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Silke: for Captivate
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* Captivate is expanding features for creating scenario based simulations. For example, where users have to choose from multiple options, and the scnario has branches for each of those options.
* This is useful for creating training demos creating (which contain buttons and pics).
* Captivate will contain a scenario wizard to give you a starting point. Then you fill in the content (slides, linking, images etc).
* Captivate will have a feature to help you create branch scenarios, it looks a bit like a Visio flowchart where you can manipulate each page/branch.
* You will be able to add FLV.
* A Library to re-use images.
* Focus on integration with other products - for example, edit images directly in Fireworks, which update automagically in Captivate.
* Export projects directly to Flash 8. Cool.

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Matt and Todd: for Flex.
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* Demonstrating integration with Mercury Quicktest pro. This tool records everything he does in the Flex app.
* While its recording, it creates a script. You can use this script to play the selections (etc) made in the app to play back throughout development to test the app.
* Emphasizing that you do not need to write code to do this - Mecury does the code for you.

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James: for Flex and mapping services, ESRI
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* Mapping -- web services.
* The maps are actually SWF file maps!
* Demonstrating that you can rotate the map using a control in the upper right corner. For example, you can rotate the map so East is "up", and the map also rotates the labels (all the text on the map) so they're right way up. Can't do this with images...
* Robust searching capabilities.
--> For example, you can type in a phone number and the map finds a location based on a phone number.
--> Type in www.google.com and it locates google. An idea is that you could map web site traffic.
* You can dynamically change the colors of the map.
* Really cool feature. You can browse your hard drive for an excel spreadsheet that contains addresses. You can select it, and upload the spreadsheet, and the map will add pins for each location from the spreadsheet on the map. It also displays the spreadsheet contents in a DataGrid instance.
* Shipping in NOVEMBER.

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Nigel and Pete: for Breeze
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* Maps again! This presentation is demonstrating "Collaboration in Breeze."
* They are recording a trip "from Australia to Anaheim" in Breeze.
* The Breeze-o is displaying a map thing built in Flex. The map is world view, and it zooms in to a satellite close-up (like google sattelite/earth).
* Demonstrates the SWF zooming in from world to the Anaheim convention center - very sweet performance. Lat/Longitude listed at the bottom as they scroll across continents etc.
* After complete, they playing back the events that occur in the SWF map (their scrolling and so on), with the audio (Nigel and Pete talking).
* SWF is synced with audio and such - very nice performance/syncing/playback.

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Damon Cooper: for ColdFusion / Flex Builder 2.
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* Noted that a lot of CF developers are working in CFEclipse (cheers in agreement from audience). "Wouldn't it be cool if we could develop a great development experience in Eclipse"
* Damon shows future of Flex Builder: RDS support natively in the Eclipse environment. (yay)
* Demonstrates a ColdFusion template, in the "RDS Fileview" panel.
* There is also a "RDS Dataview" panel, so you can list datasource in the tool.
* Demonstrates that you can execute a query and view it in the Flex Builder environment.
* Also shows a Visual query builder in Eclipse:
--> Query Builder: Do the joins in the query builder, and the query builder does the work. You can test the query and save, and Flex Builder generates SQL for you, inserts it in your code.
* You can view the output in Browser view.

* Next up: Flash Media Server 2, and how you can integrate it with ColdFusion.

This app uses Flex, FMS, and shared objects. Damon shows the CF administrator, and an instance of a FMS gateway that is running (shown in the admin). The gateway is connected to the Flash Media Server. He also has config info in a file.

There are two apps: a coldfusion app which is essentially a page that contains a form (text boxes, comboboxes, etc). This CF app does not have any Flex or anything - just your regular form.

The second app is a Flex app - a SWF file on a page - that is pretty much a chart.

The two applications (a Flex SWF and CF/HTML page) are subscribed to an object. The FMS server is subscribed to the CF app. The CF app takes form data that's sent to the RTMP gateway, and there is a real-time push to the Flex/FMS app. Damon changes stuff in the CF form, and the Flex SWF automagically changes based on that.

(OK, confusing - but it was cool).

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Heidi, David, NJ - Flex Builder
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* Demonstrates that you can edit syle sheets in code view, and then you can refresh the design view to see the new style sheet applied.
* In design view, you can view heirarchy around each component in the click of a button. This makes it way easier to view the structure of your applications in design view (well, in general). Just press a button and boxes and structure is shown for the app.
* There is a new "Outline view" panel that shows you the heirarchy of your MXML document. You can see the attributes and so on, which gives you a better sense of what your document looks like and what's inside of it.
* In code view, it (Outline view panel) shows you what your document will look like to the compiler, as a AS class.
* All of your variables and so on are shown in the Outline view panel. You can also switch between MXML tag structure, statics, etc.
* There is also an "Open Type" dialog. Using this, you can navigate to the class you're looking for, and Flex Builder will take you right to the class file so you can open the file.
* Then, you can see the structure of the class file you just opened in Outline view (panel). You might see a method in the Outline view that you want to jump to in the AS file you opened. You can hit a hot key and Flex Builder can move the AS file right to that method and highlight it (Ie: you see method/attribute etc in outline view, press hotkey, and immediately start editing that part of the AS file).
* Some of these features are already in the public alpha - so go download it. (http://labs.macromedia.com)

