challenge to Kevin and Bill

[Kevin Miller]

On 24/06/2009 21:01, "David Bovill" <david at architex.tv> wrote:

> Bill, I'm "dying" to get an answer to the questions I've asked - I asked
> them several times now, in all the right places I believe :) Answers to
> these questions would really help with meetings next week. If you have any
> quick answers - would be great:
> 
>    1. Will the XML built ins work in the plugin - assumption = "Yes!"

Yes.

>    2. Will the revBrowser built-ins work - so we can have embedded web pages
>    inside the plugin - assumpiton = "No!"

No. I should have remembered this one when asked if anything would not work
in the plugin during the webinar!

>    3. Will there be JavaScript API to allow the web page to interact with
>    the plugin = ie as you can with the QuickTime plugin - assumption = "No!"

Not in 4.0 anyway.

>    4. Will it be possible somehow for the Plugin to interact with the DOM of
>    the web page it is placed in - ie via JavaScript
> 
> For the last 2 questions you might want to refer to:
> 
>    - How you can use JavaScript to interact with Google Earth
> 
plugin<http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/?exp=earth#feature_balloons>
>
>    - How to get Flash to interact with web page using external
> 
interface<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/external_interface.html>o>
r
>    
> here<http://www.practicalflash.com/tutorials/using-externalinterface-to-write-
> javascript-to-the-html-dom/>

There will some sort of "do as JavaScript", but I cannot guarantee that it
will make it into the first version (4.0) at this point.

Kind regards,

Kevin

Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
Runtime Revolution - User-Centric Development Tools