Got use for cfmxml?

December 14, 2007

I've been trading emails with Sean Corfield on the Bacfug list today regarding CF8's ability to auto-generate Flex code. We're trying to come up with a real-world use case for when you would actually want to auto-generate Flex code from the server. Given the apparent fact that every time the data changes, a new SWF gets generated, we're at a loss. (Every time your data/content was updated, it would just create yet another used-only-once SWF file, and would keep doing so, until the hard drive fills up.) Is anyone out there actually using this feature in the real world? Have you done any more than a "hello world" app in CF8, in which you were auto-generating Flex code as part of the output? Right now, I'm thinking it's a neat parlor trick, but not much else. I would love to be proven wrong. thanks. nolan