Is it possible to use a Flex swf inside a Flash swf?

[tata668]

I know you can include and control a swf generated by Flash within a Flex component.

But can you do the inverse? Can do use a swf generated by Flex within a Flash project/component?

[tata668]

Please let me explain a little more why I ask this question.

We plan to develop a "core" module that would be used in a lot of other Flash and Flex components we'll develop in the future. This core would be a package of classes that could be easily re-used by the components. There would be nothing visual in it, only standard classes.

Even if this core would not contain any visual components, we would like to develop it using Flex since we prefere Flex Builder to the Flash editor to code and debug.

But I'm not sure if:

1) A core module like this, developped in Flex, could be used by our Flash components?

2) If we use Flex to generated this core, will the resulting .swf be bigger than if we would have used Flash to develop it? Since there will be no Flex visual components in it, maybe it will be as small? Is there a compiler parameter to tell Flex to only include the minimum things possible in the resulting .swf maybe?

Any help or link about this would be really appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

[fnx]

Actually swf generated in flash or flex are exactly the same thing, so yes you can mix swf between flex and flash and viceversa.
Flex swfs anyway include the core components even if you don't use them (adobe should have correct this issue from flex3+flash player > 9) and an empy flex swf is
about 128k in size (if i remember well).

[tata668]

Thanks for the reply fnx.

If I understand you correctly, you mean that it should be possible to develop that kind of core component in Flex and use it in Flash?

I'm not so sure anymore for my part! I asked the same question on another forum and a Adobe guy seems to think it's not possible.

But maybe my question is not clear enough and he didn't understand what I want to do exactly?

[fnx]

I've read again your post and maybe it's my fault, not the adobe forums one

I've never tried something like you're asking about, I don't have clear in mind what you
want to achive. If you want only a "core" of classes well, you can develop/write them
using Flex Builder but if this won't include components than what's the point of compiling an swf? I mean, you can write those classes and then reuse them into flash
only importing them..

Again, having not clear the final result I don't know if my answer is correct or not

[tata668]

Ok, thanks!