Innovation and the Adobe Flash Platform

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Innovation & the Adobe Flash PlatformMichaël Chaize | Flash Platform Evangelist


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Michaël ChaizeFlash Platform Evangelist

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Rich Internet Application

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Applications in the Enterprise

MAINFRAME

REAC

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Local

Global

RICHText UI Integrated media GUI

CLIENT/SERVER

WEB APPLICATIONS

2004

1992

1998

RICH INTERNETAPPLICATIONS

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Rich User Experiences: Opportunities for internal users

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Rich User Experiences: Opportunities for internal users

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Increase productivity & improve decision making

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NATO

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NATO

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NATO

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


Flash Platform - A complete system for web innovation

97%Flash Player 10 (March 2010)

ADOBE FLEX 4

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

Innovation“introducing something new”

1997

2010

INNOVATION FOR THE WEB

ADOBE FLASH PLAYER

2010

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INTRODUCING SOMETHING NEW

INNOVATION

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

PDF AND PRINTING

INNOVATION

XFA

Hel

per

XML

XML

template

Adobe LiveCycle : server-side PDF generation

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Flash and PDF for printing : client-side

%PDF−1.41 0 obj<< /Type /Catalog/Outlines 2 0 R/Pages 3 0 R>>endobj2 0 obj<< /Type Outlines/Count 0>>endobj3 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


INNOVATION

Out of the box with Adobe AIR

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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


INNOVATION

Flash and devices

•Motion Detection

•Navigation

•Security, Alerts…

•Gaming

• Shape Recognition

•Face recognition for automatic log-in

•eCommerce

•Augmented Reality

•Immersive experiences

•eCommerce, gaming…

WEBCAM & MICROPHONE

DEVICES

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

WEBCAM & MICROPHONE

DEVICES

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External Devices communication

Binary socket serverC#, Java, etc.

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Flash PlayerBluetooth stack

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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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Binary socket serverC#, Java, etc.

010011

Flash PlayerWiiFlash AS3 API

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

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Stella Artois


INNOVATION

Flash and CPU emulation

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Emulating a CPU

switch(memory[PC++]){case OPCODE1: opcode1(); break;case OPCODE2: opcode2(); break; ....case OPCODEn: opcodeN(); break;}

ByteArray

MOV (B,C)

protected function SetB(inByte:int):void{ B = inByte & 0xFF; BC = (B << 8) | C;}

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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


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

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

The Open Screen Project

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Technology Partners

Open Screen Project: more than 70 partners

Content Partners

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Flash Player 10.1 API and testing

ADOBE AIR 2.0

Out of the browserUSB storage detectionO�ine/Online sync (salesForce)Invoke OS Native ProcessesEmbed your own Java librariesSoon on smartphones

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Multi-touch, USB drive…

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At the train station


INNOVATION

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


Flash Platform - A complete system for web innovation


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

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Conclusion

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Flash driving Innovation & Innovation driving Flash


Feel free to contact me

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Michaël ChaizeFlash Platform Evangelist

My blog: www.RIAgora.com

@mchaize