[Year 12 Its] Programming languages - IT 1&2 & Software 3&4

[gordonp at horsham-college.vic.edu.au]

David,
re:files - you're correct that you don't have full blown application rights ...like many scripting languages

I haven't used actionscript for the past yaer but from memory loadvars function can read/write to files.
i'll have to check my laptop later
eg
var date = new LoadVars();
date.load("date.txt");
etc

Yes you can do alot in flash without scripting at all... but that doesn't detract from what you can do with it. It seems to have great potential for less datacentric web apps   ie games.

       cheers  gordon



"David Dawson" <dgdawson at mgs.vic.edu.au> on Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:20:38 +1000 wrote:
> Hi Gordon
> In support of actionscript perhaps you might let us know how you use
> actionscript to process files? The reason I pulled back from JavaScript
> and I think why it has been removed from the language list is that it
> does not allow for creating, appending, opening and closing files etc.
> together with full string processing for re-insertion of file records.
> It only allows for talking to cookies - not true file processing.
> All the allowed languages do this - but I cannot find mention of it in
> Bill Sander's Flash, Actionscript, book nor in google or
> actionscript.org.
> I guess I will always be suspicious of languages in which you can make a
> full-blown application only by setting screen navigation and linking
> movement to keys like arrows keys - without writing one line of code or
> manipulating an array using code.
> IMHO FoxPro and VisualDB (and I have used them both) are more complete
> languages and they are not included either.
> David Dawson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: RE: [Year 12 Its] Programming languages - IT 1&2 & Software 3&4
> 
> Every year I wonder why actionscript is not on the list and never get a
> really satsfactory answer... 
> 
> PHP is accepted and it hardly even meets one of the criteria (gui), yet
> an almost full-blown javaesque language that combines with an excellent
> animation suite is not?? 
> Yes Con i know it comes from one of evil software vendors, but it is
> very good, and another way to get kids enjoying their programming
> (almost as good as VB!) There are plenty of years of database
> programming ahead for those so inclined...
>                      
>                         gordon
> 
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Gordon Poultney