[Laszlo-user] OL for Flash only

[Evaldas Taroza]

jamesr wrote:
> Just to comment on this before it slides by, the reason to use OL vs. 
> flex is far more about the advanced object/constraint environment that 
> OL offers, rather then it's platform. And reaching flash APIs from OL is 
> pretty natural to boot. 

I am pretty new to OL, Flex, Flash etc. So my questions may seem silly, 
I must admit :)

Do you have any pointers where I could get basics in these technologies? 
Books, links and other readings would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Evaldas

> 
> - James
> 
> 
> On May 14, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Evaldas Taroza wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am starting with OL. I decided to create a simple chat application, 
>> based on XMPP, in order to play a bit with OL. In XMPP peers normally 
>> communicate using sockets, so the chat would leverage the flash 
>> runtime only.
>>
>> However, everywhere I try to find out how to do flash stuff with OL I 
>> stumble on comments that I should consider using Actionscript and Flex 
>> instead, because the power of OL is the portability...
>>
>> I really want to play with OL, but apparently I will need to reach 
>> some flash related interfaces. Moreover, there are libraries like XIFF 
>> written in Actionscript.
>>
>> So several questions:
>> 1. Considering that I need only flash runtime how can I use available 
>> Actionscript libraries inside my LZX scripts?
>> 2. Is it reasonable to choose OL for my described app? Maybe Flex is a 
>> better choice?
>> 3. How much flash API can I reach from OL scripts? How can I export 
>> flash APIs to be available in OL?
>>
>> Thanks for help.
>>
>> Evaldas
>>
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