Flash HTML Table

[vipin]

Hi everyone,

I found an excellent example of how to display HTML Tables from Flash at http://www.flash-db.com/FlashTable/

Unfortunately I am unable to find contact information for the people who are developing this component. Could someone please point me in the right direction. If you know of any other components that I can use to display HTML tables from within flash please let me know.

vipink@sympatico.ca


Thanks and Regards
Vipin Kanwar

[vipin]

Hi Everyone,

So no one knows who is working on the Flash HTML Table?

Does the owner of this site know? Does he/she read the message board?

I am working on a very tight deadline project and could really use some help here.

Regards,
Vipin Kanwar

[ev]

i am developing the component.  i had no part in the one here, but im currently developing a set of AS code to do it.  in fact, its pretty much done.  stand by for more info.

[vipin]

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

I look to hearing from you at the earliest.

Regards,
Vipin Kanwar

[Nancy]

Here is one that is available for purchase - maybe it will work for you.

http://venusiian.com/template.asp?page=products&title=products

[ev]

umm, 40 bucks is a steep price to pay
pretty much
my app does
loading jpegs, loading swfs, links on images, text, no table nesting, multiple rows, sizing is pixel or % based, all colors and border size and color customizable.  alphas all customizable, scaling of swfs and images.  about 10 kb include file.  pretty stable and fast.   did i mention its free.  
i still have minor issues i wanna work out and i'm working on my new website.  it will be released soon.
btw, its not that hard to develop this kinda stuff urself.
ev

[vipin]

Hi Nancy and ev,

I went to the site but could not find the product. Seems like they have removed the links from the products section to the flashTable item.

Thanks for the information all the same.

Claus's DENG is also being launched soon.

Regards,
Vipin Kanwar

[ev]

deng sounds great, but i think its gonna be pretty slow.  plus, does it do images and auto table resizing, etc?  not much info about it on mosquito.

[Brendan]

hrm,
i also wouldnt mind getting my hands on this component ev.  I've been using my own, but it sounds like yours is far better than mine.  Post when your done asap, I'd like to see it  
ciao.

[ev]

copy that.
i recently discovered a cool new trick that could greatly expand the capabilities of my component and im working on a new version right now.  can u tell me what your app does?
ev

[Brendan]

well, mine is extremely basic.  wrote it a long time ago, just to dynamically load some text into flash layout with a table outline.  so basically, all it does is border, cellpadding/spacing, width/height, rowspan, colspan, bgcolor, and background.

I only used it once, and didnt work on it since.  I ran out of time, so i just did what was necessary at the time.

What is the timeline on your project?  Any betas

regards,
Brendan

[ev]

i havent released any files as of yet.  i know everyone wants this app, but i dont wanna release it till i'm happy with it.
right now i'm working on beta 3.  one was very basic, and two was pretty good until i realized that i could expand the features while cutting the entire size of the script in half.
beta 3 should be done soon, i got a lot of it done today.  but i need to rewrite my methods for auto resizing tables, and that might take some time and definitely some in depth, hardcore programming.
what i have changed and added is: the program now runs on a more OO based code strucute making it cleaner, faster and giving a lot more options.  u now have a lot more control over the app through the methods and u can create multiple instances of the renderer.
it now supports an unlimited level of embeded tables so u can have tables within tables within tables, each with images and text within.  i was able to cut down the size by a few kb, but that might change depending on how big the auto resizing methods are.
i'll keep everyone posted right here.
ev
but now some questions to you guys:
1) will u be using an html renderer with the scroll pane component?
2.) if you answer yes to #1, will u want to have content outside the bounds of the scroll pane such that a user will have to scroll horizontally?
3.) if you answered no to #2, will u want to be able to set a max width of the rendered content?
i ask these questions because my app auto sizes the content based on percentages and pixels and i need the feedback from u guys to figure out how best to do the sizing.

[vipin]

Hi ev,

I eagerly look forward to the day when I can test out your component. That would be the best way for me to provide feedback.

meanwhile.. answer to your question.

1. I expect to be placing the tabular data inside a scroll pane because there may be more content on the screen than what a user can see in one full screen. The scroll page will allow the user to scroll down if the content goes beyond one screen full.

2. I do expect the user to only scroll vertically. The table will be fixed width (pixels or percentage) just like an html table.

3. I do not expect to be providing scroll bars on the table/tabular data itself. Only to the whole page.

4. It would be really nice to be able to nest tables.

5. Yes, Loading images in table would be a great facility.

Hope that answers your question.

Any chance I can beta test your component?

Regards,
Vipin Kanwar

[ev]

do u need the table to auto resize?  lets say u have an image in it thats bigger than the size u set the table to.  or lets say u have text that goes down more than what u set the table height to be?  u want it to resize it for u, or do u want more direct control over the content?
anyway, right now my plan is to include a boolean "resize" user set variable and resize based on that.  all i have left to do pretty much is the resize script, but it might take a while for me to figure out.  it was easy before when there were no nested tables. now that i've added nested table support it will be much more difficult.
ev
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Progress Report:
i have added a shell of resizement for the width...its still not perfect and i dont think it ever will be.  if u have a nested table, (a table within a table), and the table row is smaller than an image within it, then the table will expand to fit the image, but the table that the resized table is within does not expand...so it will look a little screwed up.
feedback is welcome
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----ev

[vipin]

Hi ev,

ummm... I think the "auto scale" should be an option which a user can control.

Personally, I already have some HTML pages with tabular data. I just plan to copy paste the previously created html table data and expect to see the same table in Flash.

Agree with you on the screwed up table comment. Guess the users will be smart enough to know that.

Regards,
Vipin Kanwar