how to auto update rss xml in flash without whole page refresh?

[DavidPlus]

Hi all. I don't have experience working with flash . But i need a help adding auto update rss xml to a flash image rotator which is not made me(The author provided the source .fla file).Now flash pulls image url from a rss feed but if i want view updated rss i have to reload the whole page!!

I appreciate if any one help me modify this flash so it pulls data every 15 seconds automatically without refreshing the whole page. i know you might suggest to use javascript but i want to use this flash where javascript is disabled.I did some search and noticed flash has this auto update power but never found a good tutorial on how to do it!!

Currently flash image rotator pulls rss xml feed like shown below. I appreciate some one help in achieving this task.Thanks

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="./imagerotator.swf" height="180" width="448">
  <param name="movie" value="./imagerotator.swf" />
  <param name="allownetworking" value="internal" />
  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
  <param name="enableJSURL" value="false" />
  <param name="enableHREF" value="false" />
  <param name="saveEmbedTags" value="true" />
  <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />
 [b] <param name="flashvars" value="file=externalfeed.php&autostart=true&transition=fade&shownavigation=false&rotatetime:4&shuffle=true" />[/b]
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
</object>
</div>

Looking foward for some help.Thanks

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Javascript has no use for this. You have to do it from within Flash movie. Just set an interval which fires call to the PHP every 15 seconds.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

kennethkawmoto thank you for your reply . I have no flash installed and never worked with flash. could i send you the .fla ?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

> I have no flash installed and never worked with flash.

Well you have to have Flash installed or you can't edit FLA...

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

could tell me what version should i install and where i can change the interval. I waiting to install a trial version.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Officially you can only download the current version I think, so that'll be Flash 8 Professional.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

I installed flash 8 and here is what i see . could you tell me step by step what should i do ?Thanks

 

[DavidPlus]

I installed flash 8 and here is what i see . could you tell me step by step what should i do ?Thanks

http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.cce80ef606.jpg

 

[DavidPlus]

I installed flash 8 and here is what i see . could you tell me step by step what should i do ?Thanks

 

[kennethkawamoto]

May be it's just me but I need a magnifying glass to see the picture!

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

I installed flash 8 and here is what i see . could you tell me step by step what should i do ?Thanks

 

[DavidPlus]

i installed flsh so where should i change ?

 

[DavidPlus]

There is prolem with the fourm . Here is direct link to image:

http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?665f71e4ea.jpg

 

[kennethkawamoto]

The first thing to look is the frame with "a" on it in the Timeline window (it's on the layer named "script"). If you select it, then open the "Actions" window you should see the script. Can you tell us what's the script?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

keen the flash is made by me. Is open source. you can look at it with it source at :

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/upload/flash_image_rotator.zip

It is difficult to post all code here beside i do not know much how to get to the code!! I hope you be able to help me.Thanks

 

[DavidPlus]

opss i mean not made by me .lol i can't edit

 

[kennethkawamoto]

// Start the rotator
var irt = new com.jeroenwijering.players.ImageRotator(this.rotator);
function startNewRotator():Void {
	irt.loadConfig();
}
setInterval(this, "startNewRotator", 15*1000);

This will force it to load the new playlist (and other configurations) every 15 seconds.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

Thanks for the code but it unfortuently it Doesn't work !! The picture never changes. There is one image in xml and it stays showing that only. Instead of changing it to diffrent one when rss xml changes.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Well it retrieves XML from given URL, if the XML doesn't change the picture won't change.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[DavidPlus]

xml is changing for each song. The xml is rss feed from a remote site. I hear the radio station and when song changes i want the image to change. I am 100 percent sure the xml is changing since if i go directly to xml i see new one is there but this flash does not display that new image unless i press refresh!!