> I'm not competent in Flash so I don't know if this is feasible > or not. Specifically: > > - is it possible to have a Flash movie which presents a > stream of generic text, not known until runtime, in the same > sort of way that a browser processes HTML? Yes, sort of. You can have a Flash movie which retrieves data from a server-side script. > - do objects all have to be positioned individually on the > screen, or can they "flow" onto it as in HTML? For the most part, they're going to need to be positioned individually, although you can write ActionScript to manage this process. > - Is it possible to have a Flash movie that builds a drag-and-drop > feature out of generic text or images which are not known > until runtime? Yes. Here's an example: http://www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/orgchart/orgchart.cfm > - Is it possible for the Flash movie not only to send information back > to the server, but send back unpredictable information? I mean, in a CF > page you can easily have processing which puts an unpredictable number > of form fields onto the page, plus the associated processing - can you > do that if you're using Flash? Yes, it's possible. > Do I need Generator to do any of this? No, although if you want to dynamically generate graphic output you may need Generator-type functionality. > Does WDDX help? You can use WDDX as a transport mechanism; there's a WDDX ActionScript library written by Fig Leaf's own Flash wunderkind Branden Hall. You may find that's more than you need, though, and slower than simply building name-value pairs. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
