Google Using Flex in Docs and Spreadsheets

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Flex GoogleVia Zohar Ganon from Twitter I just noticed that Google’s new Gadgets and Visualization API uses a bit of Flex for their Motion Charts. The SWF is here (but doesn’t do anything) and James Ward’s test confirms it.

I don’t use Google Docs and Spreadsheets so I don’t have a lot of first hand knowledge of how this works. Anyone out there played with it? It’s cool to see the Google folks start integrating Flex into their stuff. They’ve been doing some regular Flash-based charts for a while but I think this is the first time they’ve used the Flex Framework. Anyone know?

[tags]Flex, Google, Gadgets[/tags]

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  • Woody

    I looked at this yesterday and couldn’t figure it out. I go to the examples and there is no chart. Did a pop-up blocker block the chart? I can’t see the charts. Its aggravating.

  • Bruce

    I tried in IE and got the following error
    TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
    at com.google.trendalyzer.charts.trendalyzer::TrendalyzerHelper/gotMetricTables()
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
    at com.google.trendalyzer.data.load::GVizResponseParser/parse()
    at com.google.trendalyzer.data.load::GVizQueryDispatcher/complete()
    at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
    at ()
    at SetIntervalTimer/onTimer()
    at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch()
    at flash.utils::Timer/tick()

    So the example might not be complete. Is there a way to get hands on source code??

  • http://kaushikdatta.wordpress.com Kaushik

    I tried this with my Google account and copied the sample data and added the Motion Chart. The Flex SWF rocks!