When Flash forms were first released by on CFMX7 everyone hooed and haaed it as the best thing that ever happened to UI development since Berners-Lee invented HTML.

Like others, I quickly ported some applications to Flash forms and I was grinning from ear to ear like a hobbit but it didn't take long before I was brought down to reality. Brought down hard.

[More]

When the honchos at work decided to put some business processes on the intranet, I felt it was the best time to start putting flash forms to it's paces. Process automation could be fiendishly difficult with so much validations. I hardly use javascript because some dude could have its browser saying capital NO. And server side is not the easiest stuff to do and the roundabout trip could make the sanest man go schizo!

[More]