[Arp] Multi-movie based ARPX application strategies

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

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Hi,

What I want to do is to have the hability to "plug" new forms/sections 
to my site on the fly, just like a plug-in. I think I could do that by 
using ARPX as it manages forms and the controllers in a decoupled way, 
but to be frank I´m still learning how arpx works.

I have a custom menubar component that I developed, this menubar loads 
its menu items from a XML def file, the dialect being very simples:

<menu>
  <item destination="com.cconline.view.NewAddedForm"/>
</menu>

I removed the irrelevant attributes from the item node. The destinationa 
attribute tells the loadForm command (I though in implementing it as a 
command) the namespace of the new form class. Now, we need the form´s 
symbol - how to load it on demand and later register it to this class? I 
thought in doing this way:

I could just design the form in a separate fla file (NewAddedForm.fla), 
link it to its class (com.cconline.view.NewAddedForm) and put it on the 
stage. Later I would load it on the Loader component.

But there are some other ways I´d like to test:

   *  add the form symbol to a separate SWF file, "NewAddedForm.swf",
     this SWF has a MovieClip in its library with the linkage name of
     "NewAddedForm" and the class linkage set to its class, I would
     export this SWF but the class WOULD NOT be included either by
     using intrinsic classes or exlude.xml file. Later, in the shell
     movie, I would first load the SWF containing the class file and
     later the SWF with the "NewAddedForm";
   * Use a  Shared Library: I would have all the forms in a Shared
     Library SWF, All the forms being exported to as2 and for runtime
     sharing. I would also have a dummy "SharePoint" mc to make the
     connection between this SWF and the shell SWF. The problem now is
     how to load only the needed symbols when they are requested? As I
     would have the symbol avaiable in the shell´s library, I could
     attach it to the stage and link it to the class specified in the
     menu´s item destination attribute.

These are my thesis, I did not test any of them yet as I´m still in the 
process of developing the UI components. I really need some help here 
so, if you have any suggestion on the methods I described or any other 
way you find it could be done/has been done, please share!

Cheers,

- Marcelo Serpa.


	

	
		
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