Your Second Flash Lite 2 Application

Ali Mills — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:24:00 -0800

Until recently, most of my Flash Lite experience was with version 1.1. Flash Lite 1.1 is hard. The language is different, and you’re restricted to writing code in Flash Authoring on the timeline. This makes working on a team or using source control nearly impossible. And, without a team or source control it’s much harder to build anything complicated or interesting…

If you’re someone who looked into Flash Lite 1 and quickly turned to run for cover, I don’t blame you.

If you’re still taking cover, I want to share what I’ve recently learned with you – Flash Lite 2 isn’t bad. Actually, from a development perspective it’s quite good! To show you what I mean, I’ve written what could count as your second Flash Lite 2 application. An app you might write after knocking out a “Hello World”. The app is a text messenger, and here it is:

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Let’s take a look at the application code…

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Your Second Flash Lite 2 Application