Web applications with Macromedia Flash MX

Introduction

Macromedia® Flash™ MX includes new versions of the plug-in, ActiveX control, and the stand-alone players (projectors). To view Flash movies that incorporate Flash MX features, replace your older versions of the plug-in or ActiveX control with the corresponding Flash Player 6 version.

Macromedia Flash Player 6 Files For Windows

Macromedia Flash Player 6 Installer:

• Install Flash Player 6 AX.exe - This file installs Flash Player 6 for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP within Microsoft Internet Explorer and AOL. This player is also known as the ActiveX control.
• Install Flash Player 6.exe - This file installs Flash Player 6 for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP within Netscape Navigator, CompuServe, and Opera. This player is also known as the plug-in.

Stand-alone Players:

• SAFlashPlayer.exe - This file is the stand-alone player (projector) for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP users to create Windows-compatible projectors. Windows projector files can be created inside the Flash editor application by selecting File > Publish Settings, choosing "Windows Projector", and clicking Publish.
• SAFlashPlayer.data, SAFlashPlayer.rsrc - These files are components of the stand-alone player (projector) for Macintosh, used by the Publish command on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP to create Macintosh-compatible projectors. Macintosh projector files can be created inside the Flash editor application by selecting File > Publish Settings, choosing "Macintosh Projector", and clicking Publish.

What it is?

Wikipedia "Strictly speaking, Adobe Flash Professional is an integrated development environment (IDE) while Flash Player is a virtual machine used to run, or parse, the Flash files.

The Flash files, traditionally called "Flash movies" or "Flash games", have a .swf file extension and may be an object of a web page, strictly "played" in a standalone Flash Player, or incorporated into a Projector, a self-executing Flash movie. Flash Video files have a .FLV file extension and are utilized from within .swf files."

Flex2

"Adobe® Flex™ 2 software is a rich Internet application framework based on Adobe Flash® that will enable you to productively create beautiful, scalable applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. It includes a powerful, Eclipse™ based development tool, an extensive visual component library, and high-performance data services enabling you to meet your applications' most demanding needs."

http://www.cflex.net/about_adobe_flex.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flex

Resources

• Adobe Flash
• Apollo (new, cross-platform run-time from Adobe); Adobe Apollo
• Flex Developer Center
• http://www.flex.org
• http://www.cflex.net
• FlashDevelop ("FlashDevelop is a .NET open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2 development.")
• Rich Internet application
• Developing Rich Internet Applications
• Macromedia Flash MX—A Next-Generation Rich Client
• Rich Internet Apps
• A Next-Generation Rich Client
• A New Hope for Web Applications
• Developing Rich Internet Applications with Macromedia MX
• SBI White Paper: Developing Rich  Web Interfaces With Flash
• Rich Internet Applications Forum