My Student Project - vLimaQuickBoxes :

[Flaevo]

INFORMATION & Demo Version
http://www.xfuzion.net/vlima/

[Jeff Wheeler]

What is it, first?

[Flaevo]

It's an FTP / Drag and drop quickbox application, for transfering files between home/work/school.

And you can share your file box with other users ( they receive read only permssions );

I need to get a help file up but drag and drop uploads.. click select location downloads.

[Jeff Wheeler]

I got an error starting it (10.4, MacBook Pro, thus Intel), and it basically crashed everything on my system. :-/

Had to do a cold reboot.

[Flaevo]

hmm really? I'm running 10.4 and Intel as well. Could possibly be I put it in a .dmg. Let me upload as a .zip

Edit: Updated the link to be a .zip. That's really crazy :( Could you provide any more details like any error messages? Do you have active internet connection? I might go to school and test because of that. Sounds scarey :(

[Jeff Wheeler]

No, I got the .app file out of it fine…

[Templarian]

(Cough this is like 12 lines of code on VB.net).

Take a screen please I want to see it.

[Flaevo]

(Cough this is like 12 lines of code on VB.net).

Take a screen please I want to see it.

Yeah it's not hard to make a really simple application, havig user authentication / login / sharing / file coloring / custom file icons and such isn't as easy.. as well as windowless and window options.

Ok nokrev I heard there was corrupt XML file in the dmg file, I updated to zip im testing again. I'll get it fixed, and templaran give me a minute for SS.

[Jeff Wheeler]

“wtf?”

Flash? :td:

Use Interface Builder with Xcode, and make it native…

[Flaevo]

hmm? Ok maybe I'm missing what my options were to use but the project was supposed to be built with flash / mProjector as I wanted it? Does it run however?

OH and I would have used XCode and such and used c+ But I don't know it, and I didn't have time to learn it, this was SUPPOSED to work on both operating systems ( and is why I used flash ).. but I still need to tweak the code for windows.

[Jeff Wheeler]

If you want an application to work on both Mac and Win (and Linux), use Java. Flash shouldn't be used for apps… it runs, but is ugly, doesn't feel native (well, neither does Java in OS X, most of the time, unless you make a custom NIB). By the way, you wouldn't be using C++ in Xcode; rather, you would use Objective-C, and the gui editing app called Interface Builder.

[Flaevo]

If you want an application to work on both Mac and Win (and Linux), use Java. Flash shouldn't be used for apps… it runs, but is ugly, doesn't feel native (well, neither does Java in OS X, most of the time, unless you make a custom NIB). By the way, you wouldn't be using C++ in Xcode; rather, you would use Objective-C, and the gui editing app called Interface Builder.

I looked into Java but mainly decdied against it as they will HAVE to have a java applet like ( sun ) installed.

Part of the point of this project is it requires no installer as the .app/.exe is packed with everything and requires no access to files outside of the single file.

I don't know Obj-C and didn't have time to learn it so for the most part that is why I chose flash. It doesn't look 100% native but it's not supposed to, more like a widgety feel.

[Jeff Wheeler]

Not Java Applet, JVM. ;)

That's included in Mac OS X, Windows, and many Linux distributions by default. Plus, I think you probably have to have the Flash Player in order to use your script…

[Flaevo]

Not Java Applet, JVM. ;)

That's included in Mac OS X, Windows, and many Linux distributions by default. Plus, I think you probably have to have the Flash Player in order to use your script…

The Projector software packs in Flash Player,

Windows XP SP2 Does not come with Java installed, you have to download a version of it. I know there are many disadvantages and advantages of using each, but either way Flash was merely the GUI tool of my application, the mProjecor was more or less what made it function as an application and could make it look just like a regular application.

[lorren.biffin]

Is there a windows version of this? If so, is it possible to create a new user? I've been looking for something just like this... :)

P.S. I NEED you in my networking stream. PM me if you are interested.

[Flaevo]

There isn't a Windows version yet, I'm working on tweaking the file uploading tonight so it will work on windows ( file pathing is s different on the two OS's it needs complete recoding ) and I was planning on making a very basic signup form for people interested however this is for demo purposes only, if you want a version to be used with your personal webspace I could tweak the FTP info easy as well.. It's not fully automated as it is a student project :P

I'll send you a PM.

[Jeff Wheeler]

How 'bout supporting SFTP. :D

[lorren.biffin]

For sure :)

I'd love it if you could do that :) I'm running windows and have been having a major issue transferring files between myself and my business partner. I've been looking for something simple like this. :)

[Flaevo]

How 'bout supporting SFTP. :D

What I really wanted to do was learn C+ or OBJ-C and make my own Flash Wrapper so I could support my own commands.

The commands for FTP on ANY Operating System with any of the flash wrappers right now is very very limited. I can program it to use an external project such as Transmit / Fetch / Cyberduck ect and use SFTP as well. But if I show you the persona / objectives of the project doing that completely defeats the purpose.

My goal was to create a FAST, hasslefree way to get files from home to mostly school for people in highschool/college. Most students wont care "too" much if someone intercepts their 12 page research paper before they print it off and turn it in.

I wish I could have done more, but I have deadlines ect.. I'm going to try and get windows working as well and I believe it's more than enough for a 2 month student project.

Next time I even look at FTP & Flash I'm definatly making it Java and or OBJ-C with making my own flash wrapper.

[Jeff Wheeler]

Nah, no need for Flash at all if you use Obj-C or Java. :thumb:

This version is still quite nice… I'm rather impressed for it being in Flash. I'm gonna stick with Transmit, though. (Heh, it's one of my two favorite apps. Ever.)

[Flaevo]

Nah, no need for Flash at all if you use Obj-C or Java. :thumb:

This version is still quite nice… I'm rather impressed for it being in Flash. I'm gonna stick with Transmit, though. (Heh, it's one of my two favorite apps. Ever.)

Hehe yeah Transmit is nice, of course this was supposed to be DUAL-OS. And I'm still working on that! Either way I'm not sure how easy you can reuse the same code in OBJ-C for file uploading? I know Java it's easy to use it on either OS.

Partially why I did it in flash too is I want a Flash Developer Job and not an OBJ-C Job :P Keep fingers crossed for windows version people :)

[Flaevo]

UPDATE on page 1 Windows XP version added