I have a follow up question if you don’t mind …

So, now I can do actual move of the object, but I’m not sure how I can get the other apps to se the move in real time. The object has move=”someFunction()” where the someFunction updates my sharedObject (myRemoteSharedObject.setProperty(“x”,object.x)).

This means updating the position after the move is done. Is there any way to update the sharedObject while I’m moving?

If not, could I animate the move of the objects in the other apps when they get notification from the sharedObject?

Thanks again,

Magnus

Yeah you can do actual drag n’ drop in Flex. You would need to have your draggable components inside a Canvas or like class. Each Sprite subclass has the methods startDrag and stopDrag. You would use that instead of something like the data-drag in dndLib or like libs. Hope that helps.

I have an example of actual dragging here – http://jwopitz-lib.googlecode.com/svn/examples/examples/PodApplication.html

right click and view source to see the actual implementation.

I hope I can still comment on this one.
I need drag n drop in my application, but I really need the original object to move with the mouse, not a semi-transparent proxy object. Can this be done in Flex?

I’m trying to create a process modelling app communication with a media server (in my case Red5). The idea is to use the SharedObjects in rtmp so that several participants can model simultaneously, i.e everyone will se how the objects move across the modelling area. Right now I can “move” the objects when I drop them, but that means that for everyone but the person executing the drag, the dragged objects “jumps” to the new location. I have seen this behaviour in a fridge-magnet game on nonoba.com, but I think that that was coded in flash (with a Red5 media server) and not in Flex.

Any hints/help would be appreciated.

I’m really a beginner when it comes to Flex (< 10 hrs). I have developed a process modelling app (sort of) in OpenLaszlo, but there it seems that I can not use SharedObjects so I then turned to Flex to see if I could realize my ideas.

Thanks,

Magnus

If you haven’t checked out Flex, I highly suggest you download the trial version of Flex Builder 2 (or 3) and give it a go.

I used to be big into Flash development and then Flex came and rocked my world. I haven’t looked back since.

I’m trying to create a similar drag n drop sorting interface in Flash as I’m not familiar with Flex. Could you tell me if the code you have created might be compatible with Flash?

Thanks,

Mark