Dynamic Map

[Dubb2k2]

Hi there- I'm kinda new to Flash and I have started a project and hope you guys can help me with coding. I have created a user map of a local collge campus. One can search the map by dorms, food, acedemic buildings, computer clusters, athletic, etc. There is a serach field where the user types in their search, also rollovers all over the map, linking to more information. What I need some help in is allowing a user to update the map- that is if a new building was built, someone could type in the information- type of facility, name of facility and location- and the map would dynamiclly update. Any help would be great. Thanks-
Dubb2k2

 

[wangbar]

You're probably going to have to build a database of some sort to store this information and pass the data via a PHP or ASP script to and from Flash. Flash doesn't have the ability to store data without involving other applications.

I'd suggest creating an XML schema which would allow easy storage of all the features of a new building. The XML can be read natively into Flash, the data it requires could be stored in a database with PHP or similar picking up the data and formatting it into a valid XML document.

If you are new to Flash though this is a really challenging project...