[osflash] Flex2 SDK - produce non-v8.5 swfs?

[Johannes Nel]

its a completely new virtual machine, in 8.5/8 there are 2 virtual machines
and they have limited interop. try wine?

On 4/25/06, Richard Lyman <richard.lyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/24/06, Tim Walling <tswalling at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't believe you'll be able to produce a swf that can play on an
> older
> > player. Flash 8.5 (9) is a requirement for Flex 2. The basic framework
> is
> > built on the new player and takes advantage of all kinds of new
> features,
> > e4x, etc. Not to mention you're required to write Actionscript 3 which
> won't
> > run without the new AVM in Flash 8.5 (9).
> >
> > Tim
> > timwalling.com
>
> That'd be kinda harsh - wouldn't it? I understand the need to offer
> new functionality and have it only work in the new player, but what
> about backwards compatibility? Can't they release the old
> framework.swc stuff and have a switch on the compiler to get an older
> version?
>
> I guess I'm kinda concerned about Linux support... the player seems to
> take forever to come out for Linux compared to the other platforms.
> Maybe I should be asking if anyone knows when the Linux 8.5/9 flash
> player will be released?
>
> -Rich
>
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