RE: Flash In NSView - without NSWebView
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Hello,
am Julia Rixon from Eltima Software. Our company has recently released
just that very software solution you are looking for - Flash'In'App:
http://www.eltima.com/products/cocoa-framework/
Flash'In'App is a free Cocoa framework that lets you load and fully
manage Adobe® Flash movies directly from your own applications for Mac
OS X. Flash'In'App is a set of several specific classes to manage and
fully control all the aspects of Flash manipulations in your application.
Flash'In'App will help you:
- Playback any Flash movie inside of your application (a banner, a
tutorial, anything)
- Completely re-design your application using the latest possibilities
of Flash, make it stand out and match your exquisite design and
user-interactivity requirements without the need to develop custom
controls, etc.
- Develop and deploy eye-catching high quality interactive interfaces
with minimum effort in Flash
- Distribute Flash-enabled desktop widgets, Flash games as compiled
applications
- Create custom-shaped applications (Intel-based Macs only)
- Run your Windows Flash-enabled applications' GUI on Mac
Hope it helps.
--
Sincerely yours,
Julia Rixon
Marketing Specialist
Eltima Software
<julia.rixon...>
+1 425 748 5166 / US (PST)
+1 360 312 7638 / US (CET)
+44 131 208 3240 / UK
Redmond Center
2018 156th Ave NE, Suite 100
Bellevue, WA 98007
USA
Home: http://www.eltima.com
Blog: http://blog.eltima.com
> Hello,
>
> I would like to use a Flash movie as my GUI to interface my Mac app.
> Several people have suggested that I use NSWebView. I suppose that could
> work but that would require (1) all the resources of the web-browser,
> (2) a thin java-script wrapper layer.
>
> I am really a Windows developer. In Windows we solved this by loading
> the Flash ocx directly into a dialog. Works great. No HTML/JS.
>
> So my question is how could I (in general principle) do something
> similar (without using NSWebWiew) in Cocoa?
>
> Thanks
> Adam
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Hi! I don't think that Flash is by any means a bad thing, but doesn't
using it -- as the *main* GUI for an app -- tend to pose potential
accessibility problems? Full keyboard access may not work quite as a
user is expecting; GUI scripting probably won't work at all; VoiceOver
would falter; and is there any chance that assistive devices would
work with it? (maybe there is, I just don't know); etc... Your hard-
of-seeing and disabled users will thank you for doing your app's main
GUI in Cocoa.
-- Andrew
On Oct 8, 2008, at 12:39 AM, Julia Rixon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> am Julia Rixon from Eltima Software. Our company has recently
> released just that very software solution you are looking for -
> Flash'In'App:
>
> http://www.eltima.com/products/cocoa-framework/
>
> Flash'In'App is a free Cocoa framework that lets you load and fully
> manage Adobe® Flash movies directly from your own applications for
> Mac OS X. Flash'In'App is a set of several specific classes to
> manage and fully control all the aspects of Flash manipulations in
> your application.
>
> Flash'In'App will help you:
> - Playback any Flash movie inside of your application (a banner, a
> tutorial, anything)
>
> - Completely re-design your application using the latest
> possibilities of Flash, make it stand out and match your exquisite
> design and user-interactivity requirements without the need to
> develop custom controls, etc.
>
> - Develop and deploy eye-catching high quality interactive
> interfaces with minimum effort in Flash
>
> - Distribute Flash-enabled desktop widgets, Flash games as compiled
> applications
>
> - Create custom-shaped applications (Intel-based Macs only)
>
> - Run your Windows Flash-enabled applications' GUI on Mac
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Julia Rixon
> Marketing Specialist
>
> Eltima Software
> <julia.rixon...>
>
> +1 425 748 5166 / US (PST)
> +1 360 312 7638 / US (CET)
> +44 131 208 3240 / UK
>
> Redmond Center
> 2018 156th Ave NE, Suite 100
> Bellevue, WA 98007
> USA
>
> Home: http://www.eltima.com
> Blog: http://blog.eltima.com
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to use a Flash movie as my GUI to interface my Mac app.
>> Several people have suggested that I use NSWebView. I suppose that
> could
>> work but that would require (1) all the resources of the web-
> browser,
>> (2) a thin java-script wrapper layer.
>>
>> I am really a Windows developer. In Windows we solved this by
> loading
>> the Flash ocx directly into a dialog. Works great. No HTML/JS.
>>
>> So my question is how could I (in general principle) do something
>> similar (without using NSWebWiew) in Cocoa?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Adam
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Hi,
Valid points, but we have been using Flash for our Win app for ages. Now
we want to port it to Mac. Adobe Flex has got a decent framework for
keyboard stuff. Other devices, I do not know...
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Merenbach [mailto:<andrew.merenbach...>]
Sent: den 8 oktober 2008 16:54
To: Julia Rixon
Cc: Adam Horvath; <macosx-dev...>
Subject: Re: Flash In NSView - without NSWebView
Hi! I don't think that Flash is by any means a bad thing, but doesn't
using it -- as the *main* GUI for an app -- tend to pose potential
accessibility problems? Full keyboard access may not work quite as a
user is expecting; GUI scripting probably won't work at all; VoiceOver
would falter; and is there any chance that assistive devices would work
with it? (maybe there is, I just don't know); etc... Your hard-
of-seeing and disabled users will thank you for doing your app's main
GUI in Cocoa.
-- Andrew
On Oct 8, 2008, at 12:39 AM, Julia Rixon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> am Julia Rixon from Eltima Software. Our company has recently released
> just that very software solution you are looking for -Mac
> Flash'In'App:
>
> http://www.eltima.com/products/cocoa-framework/
>
> Flash'In'App is a free Cocoa framework that lets you load and fully
> manage Adobe(r) Flash movies directly from your own applications for
> OS X. Flash'In'App is a set of several specific classes to manage and
> fully control all the aspects of Flash manipulations in your
> application.
>
> Flash'In'App will help you:
> - Playback any Flash movie inside of your application (a banner, a
> tutorial, anything)
>
> - Completely re-design your application using the latest possibilities
> of Flash, make it stand out and match your exquisite design and
> user-interactivity requirements without the need to develop custom
> controls, etc.
>
> - Develop and deploy eye-catching high quality interactive interfaces
> with minimum effort in Flash
>
> - Distribute Flash-enabled desktop widgets, Flash games as compiled
> applications
>
> - Create custom-shaped applications (Intel-based Macs only)
>
> - Run your Windows Flash-enabled applications' GUI on Mac
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Julia Rixon
> Marketing Specialist
>
> Eltima Software
> <julia.rixon...>
>
> +1 425 748 5166 / US (PST)
> +1 360 312 7638 / US (CET)
> +44 131 208 3240 / UK
>
> Redmond Center
> 2018 156th Ave NE, Suite 100
> Bellevue, WA 98007
> USA
>
> Home: http://www.eltima.com
> Blog: http://blog.eltima.com
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to use a Flash movie as my GUI to interface my Mac app.
>> Several people have suggested that I use NSWebView. I suppose that
> could
>> work but that would require (1) all the resources of the web-
> browser,
>> (2) a thin java-script wrapper layer.
>>
>> I am really a Windows developer. In Windows we solved this by
> loading
>> the Flash ocx directly into a dialog. Works great. No HTML/JS.
>>
>> So my question is how could I (in general principle) do something
>> similar (without using NSWebWiew) in Cocoa?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Adam
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