Hello all, this is my first post to the dashboard list, so sorry if
I do something wrong.
I'm am trying to develop a widget that has a flash game inside of
it. I was able to get the flash movie to load and play with no
problems,
however there seems to be a problem with giving focus to flash
because it won't accept my keystrokes or mouse clicks.
I tried setting a control region to see if that would do the trick,
however it didn't solve the issue.
I'm not sure if this is a limitation/feature of dashboard or if I
am just doing something wrong.
any help would be great.
-Micah Acinapura
email@hidden
Micah--
Generally speaking, embedding Flash content into widgets isn't
recommended. Technically, there are issues with focus (which you've
discovered firsthand). Philosophically, it goes contrary to the
spirit of widget technology. Most anything can be done with the
technologies used in widgets, i.e. JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. They
are quite mature, especially with the addition of the Canvas
element. The benefit of using these technologies is that you get a
widget that performs better and uses less resources (memory, CPU,
etc) than if you had used Flash content.
Don't misunderstand me—Flash is a fine technology. It just doesn't
fit well into widgets.
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