World: r3wp

Version 2.9.0 ... now with Calendar GUI and fixed one nasty bug in 
'IF compilation after 'EITHER rule
http://box.lebeda.ws/~hmm/rswf/example/swf8-layout-calendar

Wow! That's really great!

the mini dialect is cool Oldes.. but how will it fit in with R3?

I guess we don't really care for now as R3 is not yet out, in the 
meantime Oldes probably needs this flash UI now - btw, I'm glad he 
is not waiting for R3, looks like too many people are waiting this 
event and don't start any project.. but that's another discussion! 
not here!

it's my life

There is virtually no new scripts posted on rebol.org, it is a sign 
that everyone expects R3

Rebolers are sick of waiting.

.... good Rebolers don't wait. At least I have so many R2 scripts 
which I would like to improve... I really don't have to wait for 
R3.. with R3 I will be able to do other optimizations but these are 
not necessary for the functionality.

good Rebolers don't wait

 ... well said. There's a lot of juice left in R2. I'll personally 
 be using it at least for 12-18 months more for commercial projects. 
 Full time.

Version 2.10.0 - Now with new command ImageStream which creates Sprite 
with sequence of images on each frame

Usage example is here: http://box.lebeda.ws/~hmm/rswf/example/mx-imagestream
(more will be soon)

Oldes.. i think your work is great, but where's the advantage over 
using a Flash IDE?

I would like to see you how you create the swf from above in Flash 
IDE... I don't say that IDE is bad... I just need something else 
sometimes... and it's fun for me:) And I'm sure I don't want to write 
apps in MXML.. It's not funny at all. Anyway... making MXML output 
would be much more easier than producing SWF files directly. Anyway... 
I have Flex as well.. it has 196MB. My dialect has 95kB

it would be less, but the comments are not compressed:)

And I have Import-swf command in the dialect (not documented yet 
as I still change it a little bit). I'm using it to include large 
animations made in IDE. As I have a caching mechanism already, I 
can include it in my dialect and control it in miliseconds, don't 
have to wait many seconds to compile all the animation in the IDE 
every time when I change a bit of a code.

And I'm not limited with restrictions which you have when you use 
includes from external files - I have one file at the end.

and one more reason - to hack a default Flash gui components is for 
me much more difficult than make my own from scratch

I can see the potential.. just thinking how difficult it would be 
to create complex layouts.. as opposed to just drag 'n drop with 
Flash IDE

It is possible to create drag'n'drop editor in the dialect as well.. 
but first I have other goals. And maybe one day you will be able 
to create layout from Rebol VID too.

Just keep up the good work Oldes.

Version 2.11.0 - Improved ImportStream command, new example here: 
http://box.lebeda.ws/~hmm/rswf/example/swf8-bbpositioner

ImageStream

Very cool Oldes!

Great job Oldes! I'm more then impressed.... :)

Oldes, is there something special about the getURL command. I have 
a function in "doAction" and it clearly gets to it as the cmsg is 
displayed, but I can't get it to actually go to another URL. My flash 
settings are good because your "horse" link works. Any ideas? Thanks,

Actually, it had something to do with the keyword "_self" ...it  
didn't like it. Now all I have to do is figure out where to attach 
the code to. Thanks.

this is working here:

rebol [
	type: 6
	file: %test.swf
	background: 0.0.0
	size: 260x185
]
doAction [getURL("http://box.lebeda.ws/~hmm/rswf/""_self") ]
showFrame
end

Just had to add folder with made swf file to allowed locations here: 
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04a.html

Make sure you are not in folder with Always deny settings

on server it should not be a problem

Oldes, yes, I did figure out that it works perfectly under 6 and 
kinda under 8. That took a while until I noticed that your slideshow 
was created under 6. Thanks.

I have a question... I use this code patern quite often now:
if something = undefined [something: defaultValue]
Don't you know some better way how to write it?

But maybe it's not so useful.

if not value? something [something: default-value]

That would lead into same bytecode. I was thinking about something 
else... something like:
set-if-undefined something defaultValue 

but cannot find name for it. But because it's usually inside function, 
maybe I could add default value settings inside fhe func definition 
block. But I'm not sure now if I need it so much.

anyway... I would rather use: UNLESS instead of IF NOT

any [value? 'something something: defaultValue]

Thanks Henrik, I've often wondered how to approach that.

Oldes, do you have a MXML dialect?

Using rebol to call mxmlc.exe and deliver it some Rebol generated 
xml gives you a Flash 9 .swf file all set to go.. kinda cool.

Actually .  .. that's not cool at all.


What's REALLY cool is the new adobe flex plugin for Apache...   hand 
Apache some mxml, and it generates the .swf automatically  ..  
Wow.

To give you an example.. this.. 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"layout="absolute">

<mx:Panel title="My Application" width="200" height="300" x="0" y="0">

<mx:Label text="Welcome to Flex!" mouseDownEffect="WipeRight" height="45"/>


</mx:Panel>
	<mx:PopUpButton x="483" y="20" label="PopUpButton"/>
	<mx:Accordion x="441" y="50" width="200" height="200">
		<mx:Canvas label="Accordion Pane 1" width="100%" height="100%">
		</mx:Canvas>
		<mx:Canvas label="asdf" width="100%" height="100%">
		</mx:Canvas>
		<mx:Canvas label="asdf" width="100%" height="100%">
		</mx:Canvas>
		<mx:Canvas label="adsf" width="100%" height="100%">
		</mx:Canvas>
	</mx:Accordion>
	<mx:CheckBox x="441" y="258" label="Checkbox"/>
	<mx:DateChooser x="238.5" y="31"/>

</mx:Application>

.. becomes this.. 

http://atom.thruhere.net/delme.mxml

I smell a Kommonwealth Flex IDE by the middle of next week ;)

Using Adobe Air, Flex code doubles as a desktop app as well, complete 
with it's own SQLite DB.

The Flex framework is a free, open source development framework for 
quickly building RIAs. These RIAs can run on Adobe Flash Player runtime 
in the browser or Adobe AIR can be used to deliver them to the desktop. 
The Flex 3 SDK beta includes all of the required tools from the Adobe 
AIR SDK.

Adobe AIR beta provides additional features to enhance operating 
system integration:

    * Background applications

    * System tray icon (Windows) / Dock bar bounce (Mac OS X) notification
    * Default windows menus
    * Z-order control for native windows
    * Bitmap drag-and-drop support
    * Customization of program folder entry
    * New Mac and Windows install location

Ok.. enough spamming here ;)

er.. one more.. 

At a high level, Adobe AIR accomplishes this by taking the world-class 
WebKit browser engine (most notably used in Safari), and wrapping 
it alongside Flash and PDF technologies, as a cohesive desktop runtime.

An embeded webkit browser (aka Safari)... when is Rebol doing that?

moving this to Vent