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Using FLASH with ASP.NET - YAY or NAY?

I know i can use AJAX and SILVERLIGHT with my ASP.NET web page. But what do you think about using flash with asp.net? Can this be done? How can this be done? Would you recommend me using flash at all with ASP.NET? I will NOT be using WEB SERVICES, just a plain ASP.NET website.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: What about performance issues???

Solution

  • I have used Flash in ASP.NET websites plenty.

    Software should always boil down to the best tool for the job, if Flash is the way you need to go for your RIA, then so be it.

    Remember, ASP.NET is nothing "new/different" ultimately, it is just a fancy HTML generator.

    Therefore, to use flash, you simply use the plain old HTML OBJECT and EMBED tags to place the Flash on the page.

    The benefit of using things like ASP.NET (or any other framework) is that you can encapsulate the EMBED logic to use things like swfObject.