An SWF Application provides standard controls such as buttons, labels, and textboxes. An SWF Project is for coded Flash API applications. The Solution Explorer lists the files generated by the template (see Figure 2).

App.xaml is used for general layout and graphic objects. Assemblyinfo.vb has the standard .NET compilation directives. File1.vb is a class file that imports several referenced assemblies (see Figure 3).

These assemblies contain the Xamlon bytecode libraries that match Flash primitives. There must be references to these assemblies in the project (see Figure 4).

The XamlControls library contains controls that are familiar to a Windows Forms or ASP.Net developer. Details can be viewed in the object browser, as shown in Figure 5.

The SwfNative library contains objects that map directly to Flash primitives. One of the most used objects is a MovieClip (see figure 6).

The containing window is referred to as the Canvas. There are multiple layers that render on top of each other. Setting the Z-order produces a layered interface. The Desktop object is used in procedural code to create controls and add them to a layer:

Private Shared Sub CreateSampleWindow()
			' create window
			Dim window As Window = New Window(200, 80)
			window.Text = "Reader Survey"
			window.X = 80
			window.Y = 10
		' add a button
		b1 = New Xamlon.Swf.Controls.	Button(75, 30)
		b1.X = 10
		b1.Y = 10
b1.Text = "What do you read?"
		' add to window
		window.AddChild(b1)
		' add window to desktop
		desktop.AddChild(window)
		' show window
		window.Show
End Sub

The size of the window is driven by the XAML declarative markup. The Canvas object has a size:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- The width and height of your swf file is set from these -->
<Canvas Width="360" Height="240">
   <Canvas.Resources>
   </Canvas.Resources>
</Canvas>

Shared Sub b1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object) Handles b1.Click
  		Console.WriteLine(".NET Developers Journal")
End Sub

Public Shared Function CreateConsole()
		consoleField = MovieClip.Root. CreateTextField(10, 100, 290, 390, -1)
 	consoleField.TextColor = &H333333
		consoleField.Variable = "Console"
End Function

The project folder contains the solution file, project file, XAML markup, vb class file, and user options(see Figure 9).

The bin folder gets a little busy. There are some resource files, a series of intermediate IL and SWF files, and the compiled exe and swf. The batch file is used for post processing of the compiled .NET MSIL. It has a call to the CWSF compiler.

The HTML file is a testbed for viewing the SWF in a browser. Copy this file, the SWF, and any associated image or movie clips to a Web site. Review the HTML code and copy to your Web application as needed. Here is a sample of the object tag definition:

<object width="100%" height="100%"
	classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
	codebase-"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/

			flash/swflash.cab#version
	<param name-"allowScriptAccess"
			value-"sameDomain" />
	<param name="movie" value="SwfApplication3.swf" />
	<embed width="100%" height="100%"
				src="SwfApplication3.swf" allow-ScriptAccess="sameDomain"
				type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
				pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>