pezi
02-19-2010, 09:39 PM
After some small OL projects LaTeX-Flash-Demo (http://sciencesoft.at/latex/flatex.gsp?lang=en) Adobe's Alchemy (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/alchemy/) caught my attention. It is an interessting idea to use C/C++ for Flash - e.g. simplifying the coding of complex calculations, using existing math libraries.
With the OL support for Flash 10.0 I started the experiment to use Alchemy inside OL. And here is the first result: Mandelbrot Set (http://sciencesoft.at/alchemy/alchemy.html) derivated from this demo (http://sciencesoft.at/fractal/index?lang=en).
There are couple of hurdles to combine Alchemy and OL. Alchemy is a project with an unceratain beta status - relesead 2008, no newer release, no bug fixing. I found some examples to hard code AS3 into OL. But without detailed knowledge of the OL interna it was a trial & error job to get the code running.
On the other hand Alchemy and OL could be used to create highly specialized flash applications. e.g finance application - use OL for the UI, and C/C++ for complex math calculations. I hope Adobe decides to pursue the development of Alchemy.
List of links, which were used for this project:
http://www.antunkarlovac.com/blog/2008/11/17/google-maps-in-openlaszlo/
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Alchemy:Documentation:Developing_with_Alchemy:C_AP I
http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/2009/03/18/flash-10-massive-amounts-of-3d-particles-with-alchemy-source-included/
With the OL support for Flash 10.0 I started the experiment to use Alchemy inside OL. And here is the first result: Mandelbrot Set (http://sciencesoft.at/alchemy/alchemy.html) derivated from this demo (http://sciencesoft.at/fractal/index?lang=en).
There are couple of hurdles to combine Alchemy and OL. Alchemy is a project with an unceratain beta status - relesead 2008, no newer release, no bug fixing. I found some examples to hard code AS3 into OL. But without detailed knowledge of the OL interna it was a trial & error job to get the code running.
On the other hand Alchemy and OL could be used to create highly specialized flash applications. e.g finance application - use OL for the UI, and C/C++ for complex math calculations. I hope Adobe decides to pursue the development of Alchemy.
List of links, which were used for this project:
http://www.antunkarlovac.com/blog/2008/11/17/google-maps-in-openlaszlo/
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Alchemy:Documentation:Developing_with_Alchemy:C_AP I
http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/2009/03/18/flash-10-massive-amounts-of-3d-particles-with-alchemy-source-included/