Macromedia Flash Remoting MX Released.
From theserverside.com:
Macromedia today announced Macromedia Flash Remoting MX for J2EE AppServers (and also for .NET). Flash Remoting MX allows you to connect any J2EE-backend (EJB's, JMX, Servlets, java classes) to new GUI written in Flash; it was already used to create a new Petstore GUI on top of the original Petstore EJB layer. [ press release ]
The interesting thing about this product is that it seems to be app-server agnostic. Here are the system requirements:
Microsoft .NET Support
· Intel Pentium II processor or faster · 256 MB RAM (512 recommended) · 5 MB hard disk space · Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0 SDK · Windows 2000 Server SP2 · Windows XP Professional · Macromedia Flash MX · Macromedia Flash Player 6,0,47,0, or later |
Java Support
· 256 MB RAM (512 recommended) · 5 MB hard disk space · Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a · Windows 2000 Server SP2 · Linux: Red Hat 7.3 or SuSE 7.3 · Unix: SPARC Solaris 2.7, 8 · J2EE 1.2, 1.3 · Servlet 2.2, 2.3 · Macromedia Flash MX · Macromedia Flash Player 6,0,47,0 or later |
A 5.64 MB Download. It troubles me that it's a trial download though. That means that Macromedia is going to charge me if I ever want to use this. In other Macromedia news, they sent me an e-mail today asking me if I wanted to be a beta tester for HomeSite 5.2! My fingers are crossed for Java support.