FlashComGuru.com - The Original Flash Video, Flash Media Server and Flash Platform Resource: Flex Whiteboard Component

Posted At : September 28, 2007 11:58 AM | Posted By : Stefan Richter | Related Categories: Components , FMS , Flex

My friend Darren has once again outdone himself and I'm very happy to be able to offer this Flex Whiteboard Component for sale on Flashcomguru.com as of today.
It is a complete rewrite of our popular Flash Whiteboard component which has been integrated into projects such as DimDim and Aspiringkidz. We hope that the Flex component will have a similar success. I truly believe that this is the best Flex based whiteboard component for FMS available today and it has a massive feature set including many public APIs and an architecture that allows you to specify any Canvas component in Flex as the whiteboard surface. Images are supported and we have even added Flickr integration.

I've set up a dedicated page with more information right here. Please note that automated purchasing is not available right now and you need to email me if you are interested. The contact link is at the top of the page.

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Is FCS required to run the whiteboard?
can you use it with Red5?

# Posted By Russ | 9/28/07 10:12 PM

it runs on FMS or FCS. Any serverside code would need to be ported to Red5 as it does not support serverside Actionscript at this point in time. We will consider porting it ourselves but this is not particularly high on the priority list.

# Posted By Stefan | 9/28/07 10:35 PM

is this possble to capture for movie?
for example, when i draw a line for a while, can i record this ? and is it possible to play again?

# Posted By yonghak kang | 10/2/07 11:45 AM

recording: in theory yes, in practice very difficult. But you could save the finished drawing, that would be easier (the component saves state already)

# Posted By Stefan | 10/2/07 12:03 PM

you know i still have the original files for a version of this mistakenly post by Darren on his forum.
there was no graditude for letting him know ...just the removal of my post
Lord only knows how many people downloaded it.
Is that right that this Fwex version would cost 500 beans ?
does it come with the source files ?
thanks Eric

# Posted By Eric Karz | 10/4/07 2:16 AM

hi Eric,
I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say that this was mistakenly posted. I was not aware of that.

As for the price, it's up to you to decide if it's worth $499 to you. We think it's great value for money. And no, that's not the source code version but you can see most of the code (apart from the SWC) when you right click the online demo. That will give you an idea of how much work has gone into this.

# Posted By Stefan | 10/4/07 7:45 AM

lol i never posted any sources accidentally lol + i have logs of all downloads from my site lol. A long time ago i put up modifications to the original FMS whiteboard that shipped but that was really messy so i removed them lol

# Posted By Darren | 10/14/07 1:12 PM

oh hello Darren
yeah thats the one
wbstyle.fla FCZWhiteboard.asc plus other files that were in the "SOExplorer" download.
my message to you (back then) was asking If you knew that was included. then it was removed. lol
anyways nice job on both apps keep the good work

# Posted By Eric Karz | 10/16/07 11:17 PM

Can we have alternative to run Flex whiteboard component other than FMS or FCS on our own local machines.

# Posted By nitin | 11/6/07 12:04 AM

is it possible to put a movie instead of a picture in the white board area and pause it then make notes.... then resume play and continue....

# Posted By hightower | 11/27/07 4:19 PM

a movie could work but is not supported right now out of the box.

# Posted By Stefan | 11/28/07 1:24 PM

I really like to join your beta team

# Posted By Richard Blake | 2/7/08 6:17 AM

Nice post!! Here is the post that tells how to create whiteboard using red5 and flash.

http://sunil-gupta.blogspot.com/2007/04/shared-whi...

# Posted By Sunil Gupta | 3/1/08 3:52 PM

hi there,

i bought the component some days ago and i am getting used to it. the examples are great. there are some issues where i am stuck.

- i rewrote a basic example as AIR Application. drawn shapes dissapear immediately after they have been drawn. is there an AIR example around?

