Dynamically Driven Flash

[HowardMarks]

Hey guys, sorry if this is a bit vague but im trying to get a feel for the subject; i am just researching different ways to get Flash content to change dynamically- is Generator the only way to do this or are there cheaper/easier methods? For instance is it possible to dynamically change text files which in turn are read by a flash document? Any ideas on the subject would be appreciated cause i have no experience in this area of flash, but i do have a team of programmers behind me who are capable of writing most languages, which could perhaps be tied into flash. Cheers guys Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net

 

[secretsquirrel]

Hi Nick,

Flash 5 will now accept an XML input, but I don't really know how to use it. I asked a question about XML in Flash 5 on here ages ago and got no response.

I think there's now an XML related forum at flashkit.com which might be worth a look.

SS

 

[HowardMarks]

thanks secret im going to check it out now ;-) Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net

 

[davdesign]

hi Nick

I use a PHP script for one of my clients to write text files online so that he can change it himself and not need any knowledge of FTP. The text file contents can then be read into Flash, or used to create HTML pages using another php script.

I'm just going to a meeting but I'll get it to you in the afternoon.

dave

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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[kempis555]

Hi there,

I do this all the time.
Flash is able to read in a text file that has name=value pairs in it. These will populate variables in the flash.
Any old external program can be made to write that text file.

Same thing can be done with a CGI...


-k

 

[HowardMarks]

thanks guys im trying it out now Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net