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

[Johannes Nel]

haxe doesn't compile to 9 yet so...

On 4/25/06, David Rorex <drorex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you want to compile for flash 6/7/8, you can use mtasc. If you want to
> compile for 6/7/8/8.5(aka 9), you could port your code to haXe.
> Otherwise, you could have 2 versions of your movie (one for 6/7/8, and one
> for 8.5 (aka 9)), and use JS to load the appropriate one.
>
> -David R
>
>
> On 4/24/06, Johannes Nel <johannes.nel at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > as a side note search tinic's blog and linux on google
> >
> >
> > On 4/25/06, Johannes Nel < johannes.nel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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