[osflash] automation

[Glen Pike]

The AMFPHP Service Browser used to have some utility scripts to generate 
stub code for your services, I don't know if this is any help.

Glen

Juan Pablo Califano wrote:
> If what you're looking for is reading / writting files to the file 
> system and some other goodies as support for XML, there are many options.
>  
> Php, as you said, could be a good one if you feel comfortable with it. 
> Php scritps can be run directly from the command line, which makes 
> sense for tasks such as the one you're trying to accomplish. However, 
> as with probable all available options, I think one of the most 
> importants points is what are the requirements for the end user. Using 
> php requires that the php interpreter be correctly installed (I think 
> in Linux this is a fair assumption as I understand php comes with most 
> distributions, but that's not on Windows).
>  
> Another option could be Python; same as php here (you need the 
> interpreter), except it's possible to compile the Python code to an 
> exe with some tools. (I guess the must be something similar for php, 
> perhaps you could google it). This is the approach followed be the 
> Sepy Editor. You don't need to install Python to run it, as you have 
> an .exe (in Windows), but you can use the python interpreter directly 
> (at least if you have the project's source code). That way you can 
> potentially cover Windows, Linux (where, again, I understand Python 
> comes with most distros) and Mac (don't know about how the Sepy mac 
> version works, but I know it exists). You can check out the SEPY 
> source code and play around with it to get an idea (by the way, I 
> haven't used Python extensively, but it stroke me as a very clean and 
> nice language to work with).
>  
> Anyway, these are just two options I can think of off the top of my 
> head, but I guess the most important things to consider are a) how 
> confortable you feel with the chosen language / techonology and b) 
> what are the requirements for the end user.
>  
> Cheers
> Juan Pablo Califano 
>
>  
> 2008/5/27, Romuald Quantin <romuald at thoughtomatic.co.uk 
> <mailto:romuald at thoughtomatic.co.uk>>:
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>      
>
>     I'm going to build in a while a framework in AS3, does anyone have
>     knowledge about source generated (such as "as" file or whatever)?
>
>      
>
>     I think it is called automation. I don't want to do that with a
>     panel in Flash like Gaia as some people don't use the Flash IDE. I
>     could do that with PHP as I can open and write files but it is
>     working on apache/PHP. I don't really know what is Ant and if it
>     can help me.
>
>      
>
>     I googled it obviously but it is not that simple to find an
>     answer, I need some advices from people who know this kind of things…
>
>      
>
>     What can of tool/language can I use? Any hint?
>
>      
>
>     Thanks
>
>      
>
>     Romu
>
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>      
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