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Adobe CS3 at ground zero

Well, I've been using CS3 for a couple of days now. Overall the experience is not bad. The documentation is adequate and I've been able to solve all of the problems I've run into so far.

I'm mainly working in Flash, doing RIAs (rich internet applications). The install base for Flash Player 9 is already above 80%, so there's no reason not to start developing with it, even though CS3's only been out for a week or two.

Our architecture allows us to use Flash on front ends that support it, but gracefully rolls back to XHTML when necessary. I've connected Flash to web services with little trouble and the ActionScript object model, although awkward, is functional.

I am a little disappointed at the lack of UI components for CS3 though. There were several Flash 8 components such as the TreeView, the MenuBar / Menu, etc. that were removed for some reason. Oh well. Adobe announced today that they were going to open source Flex, so I'm sure someone will add something comparable back in.

Drink Up!
:D

Published Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:58 PM by Mistercain
Attachment(s): HelloWorld-FlashWebService.zip

Comments

	Fregas said: So Drew, what do you use to connect to a web service? I didn't think flash had that built in, or is this a new feature in CS3? Could you post a "how to" example app? Craig April 26, 2007 3:45 PM
	Mistercain said: I've posted a "Hello World" example. Look for the attachement between the post and the comments. This sample uses the WebServiceConnector object which is a visual component, but there is also a WebService class that you can use inside of ActionScript. April 27, 2007 12:44 PM