Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-24 Thread Leandro Ferreira
You can also get Flex 3 for free if you are a student or unemployed: https://freeriatools.adobe.com/ Leandro Ferreira Sent from Brasília, Brazilian Federal District, Brazil On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 16:32, kinda...@gmail.com kinda...@gmail.comwrote: And if you buy it in europe, it costs

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-23 Thread kinda...@gmail.com
And if you buy it in europe, it costs aproximatly 799 € + VAT... or 799 £ + VAT... Last time i checked Adobe prices, it was cheaper to get a round-trip plane to NY, spend there the weekend, with hotel and all... but the retail package, and back... And you would even get it cheaper! [it was

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
Does Flex costs all that? I think flash/flex is no option :s It's too expensive to brazillian market :p On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 23:09, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Sid Ferreira wrote: How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? I think a lot of people on the flash lists don't

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Ian Thomas
The Flex SDK is free, Flex Builder 3 (the current version) is $249 Ian On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Sid Ferreira sid@gmail.com wrote: Does Flex costs all that? I think flash/flex is no option :s It's too expensive to brazillian market :p On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 23:09, Paul

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
And Adobe Flash? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:47, Ian Thomas i...@eirias.net wrote: The Flex SDK is free, Flex Builder 3 (the current version) is $249 Ian On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Sid Ferreira sid@gmail.com wrote: Does Flex costs all that? I think flash/flex is no option

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Andrews
Sid Ferreira wrote: Does Flex costs all that? The $15K was Flex 1.0 - years ago. I think flash/flex is no option :s It's too expensive to brazillian market :p On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 23:09, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Sid Ferreira wrote: How many time Flex/Flash took

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Ian Thomas
I suggest you look at the website: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/ On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Sid Ferreira sid@gmail.com wrote: And Adobe Flash? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:47, Ian Thomas i...@eirias.net wrote: The Flex SDK is free, Flex Builder 3 (the current version) is

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Henrik Andersson
Sid Ferreira wrote: And Adobe Flash? 799 USD for one standalone normal license. 299 USD for the upgrade deal. There are packages and student discounts available. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
Damn... 1k USD... and there are all the taxes... more than I get in 1 month (yeah, Brazil pays too low) On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:51, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: Sid Ferreira wrote: And Adobe Flash? 799 USD for one standalone normal license. 299 USD for the upgrade deal.

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Ivan Dembicki
Hello Sid, Damn... 1k USD... and there are all the taxes... more than I get in 1 month (yeah, Brazil pays too low) http://www.cleoag.ru/2009/11/12/langenfew-secret-videos-langenlangru-langru/ 50 EU -- iv http://www.bezier.ru http://bezier.googlecode.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
didn't got it On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:12, Ivan Dembicki ivan.dembi...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Sid, Damn... 1k USD... and there are all the taxes... more than I get in 1 month (yeah, Brazil pays too low) http://www.cleoag.ru/2009/11/12/langenfew-secret-videos-langenlangru-langru/ 50

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Andrews
Sid Ferreira wrote: didn't got it It was probably intended for the new thread, not this one. Where do you get $1,000 from? How do you code flash now? Paul On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:12, Ivan Dembicki ivan.dembi...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Sid, Damn... 1k USD... and there are all

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
Here in Brazil a very good and talented developer can hit $1,200 (my case) each month. Used to run pirate software, but I want to get 100% legal.. It is correct, it is fair... and in the today world is even cool ;-) On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:44, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Sid

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread alpha
Sid Ferreira wrote: Used to run pirate software, but I want to get 100% legal.. It is correct, it is fair... and in the today world is even cool ;-) Good for you! I know software is expensive relative to wages in Brazil, and a lot of other countries. To make it worse, a lot of Adobe's products

RE: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Sid Ferreira Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:55 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex? Mmm... now I got a question: How to create an AS3 animated button without using flash... I mean, images, behaviours, etc... Any tutorial in mind

