Flex for Enterprise 3.0

FlexSpaces 0.4 released

Flex/ActionScript source for FlexSpaces+Browser and FlexSpaces+AIR included in this release.
No longer a prototype, significant work to make the code more well structured, commented, etc. (Added use of Cairngorm+UM, Supervising Presenter / Passive View presentation patterns.)

New features include icon/grid view and context menu in search results, dockable toolbar/menubar, menu enabling/disabling, XML configuration of context and main menus, start on advanced search (UI only).

http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/

New FlexSpaces 0.3 release
1. Added some WCM/AVM support to FlexSpaces prototypes:
navigate / work with files and folders in AVM stores in new WCM tab view with tree and drag/drop/clipboard between dual folder views.
(Also native drag/drop/copy/paste of desktop files into AVM stores in FlexSpceaces+AIR).
2. Added AVM support in webscripts.
3. Bugs fixed.

http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/

Steve

Updated previous blog entry 3 AIR client platforms for FlexSpaces+AIR
to not say “almost 3” now that I have fixed the major problems on the Mac. Now have “rich” / thick client like functionality for Alfresco on Windows, Mac, and Linux with FlexSpaces+AIR. In addition, FlexSpaces+Browser supports all of the FlexSpaces+AIR features (minus air specific desktop drag/drop/clipboard/offlining) on Windows, Mac, Linux from a browser without needing AIR installed. All from the same codebase.

FlexSpaces prototype 0.2 release

http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/

1. Updated FlexSpaces+AIR to have better support for mac (fixes upload files, native drag/drop, native clipboard, create content html), and fixed having some extra authentication dialogs on Windows

2. Added FlexSpaces+Browser prototype for browser based (non AIR) FlexSpaces from a web server

3. Added XML data webscripts only download for use with any ajax/html or flex or xyz custom application

Did some testing of FlexSpaces+AIR on non windows AIR client platforms:

AIR client worked fine on Linux Ubuntu 8.04 including the AIR specific features (native drag/drop, native clipboard, make files offline)
1. To install adobe air alpha runtime for linux:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/
http://www.sizlopedia.com/2008/04/06/ho … on-ubuntu/
2. Double click and install FlexSpacesAir.air from http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/
3. Set host and port in /opt/FlexSpacesAir/alfresco-config.xml
(note the linux air alpha currently does not support internal viewing of pdfs)(make pdf, make flash preview, view flash preview features of FlexSpaces still work)

On Mac OSX 10.5.2 Leopard, works except for things involving upload (upload files…, native shell drag/drop, native shell clipboard), make files offline worked. On windows and linux flash players, able to authenticate and thus upload a new file, on mac flashplayer getting 401 codes back. Still working on this issue.  (Update: Fixed  these Mac problems in 0.2 prototype 5/13/08)

1. Install released AIR 1.x runtime for the Mac
http://get.adobe.com/air/
2. Double click and install FlexSpacesAir.air from http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/
3. Set host and port name in alfresco-config.xml
a. In finder choose “Show Package Contents” on installed FlexSpacesAir.app
b. alfresco-config.xml is in contents/resources/

Windows, basic and air specific features (native drag/drop, native clipboard, make files offline) work
1. Install air runtime http://get.adobe.com/air/
2. Double click and install FlexSpacesAir.air from http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/
3. Set host and port in c:\Program Files\FlexSpacesAIR\alfresco-config.xml
(Would make things easier if you could set the host and port from the UI of FlexSpaces.)

Note: community and enterpise versions of the Alfresco ECM server itself are available from:
2.1 released community version
nightly builds of 2.9 community version under dev
trial versions of 2.2 released enterprise version

Steve

Added a prototype of FlexSpaces+AIR client (air install file) along with 23 data web scripts in a new FlexSpaces alfresco forge project.
See readme.txt in zip file. Works with windows AIR client, haven’t tried with AIR on Mac or Linux. (Again its in the early prototype stage!)

The data web scripts are JavaScript based, with Freemarker templates returning XML to the Flex / ActionScript / AIR client.

http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/

Steve

Added advanced search. Still need pickers for spaces and categories.

Below is a new screencam of added workflow features in FlexSpaces and FlexSpaces+AIR for Alfresco. Added Start Workflow dialog, task dashboard tab with task list, task attachment list (with full menu, context menu support), adhoc done, approve, reject buttons. Added web scripts to support these features.

Screencam also shows Flash preview of MS Office documents, and drag drop between two repository folders. ( Feature list )

FlexSpaces+AIR for Alfresco: AIR specific features screencam:

FlexSpaces+AIR for Alfresco: General features screencam:

FlexSpaces+AIR Screenshots

Repository Tree, 2 Repository Folders, Local Files Tree+Folder (NASA Mission Control Mode)

Create Space Dialog

Viewing PDF Document

Create Content - HTML

Folder Details View Mode

Properties View / Edit

Example of Ajax Web Script UI Integrated inside the Flex UI

Search results with Flash Preview (based on Alfresco ACE )

FlexSpaces Screenshot

(same as FlexSpaces+AIR but in your browser, minus native drag/drop with desktop, native desktop clipboard, file offline support)