- what is the best way to custumize ShapeRef objects (e.g. open a window when a specific shape is clicked). my approach would be to create a stamp as swf which contains additional methods and properties. or is there a way to create custom classes which extend ShapeRef?

thanks,

chris

# Posted By chris | 4/14/08 6:54 PM

I'm not sure on your second question but I try and find out.
If shapes disappear this normally means that you are not connected to the server properly. Are you sure you are connected?

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 4/14/08 7:38 PM

thanks for replying so quickly.

i am running the fms 3 locally on windows. all the examples run fine. the rewritten example in AIR mainly consist of changing "<mx:Application>" to "<mx:WindowedApplication". The rest of the code, including the on connecting to the server is the same as in your example.

the AIR application indeed doesn't seem to connect properly. this is also confirmed by the fms administrator console.

i don't know wether the issue is me, AIR, fms or the whiteboard.

thanx,

chris

# Posted By chris | 4/14/08 8:24 PM

hi again,

my fms is running and i made several test with AIR using shared objects and they run well. so it is me or the whiteboard causing the problem. when listening for a NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, i get "NetConnection.Connect.Rejected". could the server side example code reject the connection of an AIR application? it would be really useful to get a simple AIR example with the package (server and client code) in order to save time.

cheers, chris

# Posted By chris | 4/16/08 4:07 PM

can we use this component with blazeds instead of flash media server

# Posted By prasanth | 5/20/08 5:49 PM

no, I'm afraid its FMS only

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 5/20/08 7:00 PM

Is it possible to create compound shapes? For example a shape that contains text and this text is editable?

# Posted By Arun | 7/12/08 4:01 AM

I'm not sure what you mean exactly but right now you can create shapes as well as text and you can if wanted put the text on top of the shapes. Maybe that's not what you are after.

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 7/12/08 9:10 AM

Clarification re. compound shapes question: the Flex Whiteboard demo includes a number of shapes, e.g. polygons, wedges, ellipses, etc. Is it possible to add text to these shapes so that the text appears inside the shape? (i.e. add text to a wedge or ellipse so that the text appears inside the wedge/ellipse shape)

And if this is possible, is it also possible to allow the user to edit/modify the text inside a shape, e.g. by double-clicking the shape or executing some other mouse/keyboard action? Can this be done repeatedly?

# Posted By arun | 7/16/08 6:22 AM

I found this information useful for the beginner like me who wish to start white board using Red5.
http://www.finsofttech.com/educator/technology.asp... did not give full code but tutorial is good.

# Posted By flash beginer | 7/16/08 8:25 PM

U didnt answered what arun asked , i will ask the same question.

# Posted By umair | 9/11/08 9:10 AM

no, that feature (text within shapes) is not present in our component

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 9/11/08 10:12 AM

Hi, this is very cool component. How can I buy it and how can I receive the component.
Please tell me the payment detail.
Please feedback to me as soon as possible.
Thanks.
Shifu

# Posted By Shifu | 2/28/09 3:00 AM

Hi

We are interested in purchasing the Flex Component Whiteboard, what the procedure?

We want to use it in our tool for the online assignments.

I await your return.

Thanks.
Ananya Web Solutions Inc
narendra.bangal@yahoo.com

# Posted By Ananya web solutions Inc | 4/18/09 11:07 AM

I followed up with Ananya off line.

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 5/18/09 8:42 PM

For collaborating online with the whiteboard and other tools I suggest you try http://www.showdocument.com - its an alternative tool for X that allows document sharing and web meeting in real-time. all the participants in the session see each others' drawing, highlights, etc. It is free and requires no installation.

Josh

# Posted By web meeting josh | 9/3/09 10:42 AM

Hi, this is very cool component. How can I buy it and how can I receive the component.
Please tell me the payment detail.
Please feedback to me as soon as possible.
Thanks.

tqm
email:tqmcq@sina.com

# Posted By tqm | 9/18/09 5:32 AM

hi,
the price is $499, you can pay via Paypal to stefan@flashcomguru.com

Best wishes,

Stefan

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 9/18/09 11:52 AM

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