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
Mmm... now I got a question: How to create an AS3 animated button without using flash... I mean, images, behaviours, etc... Any tutorial in mind? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 13:30, al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Sid Ferreira wrote: Used to run pirate software, but I want to get 100% legal.. It

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread alpha
Sid Ferreira wrote: Mmm... now I got a question: How to create an AS3 animated button without using flash... I mean, images, behaviours, etc... Any tutorial in mind? Well, here's one tutorial http://forums.greensock.com/viewtopic.php?f=1t=17. I haven't tried it, but you can find other

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Sid Ferreira
it uses a FLA :-/ On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 14:18, al...@cyberiantiger.biz wrote: Sid Ferreira wrote: Mmm... now I got a question: How to create an AS3 animated button without using flash... I mean, images, behaviours, etc... Any tutorial in mind? Well, here's one tutorial

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread alpha
Sid Ferreira wrote: it uses a FLA :-/ Ok, I'll take some time to write an animated button class. It's something we can use here, too. I'll post it after lunch (it's 11:30 a.m. here). Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-19 Thread Beatrix Krümmer-Frau
Sid Ferreira schrieb: Does Flex costs all that? I think flash/flex is no option :s It's too expensive to brazillian market :p On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 23:09, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Sid Ferreira wrote: How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? I think a

[Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), but today a client sent a briefing asking the website to be done in Adobe Flex. Once it will need CEO and it isn't for small audiences, we plan to deny it, but then I got the doubt:

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Giro
I do website with flex, flex builder is a best IDE thant Flash IDE. And using flex is more easy to do somethings, and one good thing for me it is less code lines. Some website I do, in spanish. http://www.salgueda.com/ http://www.bricoceramic.com/ Giro. 2009/11/18 Sid Ferreira

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Henrik Andersson
Giro wrote: I do website with flex, flex builder is a best IDE thant Flash IDE. And using flex is more easy to do somethings, and one good thing for me it is less code lines. I find the opposite to be true. The swf format has a lot of neat features that you are just throwing away when using

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:19, Cedric Muller flashco...@benga.li wrote: Hi, My answer is one of those very general and informative answers, please pardon me

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... Glen Sid Ferreira wrote: Well, indeed you changed my mind... Now, a thing that bothers me is that buttons, for instance, uses timeline and not AS animation... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
I need to retake the studies in flex... At this moment Im deciding between Html 5 or focus in the flash media... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:51, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Hi, But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols...

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Mauro Martins
Hi! I tend to start a project in flash IDE and then code it all the way inside a flex bluider or eclipse + FDT. I just use my IDE for Flash assets like custom constructed components. That way you have all the neat code hinting (wich you still dont have in IDE) and have all the good things from

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
But, now the big question: How to handle with the legal costs? In brazil there are many people using flash, most of them I doubt are legal... Mauro: Are you brazillian? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:04, Mauro Martins mauroalexandremart...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I tend to start a project in flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Giro
You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Giro.. 2009/11/18 Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net Giro wrote: I do website with flex, flex builder is a best IDE thant Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Henrik Andersson
Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and don't lose quality. Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it?

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
This is a real problem... it's over expensive a flash license... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:35, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.netwrote: Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can create this on flash and export to flex as symbol inside a swf. On flex you can scale and

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Giro
Not. You only use flash to create a vector graphic, but not code on flash, all code is in flex. The same for example if you user photoshop to create jpeg and use this jpeg on flex. Giro 2009/11/18 Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net Giro wrote: You can use vector graphics on flex. You can

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
What about handle libraries? Create classes to define the look of a button? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:46, Giro g...@enhoresdefeina.com wrote: Not. You only use flash to create a vector graphic, but not code on flash, all code is in flex. The same for example if you user photoshop to create

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Andrews
Sid Ferreira wrote: I know this isn't actually an Adobe Flex / Adobe Flash Builder list (actually, if you know a good one, forward me), I don't know how anyone on a flashcoders list could possibly miss flexcoders, or the adobe flex forums.. ;-) but today a client sent a briefing asking the

