Einstein47
Programmer
I feel like a fish out of water - I have been asked to look into rebuilding our current Java Applet menu with Flash. I have NEVER touched Flash before, and I need to know if what I am being asked to do is even possible.
I have looked at many of the "Menu Generator Wizards" out there, and although they have nice templates, none of them support security like I need so they aren't helpful. Not even as starting points.
You see, our web application uses Frames (not my decision) and the top 23 pixel high area is the current menu bar area. It is a Java Applet so when the user clicks on a "menu button" a context menu is displayed over top of the frames. I am pretty sure that this functionality is not supported with Flash. I will have to redesign the way the menus work to fit inside the 23px frame.
But on top of that, we have proprietary role based security. Meaning if a user has "clerk" role, then certain pages are accessible and the menu will only display certain links. If a user has multiple roles (i.e. "clerk" and "supervisor") then the options for both roles would display in our menu structure. Is this kind of security something that can be built into a flash "application"? I don't even know the correct terms to describe what I need to do.
Oh, and the menus need to be flexible enough so that as we add applications and new functional areas we can easily define the menu options and their security without having to recompile the whole flash "thing".
Can someone point me in a direction to know if Flash can do what I need? I hope I explained it sufficiently. I'm also looking at DHTML menus, but I think they have many of the same limitations. I'm thinking that Flash might be a better option, but I am so new that I don't even know if I am asking the right questions.
Help - anyone - please.
Einstein47
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I have looked at many of the "Menu Generator Wizards" out there, and although they have nice templates, none of them support security like I need so they aren't helpful. Not even as starting points.
You see, our web application uses Frames (not my decision) and the top 23 pixel high area is the current menu bar area. It is a Java Applet so when the user clicks on a "menu button" a context menu is displayed over top of the frames. I am pretty sure that this functionality is not supported with Flash. I will have to redesign the way the menus work to fit inside the 23px frame.
But on top of that, we have proprietary role based security. Meaning if a user has "clerk" role, then certain pages are accessible and the menu will only display certain links. If a user has multiple roles (i.e. "clerk" and "supervisor") then the options for both roles would display in our menu structure. Is this kind of security something that can be built into a flash "application"? I don't even know the correct terms to describe what I need to do.
Oh, and the menus need to be flexible enough so that as we add applications and new functional areas we can easily define the menu options and their security without having to recompile the whole flash "thing".
Can someone point me in a direction to know if Flash can do what I need? I hope I explained it sufficiently. I'm also looking at DHTML menus, but I think they have many of the same limitations. I'm thinking that Flash might be a better option, but I am so new that I don't even know if I am asking the right questions.
Help - anyone - please.
Einstein47
For best results: hand wash in cold, tumble dry low.
For not so good results: drag through puddles, pound on rocks, air dry on tree branch.
[[]Starbase47.com]