I've programmed many databases both in Director and Flash, and find it
much more code it myself than use an xtra like V12.
For your example, I would assign each module an ID number, then in Excel
or FileMaker, what ever data base you want to use, match the ID number
up with the paths to the content and description
ID, path, description
23498, moduleOne\myPDF.pdf, descriptionHere
23498, moduleOne\myPres.ppt, descriptionHere
99999, moduleTwo\myPDF.pdf, descriptionHere
99999, moduleTwo\myDoc.doc, descriptionHere
etc.
Save the data as a CSV file, and use Amber CSV Converter
(http://www.processtext.com/abccsv.html) to convert it to XML. This
creates a very easily readable XML file without a lot of extra crap like
you get if you convert directly from Filemaker.
There are plenty of examples of how to load the XML into Flash and save
it in an Array.
Assign the ID numbers to the proper nodes in the tree using the data
parameter. When a user chooses a node, search your array for all the
matches to the ID number and display the descriptions.
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