I have a little problem. I made an application which has to use the GTK Look and Feel. But the user will be able to launch the application from windows OS where this LaF doesn't exist...
Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to embed GTK LaF in my runnable jar and load it at runtime?
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Paranoia25
You won't be able to properly run GTK look and feel on other OS (even if you succeed at extracting it from your OS standard java libraries) due to some native features usage. That is true for all native LaF's - windows/macos/GTK and some others.
I would suggest you to look into some cross-platform LaFs for Swing and use them instead of native one if you are going to create a good-looking cross-platform application based on Swing.
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I want to to play around with Actionscript, mostly to compare the language with Javascript (I'm interested in the type system). Is there a straightforward way to do that or do I need to also install Flash or something similar? I'd prefer something that works on Linux but Windows-only is fine too.
Basically, I want to know if there is something for Actionscript that is analogous to v8/NodeJS or Rhino for Javascript, where you can run JS scripts directly (using console.log for output) without having to use a browser, create an HTML page, etc.
There is an amazing online tool capable of compiling Actionscript 3.0, this will aid your investigation of the language!
http://wonderfl.net/
As3Eval also is a good tool. Play around with the demo to get a feel for it.
It's windows only, but download Java, then install FlashDevelop : http://www.flashdevelop.org/
It'll download the flex sdk and everything you'll need to get started.
You'll need flash player to see your tests, and normally the debug player (take the standalone), which you can download here: http://www.adobe.com/support/flash player/downloads.html
As #neil says, you can also use wonderfl to test directly online, though obviously the experience won't be the same as a full ide.
You should be able to develop on Linux directly if you want to install flash builder (eclipse) but it's not free
I'm very very new to HTML5 programming, so forgive me if I ask a strange question. I'm looking for a good tool to write apps the can be run on iPhone, Android and the most known webbrowsers on a desktop. I came across TideSDK and I was a bit confused by the fact that it has SDK in the title. Does this mean that the SDK is part of anything I will create with it?
Do I have to distribute the SDK along with the App I create and wouldn't that be a problem when wanting to freely distribute my application?
Regards
Gabrie
Well there are two ways to build the application
1) with package.
With package works as stand alone application without any dependencies or anything other things installed.
2) without package.
The think you were saying is right. They need to have modules to be installed.
I'm making a sort of batch processing application with Flex and AIR and I want to illustrate the progress of the batch. I'm using mx:ProgressBar, but this is not enough for me, I want to see the progress in the Windows superbar, pretty much similar to when I'm copying files.
The only thing I found is this native extension, but i don't want to use native extensions.
Does AIR provide any API for this?
Since you're trying to access native functionality, you will have to use native extensions. There's no way around it. commented by RIAStar.
I am looking for a tool that can help me converting my swf to exe and app. I know that there are several options available. My application will be frequently updated so update feature is essentions for me. Does anybody know a converter that might help me?
Any suggestions are welcome!
p.s. As another option, I can make app and exe out of a loader app that will load main application module every time it is updated.
IMPORTANT (added 22.08.2011)
Guys, thank you very much for your replies, but if you read carefully my question you will probably see that my main concern is about build in update feature inside projector eg. Mac app will be able to check for new version of my app automatically...
create an AIR application with native installers and use air.update and air.update.events for to push updates.
You can use flajector or f-in-box developer's library.
You may already be aware of this, but there is an existing publishing tool you can use inside of Flash Professional.
The publisher is in different menus on different versions of flash (CS4 to CS5) and on different operating systems (Windows vs Mac) so I'll just give you the "hot key"
While inside of flash, press Shift+Alt+F12 and that will bring up some publish options. For an exe file you will want to select Win Projector or the option with .exe. Mac Projector or .app will do the same for mac. Hit publish once your preference is select and viola, that's it!
you really want to use flajector. Cool programm.
I have to convert a HTML application (.hta file) so that it can be executed on Linux and MAC also.
What could be the alternate ways of doing it? Should I convert to an AJAX app?
Any suggestions? OR Has anyone gone through this before?
Reagards,
/Syed
Though you have not provide the nature of application. I mean what you application does.
What I get from question is since you are using HTA application that means you application requires system level access. Now since Linux and windows are completely different platforms. It is not possible to complete port one app from one platform to another.
If you can work at the plugin level like development of flash-plugin or you can use the Adobe AIR to build your application.
I mean to say don't use Microsoft native code in you application.