Innovation and the Adobe Flash Platform

Innovation & the Adobe Flash Platform
Michaël Chaize | Flash Platform Evangelist

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Michaël Chaize
Flash Platform Evangelist

My blog: www.RIAgora.com

@mchaize

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Rich Internet Application


Applications in the Enterprise

Global
2004
RICH INTERNET
WEB APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS
REACH

1998

1992
Local
MAINFRAME CLIENT/SERVER

Text UI Integrated media GUI
RICH
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Rich User Experiences: Opportunities for internal users

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Rich User Experiences: Opportunities for internal users

5 mins 20 secs

Increase productivity & improve decision making

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NATO

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NATO

From system-centric views, to user-centric applications.

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Flash Platform - A complete system for web innovation

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97%
Flash Player 10 (March 2010)

ADOBE FLEX 4

Local user-group:
http://www.ﬂex-labs.de/

Innovation
“introducing something new”

ADOBE FLASH PLAYER

INNOVATION FOR THE WEB

1997

2010

2010
1997

INNOVATION

INTRODUCING SOMETHING NEW

- Printing Flash content is still a pain.
- Keep a local copy of a transaction.

INNOVATION

PDF AND PRINTING

XML

XML

XFAHelper
template

Adobe LiveCycle : server-side PDF generation

Flash and PDF for printing : client-side

%PDF−1.4
1 0 obj
<< /Type /Catalog
/Outlines 2 0 R
/Pages 3 0 R
>>
endobj
2 0 obj
<< /Type Outlines
/Count 0
>>
endobj
3 0 obj
<< /Type /Pages
/Kids [4 0 R]
/Count 1
>>
...

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Flash and PDF for printing

Why client side ?

You can generate PDF’s 100% client side since ActionScript 2

ActionScript 3 (ByteArray) allows us to generate richer PDF’s (images, sounds,
SWF, etc.)

AlivePDF (alivepdf.bytearray.org) is an open-source (MIT licence) library which
allows you to do that.

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Generate a PDF in 3 lines of code

import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;

//create a PDF object
var myPDF:PDF = new PDF();

// add a blank page
myPDF.addPage();

// save the PDF on user’s disk through a save-as dialog window
myFileReference.save ( myPDF.save ( Method.LOCAL ), “generated.pdf” );

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Flash and PDF for printing

var myPDF:PDF = new PDF();
myPDF.addPage();
myPDF.textStyle( new RGBColor(0x990000), 1 );
var uf:IFont = new CoreFont ( FontFamily.HELVETICA );
myPDF.setFont(uf, 9);
myPDF.writeFlashHtmlText(8, 'A long standard
format that should wrap by the time I finish this. Here is some
text that I write very eeasily and lengthy And now for some text again just to check
it's not buggy. And back to normal. Then a line break That's All.');
myPDF.addPage();
var r:Resize = new Resize ( Mode.NONE, Position.LEFT );
myPDF.addImage( this, r );
myPDF.addPage()
myPDF.addImage( myDisplayObject, null, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, false, ImageFormat.JPG, 80 );

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AIR & PDF generated on the y

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Flash and complex PDF generation

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AIR = PDF and Flash

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INNOVATION


Out of the box
with Adobe AIR

Saturated web browsers

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Adobe AIR and system chromes

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Expressive AIR applications

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Innovative UI and UX

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INNOVATION


Flash and devices

DEVICES

WEBCAM & MICROPHONE

•Motion Detection

•Navigation

•Security, Alerts…

•Gaming

• Shape Recognition

•Face recognition for automatic log-in

•eCommerce

•Augmented Reality

•Immersive experiences

•eCommerce, gaming…

https://www.prioritymail.com/simulator.asp

External Devices communication

Binary socket server
C#, Java, etc.
010011
Bluetooth stack Flash Player

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WiiFlash

Open Source (MIT licence) AS3 library to connect any Wii device to the Flash Player

Website : wii ash.bytearray.org

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010011

Binary socket server
C#, Java, etc.

WiiFlash AS3 API
Flash Player

var wiimote: Wiimote = new Wiimote();
wiimote.addEventListener( Event.CONNECT, onWiimoteConnect );
wiimote.connect();

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Stella Artois

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INNOVATION


Flash and CPU emulation

Emulating a CPU

ByteArray

switch(memory[PC++])
{
case OPCODE1:
opcode1();
MOV (B,C)
break;
case OPCODE2:
opcode2();
break; protected function SetB(inByte:int):void
.... {
case OPCODEn: B = inByte & 0xFF;
opcodeN(); BC = (B << 8) | C;
break; }
}

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Painting the pixels

for (var j:int = 0; j< height; j++)
{
src = 0x2400 + (j << 5);
k = 0;
for (var i:int = 0; i< 32; i++)
{
vram = processor.memory[src];
src += 1;
for (var b:int = 0; b<8; b++)
{
color = 0;
if ( vram&1 ) color = 0xFFFF6500;
setPixel(k, j, color);
k++;
vram = vram >> 1;
}
}
}

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Flash and emulation

Intel8080 Emulation with Space Invaders original rom executed

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Flash and emulation

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Flash and emulation

h p://www.dotemu.com/en/sf2

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INNOVATION


Flash and Adobe labs

INNOVATION


Alchemy and Pixel Bender

http://www.sideroller.com/wck/

http://demo.minko.in/2

INNOVATION


Flash and multiple screens

The Open Screen Project

Singular experience, Multiple devices
Enable consumers to engage with rich Internet experiences seamlessly across any device, anywhere.

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Open Screen Project: more than 70 partners

Technology Partners Content Partners

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Flash Player 10.1 API and testing


Out of the browser
USB storage detection
O ine/Online sync (salesForce)
Invoke OS Native Processes
Embed your own Java libraries
Soon on smartphones
ADOBE AIR 2.0

Multi-touch, USB drive…

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At the train station

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INNOVATION


Flash Player 10.1... even the hidden APIs are used !!!

Innovation
“introducing something new”

More to come... Flash Player 10.x, Flash Player 11...

Conclusion

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Flash driving Innovation & Innovation driving Flash

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Feel free to contact me

Michaël Chaize
Flash Platform Evangelist

My blog: www.RIAgora.com

@mchaize


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