Flash Programming

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 08:12

Hi folks

I want to use flash programming for some small projects at work. Does anyone know which version CS3/CS4 are the current one?

Also is CS4/CS3 part of DreamWeaver? Thanks!!

Best regards
Peter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXgKjdzwsuo

Ekim · 19 Sep 2011 at 09:09

CS5 is the latest version. Creative Suite (CS) is a suite of Adobe tools, which Dreamwaver and Flash are part of.

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 09:17

Can I just buy/subscribe for the Flash Part? Also I heard that Flash can be used to develop iPhone, iPad and Mac applications, is that only CS5 and not all of the previous versions?

Thanks

Cuchulain · 19 Sep 2011 at 09:28

Peter Tsang said:
Can I just buy/subscribe for the Flash Part? Also I heard that Flash can be used to develop iPhone, iPad and Mac applications, is that only CS5 and not all of the previous versions?

Thanks

I don't know about previous versions and whether you can distill SWF's into something workable on Apple devices, but you can buy the latest version of Flash without forking out for all the other bits.

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 10:15

Cuchulain said:
I don't know about previous versions and whether you can distill SWF's into something workable on Apple devices, but you can buy the latest version of Flash without forking out for all the other bits.

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html

Thanks for the link, there is a subscription option, interesting!

nex20 · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:28

CS5 using ActionScript 2 or 3.

Immsy · 25 Sep 2011 at 23:42

CS 5.5 is the latest version, yes you can just buy the flash part on its own. Adobe AIR is what you use to create an app made in flash for Andoid and iOS. However if you going to just program in pure actionscript you can use something like www.flashdevelop.org without the need (and cost) of the Flash IDE.

Peter Tsang · 26 Sep 2011 at 05:19

THANKS folks for your precious information!

I've just got another one here: say I have developed a .swf file which has animation, input ...etc. Now if I wanna to run it on iPad, iPhone or MacBook...etc, do I need to do some extra programming like modifying an iApp or I can just throw my .swf file into any one of the i platforms and it will do automatically? My primary concern is that can iPad interpret my moue click as a double /single tap using my finger...seee what I mean?

Immsy · 26 Sep 2011 at 17:59

Peter Tsang said:
THANKS folks for your precious information!

I've just got another one here: say I have developed a .swf file which has animation, input ...etc. Now if I wanna to run it on iPad, iPhone or MacBook...etc, do I need to do some extra programming like modifying an iApp or I can just throw my .swf file into any one of the i platforms and it will do automatically? My primary concern is that can iPad interpret my moue click as a double /single tap using my finger...seee what I mean?

Adobe AIR does this for you. AIR is what you target if you want to run on anything with iOS. It is AIR that handles all the touch inputs etc. iOS will not run swf files but if you develop something for iOS using Adobe AIR and publish it as an app it can be installed on an iOS device just like anything else on the App store can be.

Peter Tsang · 27 Sep 2011 at 02:57

And is AIR part of the Adobe suite?

Immsy · 27 Sep 2011 at 13:17

AIR is the runtime, its installed into CS5.5 so you can target AIR in the publish settings.