Jason Cunliffe Wrote:

Hello

I hope you do not consider this off-topic. This post is intended as food for thought and not advocacy.

Zope is notable for its flexible handling of web object structures. But the web (and especially the commercial web) is notable for its hunger for graphics and multimedia.

One of the few systems even attempting to create a dynamic platform for this is the combination of Macromedias 'Flash Generator'

http://www.macromedia.com/software/generator/ which is often combined with Allaire's ColdFusion...

So where does Zope fit in??

1. SERVER-SIDE MEULTIMEDIA The intrepid Olivier Debon has posted his latest version of SwiftGenerator

http://www.swift-tools.com/

It is an obvious candidate tool for use with Zope. Unfortunately, like Macromdedia's own Generator, SwiftGenerator does not generate vector garphics from nothing. It is rather a programable editing tool for prepared garghics and interactive vector graphics. Text can be generated and atrributes and relationships likewise. Both 'Generators' need Macrodmedia Flash as an authoring tool to prepare content. SwiftGenerator has a huge price advantage.[free download]

<...snip swift-generator spec list...> This is probably not quite what you're after, Jason, since you seem to focus on generating original Flash graphics PIL style, but I am using swift-generator with Zope to generate dynamic Flash movies. I start with a Flash template, and use DTML to create the dynamic content and a python product calling swift-generator to build the Flash movie. In fact, Zope should be included on swift-generator's success stories list, as Olivier knows about my site. Itai -- Itai Tavor -- "Je sautille, donc je suis." -- itavor@vic.bigpond.net.au -- - Kermit the Frog -- -- "What he needs now is understanding... and a confederate victory" -- -- Dr. Jacobi, Twin Peaks --