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Henrik Andersson
Paul Andrews wrote: Stuff Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You acknowledge that Flex projects

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You acknowledge that Flex projects end up larger, due to

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Henrik Andersson
Dave Watts wrote: Allow me to summarize your post: That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. When summarizing, you have to remove details. I just focused on what I felt was the core message. But if you just see Flex

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Ian Thomas
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: My opinion: I think that Flash is better for anything that isn't strictly code only, and that is more or less all projects, since it's quite boring to design graphics using code. The upcoming code completion in

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Andrews
Henrik Andersson wrote: Paul Andrews wrote: Stuff Allow me to summarize your post: You think that Flash is good for graphical projects, such as animations. You also think that Flex builder is better for creating software. You like the Flex components and how they are data driven. You

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Cedric Muller
The cool thing is the future :) Adobe wants to correct this bias; Flash Builder will happen, and the distinction between Flex Builder and Flex framework will melt. There we will be happy and everything :) The IDE is about to get all dressed up for a sexy evening ;) Now, if one could,

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Henrik Andersson
Ian Thomas wrote: Stuff You seem to ignore the components that Flash does ship with. We can fight about whose components are the best, but I am not interested in that. I also never claimed that they where rivals, I see them as different tools designed for different tasks. You seem to

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread alpha
Glen Pike wrote: But you can easily create your own button type class rather than use the Flash symbols... In fact, you can do your buttons, or movie clips, and the like in Flash. Publish the .swf, and you can download it using Flex and use all the assets in it. Flex's real strong point

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Ian Thomas
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Henrik Andersson he...@henke37.cjb.net wrote: You seem to ignore the components that Flash does ship with. We can fight about whose components are the best, but I am not interested in that. Neither am I. I also never claimed that they where rivals, I see them

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Ian Thomas
I'd just like to add: - I use Flash for some projects. - I use the Flex SDK + Flash for other projects. It's simply about choosing the right tool for the job. Getting back to the original poster's question, as Giro has demonstrated with his samples, yes there are good sites written in Flex, and

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread alpha
Henrik Andersson wrote Using Flash to create graphics for flex kinda defeats the point of flex, doesn't it? Not at all. You can have a broad code base, a fully OOP implementation, in Flex, for your programmers. Your designers and artists use Flash. There's no conflict--in fact, it's the best

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread alpha
Sidn Ferreira wrote: At this moment Im deciding between Html 5 or focus in the flash media... It's not an either-or choice. You can use both. Javascript, too. We do on our site, www.poptropica.com. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Latcho
In Kerry's post read: There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free as There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashDEVELOP, which is free and read Flex is the free Eclipse-based base Flex IDE which is not free is build upon

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Latcho
In Kerry's post read: There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashBuilder, which is free as There are other development environments for Flex, such as FlashDEVELOP, which is free and read Flex is the free Eclipse-based base Flex IDE which is not free is build upon

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
Allow me to summarize your post: That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. When summarizing, you have to remove details. I just focused on what I felt was the core message. Right, but Paul may disagree with you about

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Andrews
Dave Watts wrote: Allow me to summarize your post: That never works out very well, does it? Because it seems to me that your summary missed a lot of Paul's points. When summarizing, you have to remove details. I just focused on what I felt was the core message. Right,

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
I am still quite amazed that Macromedia ever developed Flex. I suspect that a few people on the list might not know that originally it would cost something like $6,000 for a Flex licence and some serious server power was also required. More than that - Flex 1.x was around $15k USD according

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Sid Ferreira
How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 22:29, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am still quite amazed that Macromedia ever developed Flex. I suspect that a few people on the list might not know that originally it would cost something like $6,000 for a

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? $15K USD is a drop in the bucket for enterprise software. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta,

Re: [Flashcoders] Who uses Adobe Flex?

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Andrews
Sid Ferreira wrote: How many time Flex/Flash took to pay it self? I think a lot of people on the flash lists don't realise how much money some corporates invest in software development. $15K would be a fraction of the development costs in some projects. It's a completely different