Zinc 3.0
Hey!
Yes, a long time has passed since the last post. So here I am.
I am using Zinc 3.0 for a project, and here is my report of it.
In a few words, I can say that it is good, but not better than Adobe AIR.
It is a little complicated in the beggining, cause doesn`t have documentation. The only doc available is here, and it doesn’t help so much.
To give an example, If I don’t do this:
mdm.Application.init(MovieClip(this), onInit);
The functions that I will execute will not work, but it will not throw me any error.
I have spent a considerable time to discover that I need to initiliaze the mdm classes.
When you have all configured, and familiared with the Zinc, it is kind’a easy to use. A lot of things you do in the Zinc Builder, on graphic mode. I guess the main problem of Zinc is the documentation, cause I think you can do everything with it, you just have to know how. Another problem is that there are not a lot of users, so this turns the thing a little bit complicated when you need some help.
Well, if someone has some question about it, just post here.
Thanks!
Thanks for the post, helped me realise i had to import any mdm classes before using them, obvious when someone points it out, but because the setup docs are so sparse i wasted a couple of hours figuring it out.
In the year since you first posted this, I think they must have improved the documentation a little since it now specifically mentions the required init calls. However, the documentation is still sparse and could use some work. Otherwise I’ve found it to be a fairly capable tool.
I have on problem, and one concern. The problem is a rapidly blinking cursor in an mx:TextInput control. The concern is I’m watching my Task Manager and the memory usage for my Zinc compiled Flex app is continuously fluctuating between 10 and 60 MB. Just wondering if you or any of your readers may have experienced this?