly from the command line, which makes sense for tasks such as the one you're trying to accomplish. However, as with probable all available options, I think one of the most importants points is what are the requirements for the end user. Using php requires that the php interpreter be correctly installed (I think in Linux this is a fair assumption as I understand php comes with most distributions, but that's not on Windows). Another option could be Python; same as php here (you need the interpreter), except it's possible to compile the Python code to an exe with some tools. (I guess the must be something similar for php, perhaps you could google it). This is the approach followed be the Sepy Editor. You don't need to install Python to run it, as you have an .exe (in Windows), but you can use the python interpreter directly (at least if you have the project's source code). That way you can potentially cover Windows, Linux (where, again, I understand Python comes with most distros) and Mac (don't know about how the Sepy mac version works, but I know it exists). You can check out the SEPY source code and play around with it to get an idea (by the way, I haven't used Python extensively, but it stroke me as a very clean and nice language to work with). Anyway, these are just two options I can think of off the top of my head, but I guess the most important things to consider are a) how confortable you feel with the chosen language / techonology and b) what are the requirements for the end user. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/5/27, Romuald Quantin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi everyone, I'm going to build in a while a framework in AS3, does anyone have knowledge about source generated (such as "as" file or whatever)? I think it is called automation. I don't want to do that with a panel in Flash like Gaia as some people don't use the Flash IDE. I could do that with PHP as I can open and write files but it is working on apache/PHP. I don't really know what is Ant and if it can help me. I googled it obviously but it is not that simple to find an answer, I need some advices from people who know this kind of things. What can of tool/language can I use? Any hint? Thanks Romu www.soundstep.com <http://www.soundstep.com/> _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
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