[osflash] Hunting for GUI components... any ideas?

Arul Prasad arulprasad at gmail.com
Thu Mar 9 06:25:04 EST 2006 

I added a new row in the http://osflash.org/components page for Minimum
Flash player version supported. Kinda remember Actionstep needs FP 8 ('coz
it uses filters). Probably other sets too have some dependencies with FP 8 ?


On 3/9/06, Zárate <zzzarate at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> It would be very useful to know if the components compile with MTASC
> and MTASC -strict....
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 3/9/06, iiley <iiley.chen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > Sorry of my english, i'm not clear now, does that mean: for example a
> button
> > with an icon and a text, can it changed the icon and text's location(e.g
> :
> > icon left, text right -> icon right, text left)? if it means that, it
> can
> > do.
> >
> >
> > 2006/3/8, Scott Hyndman <Scott at affsys.com>:
> > > Iiley,
> > >
> > > I think Ralf means, can the internal layout of the component be
> changed.
> > If I wanted to have stepper buttons on the left side of the stepper
> instead
> > of the right, is it doable. What if I wanted the step up button on the
> > right, and step up on the left? Can it do that?
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:   osflash-bounces at osflash.org on behalf of iiley
> > > Sent:   Wed 3/8/2006 6:30 AM
> > > To:     Open Source Flash Mailing List
> > > Cc:
> > > Subject:        Re: [osflash] Hunting for GUI components... any ideas?
> > >
> > > I think, this kind of overview makes up a good new page for the
> osflash
> > > site.
> > > Sounds a good idea, then people can choose the suitable UI sets for
> their
> > > app easily:))
> > >
> > > like to add another question: Can the layout of the components be
> changed?
> > > I only can answer for AsWing too.:), it is yes, they can, there are
> > > LayoutManager in AsWing, generally the components are layout
> automaticlly
> > by
> > > their container's layout manager(yes same as Java Swing). Also you can
> > > implement your own LayoutManager or set the location for each
> component
> > > manually(EmptyLayout needed).
> > > And another feature about position, a component can be removed from a
> > > container to another with all properties saved(flash internal, it is
> > removed
> > > from a MovieClip to another).
> > >
> > > 2006/3/8, Ralf Bokelberg <ralf.bokelberg at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > I think, this kind of overview makes up a good new page for the
> osflash
> > > > site. I'd like to add another question: Can the layout of the
> components
> > be
> > > > changed? Just recently i tried to skin the F7 stepper component, and
> it
> > > > turned out, that the position of the buttons cannot be changed.
> After
> > trying
> > > > to fiddle with MovieClip registration points for an hour or so, i
> ended
> > up
> > > > writing my own stepper.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Ralf.
> > > >
> > > > On 3/8/06, Regina Dowling <ty at heldensocke.de> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm currently looking for an easily skinnable AS2.0 component
> > framework.
> > > > > I have found many options, some of them open source, some of them
> > > > > commercial,
> > > > > but so far I haven't found the optimal solution for us.
> > > > >
> > > > > We don't need an alternative for the whole set of v2 components,
> but
> > the
> > > > > following ("homegrown" and less than ideal) components are
> currently
> > > > > used:
> > > > >
> > > > > - CheckBox
> > > > > - RadioButton
> > > > > - ScrollBar
> > > > > - ComboBox
> > > > > - TextInput
> > > > > - Button
> > > > > - ToolTip
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, some sort of Alert/Dialog/Window plus WindowManagement would
> be
> > > > > really nice to have. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > I need to be able to use at least two embedded client-specific
> fonts
> > for
> > > > >
> > > > > the components (which seems to be a major pain), and it would
> > definitely
> > > > > be a plus if I could use different skins for the same component
> type
> > in
> > > > > the
> > > > > same movieclip (e.g. I have a scroller and a combo box, but the
> text
> > > > > scroller
> > > > > needs to look different from the scroller in the combo box).
> > > > >
> > > > > I downloaded the trial of the mCom-components and, although basic
> > > > > skinning
> > > > > seems to be quite straightforward, I gave up on the combo box
> because
> > I
> > > > > couldn't get to the skin of the list inside of it (the
> documentation
> > > > > didn't
> > > > > help much in that regard, either).
> > > > > The mCom set doesn't include any windows and window management
> either,
> > > > > so
> > > > > I'd need a different solution for that anyway.
> > > > >
> > > > > The AsWing-set seems more like a complete application framework,
> so
> > I'm
> > > > > not sure if it's not a lot more than we actually need.
> > > > > Also, although it's supposed to provide "pluggable look & feel" I
> > > > > couldn't
> > > > > find the documentation that pointed me in the right direction
> > regarding
> > > > > skinning... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anybody worked with any of the following component sets and
> can
> > > > > say something about their skinning abilites and/or point me to
> example
> > > > > applications that use these components?
> > > > >
> > > > > - EnFlash
> > > > >   http://www.asual.com/enflash/
> > > > > - SMX components
> > > > >   http://www.sourcesecure.co.uk/trac/bbc/smx/
> > > > > (well, there are the BBC projects... any more examples?)
> > > > > - BitComponents
> > > > >
> > http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/bitcomponentset/
> > > > > - UI0
> > > > >   http://posttool.com/as2components/
> > > > > - XP3
> > > > >   http://www.epresenterplus.com/components.shtml
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you in advance,
> > > > >
> > > > >         Regina
> > > > >
> > > > >
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