You can also integrate a Macromedia product called Generator which
offers database integration with Flash 5. I am using an alternate
product called swift-generator so users can upload their own graphics
files that will be incorporated directly into the flash movies.
Cold Fusion offers some tags to support Macromedia Generator.
Best,
WayGee
Hello Dave,
Friday, December 29, 2000, 12:49:15 PM, you wrote:
>> I have some newbie questions regarding Macromedia and CF. I
>> asked Macromedia pre-sales to clarify some things but their
>> response was mostly links to product information on their
>> site (IOW - useless). Anyway, what I want to do is: integrate
>> Flash with CF. Both for data retrieval/display and editing
>> (in other words - form support) and also for "cool looking
>> menus" (for a client - his exact words!).
>>
>> Here are the products that I'm looking at but I'm not sure
>> what I need to minimally accomplish this integration and also
>> what would be needed to make the integration as easy as possible.
>>
>> Flash/5
>> Fireworks/4
>> UltraDev/4
>>
>> I'm not sure if I need some or all of these.
DW> All you need is the Flash 5 development environment. This allows you to
DW> build .swf files, which get executed by the browser's Flash plugin. You can
DW> use CF Studio, or Notepad for that matter, to write the HTML/CFM end of
DW> things. If you're going to create graphics for use in your Flash stuff, or
DW> in your web site in general, you might want a graphic editing tool like
DW> Fireworks or Photoshop. Fireworks, as I recall, is focused on web graphic
DW> formats specifically.
DW> Ultradev is a WYSIWYG-style HTML editor which can be used to write HTML,
DW> CFML, ASP and JSP code. You can use it with CF Studio.
DW> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
DW> http://www.figleaf.com/
DW> voice: (202) 797-5496
DW> fax: (202) 797-5444
DW>
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