# Flash CS3 vs Flex2 Question

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**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-vs-flex2-question/235355 "2007-08-10T12:56:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cs3-vs-flex2-question/235355/1 "2007-08-10T12:56:05Z")

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I have been hearing a bit about how Flex has capabilities that Flash doesn’t, however… As they both use the same flash player… It can’t be that big of a difference!

I guess I can see flex being better for launching large corporate applications and stuff like mapping tools.

Does anyone have a comparison chart of ones advantages over the other?

When I first looked at mxml I thought “OMG! XML flash applications. I thought you could just write applications dynamically and then run them in the .swf.” However, I don’t think thats possible…

I have no idea… I heart my Flash IDE. 😛