Well, here is the first public release of Alph:
Alph Project Site
Alph is a Ruby/Java/Flash (I know...I am insane) that bridges the Ruby and Flash runtimes (and Java too...but that is to solve the cross-platform projector problem that Macromedia will not solve.) With Alph and Ruby (>= 1.8.1) you can create Flash user interfaces (forms, etc) that are fully coded in, and controlled by Ruby. No Actionscript required, no Flash IDE required, just Ruby (and those dependent runtimes). Here is a simple ruby script:
This example demonstrates the List Box family of components (ComboBox, ListBox, Grid). See: http://www.ultrashock.com/tutorials/flashmx2004/ui-components06.php
$:.unshift '../lib'
require 'alph'
app = Alph::Application.new
frame = app.new_frame
frame.control.setBounds(100, 100, 640, 480)
flash = frame.flash
myComboBox = flash.new_component("mx.controls.ComboBox",
:editable=>false, :rowCount=>5,
:_x=> 14, :_y=>26, :_width=>291, :_height=>22)
myComboBox.labels = ['Organic Snacks',
'Recycled Office Paper', 'Wind Energy',
'Solar Power']
myComboBox.change do |event|
# The myComboBox.selectedItem method returns
# the label (not an object) because the data is not set.
puts "You selected #{myComboBox.selectedItem}."
end
myList = flash.new_component("mx.controls.List",
:_x=> 14, :_y=>66, :_width=>291, :_height=>120)
# Data provider is an array of anonymous objects (label/data)
myList.dataProvider = [
{:label=> "Organic cotton underwear", :data=> 7.25},
{:label=> "Organic T-Shirt", :data=> 15},
{:label=> "Recycled Office Paper", :data=> 6.99},
{:label=> "Organic Cola", :data=> 1.25}
]
myList.change do |event|
# The myList.selectedItem method returns an object with
# a label and data property because the data _is_ set.
item = myList.selectedItem
puts "#{item.label} costs $#{item.data}"
end
myDataGrid = flash.new_component("mx.controls.DataGrid",
:_x=> 14, :_y=>200, :_width=>291, :_height=>120)
# Column names align with column ids
myDataGrid.setColumnNames( ["Product", "Price", "Quantity"] )
# Data provider is an array of anonymous objects (keys = column ids)
myDataGrid.dataProvider = [
{:Product=> "Underwear", :Price=> 7.25, :Quantity=> 3},
{:Product=> "T-Shirt", :Price=> 15, :Quantity=> 1},
{:Product=> "Paper", :Price=> 6.99, :Quantity=> 7},
{:Product=> "Cola", :Price=> 1.25, :Quantity=> 24}
]
myDataGrid.change do |event|
# The myDataGrid.selectedItem method returns the anonymous object
item = myDataGrid.selectedItem
puts "#{item.Product} costs $#{item.Price} (#{item.Quantity} left in stock)"
end
# You can rename column names by index
myDataGrid.getColumnAt(0).headerText = "Product Name";
myDataGrid.getColumnAt(1).headerText = "Price";
myDataGrid.getColumnAt(2).headerText = "Quantity Left";
flash.new_component("mx.controls.Button", :label=>" Close",
:_x=>380, :_y=>89, :_width=>120, :_height=>35,
:icon=>"icon_16x16_warning") do |closeButton|
closeButton.click do
frame.control.close
exit
end
end
frame.control.show
app.wait_until_done
Pretty sweet eh?
Go download it, and let me know what you think.
