Configurator?

[Mike Hale]

I know that I have been out of touch for a while but can anyone explain Adobe's current plan for Flash panels? Do I need Configurator, Flex, or Flash?

Mike

[xbytor]

If I remember correctly, Flex/ActionScript3+ is what they use. It's not real high on my list of priorities but I did look at the underlying tech when CS3 first came out.

ActionScript3 is basically JS with lots if ObjectOriented sugar-coating. There was a push to make this the next official rev of JS, but sanity prevailed. Enough is going into the next rev already. AS3 would have increased the implementation complexity unnecessarily.

-X

[jtranber]

I know that I have been out of touch for a while but can anyone explain Adobe's current plan for Flash panels? Do I need Configurator, Flex, or Flash?

To create Flash panels, you will need flex.

Check out the examples in the SDK:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/p ... _guide.pdf

You can pull it off with Flash, but Flex is more geared towards building UI's.

http://scriptplayground.com/tutorials/a ... Flash-CS4/

Configurator is a tool for building UIs visually - and you can attach scripts to pieces of that UI. It is available on labs:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/configurator/

[Mike Hale]

Call me Goldilocks, but;

Flex is too much. I don't want to buy and learn another app just to make a UI.

Configurator is too little. I would like to see the action/script/file buttons more configurable, ie no icons or custom icons.

And I can't get my Flash created panel to work when I follow the scriptplayground tutorial.

Mike

[jtranber]

Call me Goldilocks, but;

Flex is too much. I don't want to buy and learn another app just to make a UI.

Like it or not, that's the direction things are moving. Times change, tools evolve.

Configurator is too little. I would like to see the action/script/file buttons more configurable, ie no icons or custom icons.

I think that's something that team would like to add.

And I can't get my Flash created panel to work when I follow the scriptplayground tutorial.

Email Matt Keefe. He can probably get you up and running.

[Mike Hale]

Like it or not, that's the direction things are moving. Times change, tools evolve.

I do like the idea of Flash panels. Dr. Brown's Lenticular is a great example. Guess it's time to download the Flex trail and take it for a spin.

Mike

[jtranber]

Like it or not, that's the direction things are moving. Times change, tools evolve.

I do like the idea of Flash panels. Dr. Brown's Lenticular is a great example. Guess it's time to download the Flex trail and take it for a spin.

Mike, do you have my email address? Shoot me an email.

[jtranber]

Like it or not, that's the direction things are moving. Times change, tools evolve.

I do like the idea of Flash panels. Dr. Brown's Lenticular is a great example. Guess it's time to download the Flex trail and take it for a spin.

Mike

More examples, code here: http://www.tranberry.com/panels/