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stix_kua
03-15-2004, 11:39 PM
Is this possible?
fishybawb
03-16-2004, 04:08 AM
What, an OS coded with Flash? No way :p
CompGeek01
03-16-2004, 06:57 PM
Somehow...I don't think ActionScript is QUITE up to that task. You can't do a LOT of stuff you need to write an OS....not even close.
stix_kua
03-16-2004, 11:16 PM
No no no...it doesn't have to be a standalone OS....I want to make a run on top OS....
CompGeek01
03-17-2004, 12:50 AM
http://humor.kaatopaikka.com/flash-animaatiot/windows_rg.swf
stix_kua
03-17-2004, 10:29 PM
Originally posted by CompGeek01
http://humor.kaatopaikka.com/flash-animaatiot/windows_rg.swf

I've seen that already but I want to make something serious..not windows...
CompGeek01
03-17-2004, 10:50 PM
No, you really can't though.
stix_kua
03-18-2004, 04:49 PM
Originally posted by CompGeek01
No, you really can't though.

Ahh never mind I probably would not finish it ever...
fishybawb
03-18-2004, 04:56 PM
Flash is basically a fancy design tool for websites/animations, and the ActionScript "language" it's based on doesn't even have file access routines, never mind Windows API calls and any other number of other things you'd need to do what you want.
stix_kua
03-18-2004, 11:08 PM
Originally posted by fishybawb
Flash is basically a fancy design tool for websites/animations, and the ActionScript "language" it's based on doesn't even have file access routines, never mind Windows API calls and any other number of other things you'd need to do what you want.

hmmm...okay...what about Iceman's Mac OSX flash dock...ask Jakk for details...
CompGeek01
03-18-2004, 11:45 PM
As far as I can tell, Iceman is using ActiveX scriptlets in Flash (I really don't know the details, just know he's using ActiveX)...so evidently more is possible than I thought. However, ActiveX is REALLY being cracked down on by MS..less and less power is being given to it.
stix_kua
03-19-2004, 02:06 AM
Originally posted by CompGeek01
As far as I can tell, Iceman is using ActiveX scriptlets in Flash (I really don't know the details, just know he's using ActiveX)...so evidently more is possible than I thought. However, ActiveX is REALLY being cracked down on by MS..less and less power is being given to it.

Hmm...craps....well so much for that idea...thanks for you help guys...
causticVapor
03-30-2004, 06:05 PM
Lol, when I first read it I thought of making an OS and putting it in flash memory... THAT is certainly possible...

It wouldn't be that hard to make an OS that had its programming interface as flash/actionscript. That's kind of where M$ is heading with longhorn, only they're using DirectX.

Make an OS using flash...impossible, unless you had some kind of independent wrapper that could handle the SWF.... but then the SWF wouldn't really be an OS, would it?

Kind of like attempting to make a car out of an engine.