".fla" versus ming

[Quarknologies]

pros and cons??

[johnie]

Ming uses PHP or C or C++ o Pearl to make SWF. I don't understand your question. Ming is a SWF library like Buckoo or Jgenerator(Java) or LibSWF. FLAs are uncompiled Flash authoring tool source files and are like LIV (Livemotion) or SWI(SWiSH).

[Musicman]

few comments from a ming-only user, by importance:
con:
ppl always want to share fla, and you cannot
no output window - you have to make one yourself and add it to your design before you can start debugging
it is hard to design by numbers
pro:
works on systems where MM does not care to make a program for
since the authoring environment - any text editor - is separate from the generating / testing environment, you will never see the authoring app crash and take your work with it
If you ever wanted scripting in the authoring system, to avoid tedious repetitive work, you get php, perl, or other full-featured language to do the scripts
compiler does not even let you write certain meaningless actionscripts - if you do them by accident, you might spend hours or days with the flash app to find them
due to scripting language, ming can do things that pricey generator never could...

Musicman