Andy,
Flash can provide the interface, but you still will need a lot of
programming. Frankly, Flash is much more difficult to make things in and
often takes longer to load. If you have to do a lot of database calls,
you'll need a way to handle that from Flash. Flash can do a lot of things
beautifully, but it's a lot more effort. If Flash was an easy solution you'd
see more web site applications using it for data-driven apps. The fact is,
it's not. It's a huge learning curve, it's not as powerful as the
capabilities you have through ASP.Net and the .Net Framework. When
Macromedia re-designed their site to use flash, they also had an instant
backlash and had to do some re-designs. Basically, it's expensive,
time-consuming, and much harder to alter than a typical ASP.Net app and may
be more headache for you than it's worth. Of course, it could also jump your
fee up incredibly but remind your client that most companies that have
web-applications using Flash also have large teams of very well paid Flash
developers.
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
"Andy G" <an********@hot mail.com> wrote in message
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I have a client that is really pushing me to start using Flash MX
Professional to replace VS.NET. Main arguement is that it looks better
and
flows nicer than visual studio developed applcations (this client is a
designer not a programmer). I believe that Flash is a 'Tool' not a
'Solution'. My 'Solution' is an ASP.NET application but I would like to
use
Flash as a 'Tool'. I am having very hard time seeing any documentation on
the intergration of Flash with an ASP.NET application. Anyone like to
chime
in on above comments and question?
Thanks
Andy
