ASP + Flash + User-activated loading?

[FuzzyLogistics]

I am building an encyclopedia, and I want to be able to have a small sound file associated with each entry, which, WHEN CLICKED, will load a .mp3 out of a directory and play the sound. I can't have it load the .mp3 until it is clicked, because loading 500 .mp3s on a page is no fun at all.

I hate to ask such a generalized example, but could someone point me to a fairly specific example/tutorial?

Thanks,

- The Fuzz

 

[billwatson]

500 mp3s = 500 buttons I assume and you dont want to have to write 500 onRelease events so

place all mp3s in a folder (music ?)

add to actionscript

Button.prototype.onRelease = function() {
delete mysound;
mysound = new Sound();
mysound.loadSound("music/"+this._name+".mp3", true);
mysound.start();
};

Now make sure all button instance names are the same as the mp3s eagles.mp3 has a button with instance name eagles to play this sound.

The code will apply to all buttons in the movie that dont have any onRelease code assigned to them

 

[FuzzyLogistics]

Wouldn't it be easier if I could just pass an ASP variable into flash instead of naming the instance the same? This way, I could use a single .swf, but make it call a different name.