Comments on: Flash Catalyst Beta: First Look

By: remgriff

remgriff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:29:50 +0000

hello!

i’ve been using flash catalyst beta to create a simple 100% flash portfolio site. you can view the test here: http://remgriff.110mb.com/

my problem is that i want to link a button from the portfolio page to an external swf file (or html, both are ok) and i cannot do that in flash catalyst (probably because it’s in beta).

how can i achieve that? can it be done so the external swf opens in the portfolio page?

please help.

thank you.

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By: Reggie

Reggie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:08:56 +0000

Thanks for the answer. I guess the bug will be solved soon, but still this doesn’t do enough for me.

If I work in a team where in parallel the designer have to work on the catalyst project, and the developer on the code, I can’t just export the project, wait… wait… wait… and then when the graphics is ok restart with the develop part.

It seems strange to me that Adobe didn’t think at this… So I’m thinking if I’m missing something .

bye

By: Franky

Franky — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:19:43 +0000

I was at flash camp during the beta release of this product. Awesome, free beer and mini burgers. GO ADOBE!!!

By: Diego SA

Diego SA — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:29:03 +0000

Wow, incredible! If this application can do a lot of things i’m imagining, so certainly it could be my number one application everyday. I’m excited about it.

By: oglab

oglab — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:58:04 +0000

FC, superb catalyst for designer – developer. Awesome!

By: Dario Gutierrez

Dario Gutierrez — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:59:06 +0000

Another option, looks interesting for use.

By: Matt Radel

Matt Radel — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:57:51 +0000

I’m pretty excited about this – FC has some great potential. Nice write-up…for more info you can check out Ryan Stewart’s blog (FC Product Manager): http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/

By: Mário Santos

Mário Santos — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:58:26 +0000

Hi Reggie,
That is a big issue! Flash Builder can open FC fxp files, but if you export the fxp project from Flash Builder then Flash Catalyst will not be able to read it again, kind of weird right?!

Maybe on the final release…

Cheers!

By: Reggie

Reggie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:50:42 +0000

Nice article, but I’ve one doubt. As the developer import it in a Flash Builder project, what is going to happen when the catalyst project change. I didn’t understand if the changes inside of the MXML files are keept or if they are loosed. I think this is really important for collaboration in a project, but I couldn’t find an answer until now.

Thanks