Upgrade from v2.3 to 3

[ader]

I have downloaded an upgrade to v3 from v2.3 Fusion Charts (developer license).

 

 

 

Upon unarchiving the zip and before starting to use the new version I expected to see the .fla source files like the ones that were present with v2.3 but they don't seem to be present.

 

 

 

Are the .fla files not now available under the developer license or is there no .fla files to be had for v3.

 

 

 

ade.

[ader]

I have just seen from your web site that in version 3:

 

 

 

"Only Chart Class files (.as files). .fla files are NOT available."

 

 

 

Why is this? Surely my upgrade is really actually a downgrade if the provision in the new version is less functional?

 

 

 

Out of interest, I see that only the enterprise license now gets the .fla files.

 

Can you tell me what benefits I would get from upgrading to the enterprise licence to get the .fla files.

 

i.e. what can I do with the.fla files that I cannot do with only the class files?

 

 

 

I assume that I could do these things with the v2.3 product under my developer licence but not for the v3 product?

 

 

 

ade.

[Pallav]

With the new Developer License, you can:

• Use the charts in web sites
• Use the charts in presentations
• Use the charts in other Flash movies

What you cannot do is:

• Change the source code and re-compile. For this, you'll need an Enterprise License.

[ader]

So you are saying that I am correct that the developer license has been downgraded in functionality?

 

 

 

You mention not being able to change the source code, surely you mean the .fla source code (that the provided .swf files are derived from) as I believe that I could easily change the classes code.

 

 

 

Until I have played more with v3 I won't know if I can acheive what I need by just customizing the classes(previously I had to customize the .fla files).

 

 

 

So far it appears to me that the .swf files aren't even needed. Don't the classes create the charts?

 

I have deleted all the .swf files from my machine and successfully built the multiplecharts example...

 

 

 

Therefore hopefully there's nothing that I can't acheive without the .fla files which makes the new license agreements even more odd...

 

 

 

 

 

ade.

[ader]

I just found this:

 

 

 

"Starting FusionCharts v3, the charts can now be very easily integrated with your Flash movies and applications. Unlike previous versions, where you had to load pre-compiled chart SWFs at run-time, you can now include the respective chart's class at design-time and then compile it with your application to form a single comprehensive unit."

 

 

 

In the documentation. So maybe I should have read the documentation before diving straight in.

 

It looks to me that .fla files are not necessary (I still can't think what could be acheived with them that I can't do without them) - and that Fusion Charts is still the best solution (v3 looks to be very well coded too) and that it is still priced very low - giving awesome value for money.

 

 

 

ade.