Flash in Silverlight 3: Will Flash be able to communicate with Silverlight layer and web page through External Interface or other methods?

07-01-2008 9:37 AM |

I have read on various blogs (e.g. http://www.insideria.com/2008/04/microsoft-announces-support-fo.html)

that Silverlight 3 will support calling in Flash SWFs. What I'm wondering is whether SWF <-> Silverlight communication will be possible when the SWF is loaded inside of Silverlight, not on a seperate OBJECT in the page (which is an obvious yes). Additionally, will Silverlight allow Flash External Interface to pass through to the web page? I imagine for the 2nd part, if the SWF can communicate with Silverlight through External Interface, then EI can pass it through to the page if Silverlight doesn't have the requested method.

 

For instance, if you have a video player written in Silverlight, and call a SWF into the video player, will the SWF be able to change the video player's volume or pause the video player?

Re: Flash in Silverlight 3: Will Flash be able to communicate with Silverlight layer and web page through External Interface or other methods?

08-11-2008 2:39 PM |

netdragon:

I have read on various blogs (e.g. http://www.insideria.com/2008/04/microsoft-announces-support-fo.html)

that Silverlight 3 will support calling in Flash SWFs.

Umm check the date on that article...it's a fake.

Re: Re: Flash in Silverlight 3: Will Flash be able to communicate with Silverlight layer and web page through External Interface or other methods?

08-12-2008 3:42 AM |

chad campbell is absolutely right. 

Re: Re: Re: Flash in Silverlight 3: Will Flash be able to communicate with Silverlight layer and web page through External Interface or other methods?

05-21-2009 11:47 AM |

What if I have a Listbox that is dynamically filled from a list of objects.  Each object contains an address to a different flash video.  I would like to have a button (on each ListBoxItem) or something the user could click on the play each different flash video.  Is this possible?

Re: Re: Re: Flash in Silverlight 3: Will Flash be able to communicate with Silverlight layer and web page through External Interface or other methods?

05-21-2009 12:15 PM |

Another question about dynamically filling a listbox.  Some of the objects have fields that have no value (either string.empty or null).  If this is the case, I don't really want to display anything for these fields in the ListBoxItem.  Is there a way to set the visiblity of part of the item template to Collapsed if the field that is supposed to go there is null or empty?

 

For example: If I have a listbox, and I say ListBox.ItemsSource = List<customObject>();
Then I have an ItemTemplate defined for the ListBox that displays things like FirstName, LastName, Email, etc. etc.  Well if the customObject does not have an email address, I don't want to display the Email address or the 'Email: ' textblock.
The template would look like this:
First Name: <customObject.FirstName>
Last Name: <customObject.LastName>
Email: <customObject.Email>

Xaml would look like this:
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
          <TextBlock Text="First Name: "/>
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=FirstName}"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
          <TextBlock Text="Last Name: "/>
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LastName}"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
          <TextBlock Text="Email: "/>
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Email}"/>
</StackPanel>

Is there a way to do this?
Thanks!

Re: Re: Re: Flash in Silverlight 3: Will Flash be able to communicate with Silverlight layer and web page through External Interface or other methods?

06-10-2009 4:06 AM |

use an IValueConverter bound to your value field to set the visibility. common technique.

tlsrcracer7:

Another question about dynamically filling a listbox.  Some of the objects have fields that have no value (either string.empty or null).  If this is the case, I don't really want to display anything for these fields in the ListBoxItem.  Is there a way to set the visiblity of part of the item template to Collapsed if the field that is supposed to go there is null or empty?

 

For example: If I have a listbox, and I say ListBox.ItemsSource = List<customObject>();
Then I have an ItemTemplate defined for the ListBox that displays things like FirstName, LastName, Email, etc. etc.  Well if the customObject does not have an email address, I don't want to display the Email address or the 'Email: ' textblock.
The template would look like this:
First Name: <customObject.FirstName>
Last Name: <customObject.LastName>
Email: <customObject.Email>

Xaml would look like this:
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
          <TextBlock Text="First Name: "/>
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=FirstName}"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
          <TextBlock Text="Last Name: "/>
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LastName}"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
          <TextBlock Text="Email: "/>
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Email}"/>
</StackPanel>

Is there a way to do this?
Thanks!