So much good info! I struggled with just trying to load from a text file, but this gives me a few gotchas to check out. I might actually get it to work this time.
-----Original Message----- From: Jason Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 6:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Flash and CF Integration you use a loadVariables( "http://www.syourdomain.com/page.cfm"; <http://www.syourdomain.com/page.cfm> , _root); command. Things to note. Do a search on LoadVarsNum and LoadVars - you'll wind up using needing to know when to use which and why. Also - notice my "_root." - well in some instances that may work as "_level0." depending on setup of your movie. But if all the boxes are simply on root timeline - then you reference a loaded var from cf string &name=Dennis as _root.name in the text properties box. It is better practice to load the vars up into a MC - In that case change that statement way up top to the instance name. Create an MC with all your form fields in it. Place it on the stage. Remember to name it in instance properites and load them into that MC. Say the MC was - MyStuff. then you reference it simply as _root.MyStuff.name Follow? Also - important you CAN NOT use data on the same frame you loaded it. This will save you alot of time. Parse a variable to look for at the end of the cfm string. like &EOF=True Then in flash - the frame after your loadVars - do something like this if (EOF == 1) { EOF = 0; gotoAndPlay(3); } else { gotoAndPlay(1); } So it only proceeds IF the end of the string is received. Flash takes care of everything else. That should get you started. actionscript.org & flashcfm.com are great resources with out too much noise. Jason Miller dennis baldwin wrote: Also, please feel free to check out www.devmx.com <http://www.devmx.com> for more info on Flash/CF integration. Regards, Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Samuel R. Neff [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:48 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Flash and CF Integration Yes, this can be done in Flash. We're working on a very similar application where it maps items to a grid and then draws connectors between related items. Regarding layers, the first thing to remember is that they are only used for z-order and organization. AFAIK, they don't actually exist in the final SWF (only in the FLA). That said, it is crucial to app maintainability that all items be on a separate later, or at the very least all unrelated items (so a box and it's outline can be on a layer, but other boxes should be on a different layer). However, for dynamic layout like this, it's far easier to add items to the timeline programmatically with attachMovie--when dealing with this many boxes, you should find it improves maintainability. BTW, since these questions are not really related to CF, this thread would probably be best served on a Flash forum. http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash <http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash> or http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/ <http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/> HTH, Sam At 06:16 AM 11/26/2002, you wrote: I'm doing my first Flash and CF integration app and have a list of questions. I have to dynamically display data in 14 text boxes as well as have up to 36 dynamic lines connecting the boxes based on query results. I"m not sure if this is possible with flash. I have my template done in flash but everything is on 1 layer. Do I need to put things on different layers? Can anyone tell me if this is possible? There will be at least 15 queries that have to be run to populate this template with the correct data. Any suggestions? Help? If you would like to see the fla file, please email me. TIA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
