I was really excited about the new Yahoo! Maps API coming out for AS3 and I happily applied for a developer key and downloaded it. However, it’s compiled for Flex! How the heck am I supposed to use this? Is there some source repository I can get a hold of so I can use the classes in Flash CS3? There’s no apparent reason for it to be limited to Flex as far as I can tell. Anyone have any thoughts?
Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are…
Advertising, Interactive Art Direction, and usability.
A component for Flash CS3 should be coming before the end of the week.
Lee Brimelow
Adobe
Here’s a hack:
“How to use the Yahoo! AS3 Maps API in Flash CS3″
http://www.zeuslabs.us/2008/02/12/yahoo-actionscript-3-maps-api-in-flash-cs3/
Look back over MXNA’s Flex category either yesterday or day before. The was an excellent post on how to use the API in CS3.
Its a lot easier to create an SWC file for Flex than it is to make an MXP file for CS3. You’ll never see the source repository because its not an open source project. One of the developers on the Yahoo! team directed me to this blog post:
http://www.zeuslabs.us/2008/02/12/yahoo-actionscript-3-maps-api-in-flash-cs3/
I’m currently using this process for a project I’m working on and its working just dandy. Not the best solution, but it works.