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George: for Dreamweaver -- AJAX
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* Dreamweaver will include an Ajax dataset dialog called the "New Ajax Data Set." In this disloag, you enter a dataset name, source, and then you can get the schema (DW generates). You can specify which element you're interested in. So then DW gives you the column, and you can specify the data type and formats.
* DW shows the dataset in the Bindings panel.
* Code is generated for you based on selections.
* Ajax libraries/services are provided for you to make authoring easier, much of it automated.
* There is also a "New Ajax Table" dialog, which opens when you add such a table to the page. The dialog lets you easily add hover colors and so on to an Ajax table.
* You can drag elements from the Bindings panel onto your web page.
* George makes minor code modifications/additions so the page makes live updates (sort columns, update pictures, etc).
* If you're at MAX, there is a session tomorrow morning about DW and ajax.

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Deeje: for Contribute
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* Contribute-of-the-future is code named Hunter.
* Deeje opened IE and showed us a new "Edit with Contribute" button right there in an IE toolbar. So, if you want to edit your site, and you're browsing it in IE, all you need to do is click a button and the page opens right in Contribute.
* If you're in Word, you can publish content to the web by clicking in Word. A dialog opens where you select a location to publish the doc to, give it a file name, select the format to publish to - and it's sent to the web directly from Word. Contribute does not have to launch to do so!
* "Web 2.0". Today the web is about blogs, wikis, screencasting, videocasting, etc. As such, Hunter will support atom and so on for blogging.
* For example, you can connect to typepad from from Contribute. You enter your name/password in Contribute. Contribute will use atom to collect the weblogs that you've created on typepad.
* Say you want to create a new page on your blog. When you use Contribute to add a new blog page, you can use the WYSIWYG editing features to create your new blog entry. You can manipulate images in Contribute. You can even directly insert SWFs into your blog. Then publish it from Contribute.
[ Whoo! The Flash documentation sample file - TofuHunter - made it into the presentation! And had a Sneak Peek alligator theme applied! ]
* To me, looks like Contribute will be a very *fast* way of editing blogs. Looking forward to this.

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Tom: Director and Shockwave
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* Workspace is majorly updated in Director-of-the-future. There are tabs across the top for all your different panels and so on.
* Workspace/UI is a big focus.
* There is a Script explorer off the side of the Script window. It has a branched view so you can easily navigate through script content.
* Score can be docked on the side of the Stage, or across the top of the workspace if you prefer the current placement.
* Problem: the Inspector was always floating on top of other windows. Big enhancement is that you will be able to unfloat any tool window, and layer with other parts of director.
* Focus on making Director UI easier to work with.
* Another UI improvement is that any tool window can be placed in the center docking window (center bottom of the app window).
* New Flash asset xtra. You can use Flash features natively inside of Director. This means you can use the expressiveness features of Flash 8 in Director without needing a separate Flash area. So you can have a 3d effect that's built in Director, and you can apply a blur filter (from Flash) onto the Director animation.
* Shows text created in Director, and applies a Flash blur effect onto the Director text.
* You can add the Flash effects in Director without having to use any code either. You can use behaviors. Or, you can code it. Either way.

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Jethro: Flash
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* Flash Player 8.5
* Next Flash is code named Blaze.
* A preview release of Blaze will be out in the Spring (this will coincide with the Flash Player 8.5 release).
* Whoever has purchased Studio 8 or Flash Professional 8 can download Blaze.
* Blaze will have AS3 features - you can code and compile AS3 with this preview Flash release.
* There will be code collapse in the Actions panel.
* You can collapse code in and outside of the selection.

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Bill: Mobile authoring
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* The mobile emulator-of-the-future will have the ability to support video. You can play back video content in the authoring tool.
* Bill demonstrated audio playing back in the emulator.
* Emulator is showing the the memory consumption of the video.
* You can adjust frame-rate in the emulator.
* You can simulate events like incoming calls.
* You can change the device status in the emulator.
* You will also be able to record events. For example, every keystroke and event can be caught in the emulator. You can then use these as test scripts, and run them throughout the development phase. You can also send them to co-workers to use in their mobile development.
* Designers: they can control the brightness in the emulator(for example, what different screens look like).
* There are presets in the emulator for what the screen looks like inside and outside (when the phone is viewed in a lit environment vs. in the dark). This helps designers understand how the contrast appears in different environments.
* Mobile projector setting in Publish settings. When you create a projector, there is a nice little cell phone image placed around the projector (like the emulator). Helps clients visualize if you send the projector to them and so on.

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