I want to make a small notice board using flash and php where i can display a certain number of news on my website.. i have not much of problem with the php +sql end but i not very good at the flash end... can anyone help? ...more >>

If you pass an invalid url the output window prints an "Error Opening URL Error" error. How can I catch/identify this error and handle it? When this error happens the XML object does not call my XML.onLoad(false) so I figure I have to look somewhere before that in the call sequence. An...more >>

Hi, I need to write a standalone Flash Application which has to interact with the Access Database. I am new to Databse interactions. Please Help?. Thanks in advance :)...more >>

First i want to thanks for the help to LuigiL and thanks to all the people that take a part of yours time to answer the questions of all the newbies and people that need help. GREAT WORK. Now i have another little question to LuigiL if you can. How do you know the answer????, experience?, tuto...more >>

i will soon need to create a guestbook for a restaurant site that allows people to make comments about the service. do i need to use PHP ? im totally lost as usual. any tutes out there ?? thanks...more >>

Hi there. i post 4 topics. One here and 3 in flash general discussion forum, asking for a way to load data from a databade to a combobox to work together a text areas..... but i don't recieve any answer.... it's imposible or i am stupid an the answer it's very easy?????????? if somene can help...more >>

I am using Flash with the WebService class (via actionscript) to interact with an ASP.NET 2.0 XML Web Service. When retrieving information that is in DateTime format (in returned object) I am having a problem when the time has less than 3 digits for milliseconds. For example: This is par...more >>

Hi everyone I have made a RSS reader in flash that takes the latest news from a xml feed and puts all the titles in a list component. What I would like to do is create a filter so that any titles containing a specific word (e.g. carrot.) get filtered out of the list. I would also like...more >>

hi there, just wondering, I've a site with a frameset, in the top I've a flash menu, in the mainFrame I've a change language menu with the option French, my top flash menu is in Spanish, so, when the user clicks in the change language button I need to change the top menu flash to the selected ...more >>

Hello! I have a mostly working system for updating text in a Flash website. I am using a javascript WYSIWYG test editor and then I save the contents of a text field to a MySQL database. The problem is that the free open source editor I'm using is generating formatting tags that Flash do...more >>

I am about to begin developing training apps that must be available in a "stand-alone" mode as well as from a web server. Our clients typically have personnel who must be able to run the training apps in the field on a laptop with no internet connectivity. Progress data, test scores, etc., w...more >>

Hi, I?m involved in a project that need to load data from a txt file. The txt file will be in the same folder of swf file, that will load the data. I have already did it in other projects, but, they load data such ?menu?, or simple information, and the txt file was downloaded to user?s mac...more >>

HI I am working on a web site for singers, and well, I would love to make the entire site flash so I was wondering if I could make members update there profile from there control panel that would update XML that would uploaded to the flash site? If you know what I am talking about plz helpif ...more >>

I have a php site with a MySql database on the backend. I want to use the current database as is because the main site will still stay up. I want to build a flash site that will do nothing more than read a few pieces of data from the database. In flash I want the dates section to show ...more >>

I have enclosed a link to my sample flash file so that anyone can see what I am talking about... http://www.moonark.com/Sample.fla In the sample I have a movie clip embedded within another movie clip that contains 2 movie clips that should act like buttons. I left them as a movie clip ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to put together a product description page in Flash. Each product will have some text fields and also some pictures. So, the issue is to combine a thumbnail gallery with lots of data. Just to get an idea of how I imagine it have a look at this template: ; // read xml and di...more >>

I have one XMLConnector with its result field having this structure: <coincidences error='no'> <client idclient='123' clientname='theClient'/> <client idclient='063' clientname='theSecondClient'/> ... </coincidences> This structure is filled after triggering the xmlcon...more >>

I need to lunch My Pdf file from Flash Projector and integredi that Pdf in Projector intssed@tvnet.lv...more >>

I need to find a way to determine when a datagrid has been updated by an executed databinding to a remoting connector result. There does not appear to be an event to signify when this happens. If I try to operate on the datagrid data when the remoting connector result is returned and the rem...more >>

Hi, From Macromedia's site I downloaded an example on how to work with ASP + Flash + Access. The data is correctly being imported to the list, but when I try to add a new record and following update the information to the Access database I receive a message saying: <?xml version="1.0"?...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to cancel a binding set in AS using mx.data.binding.Binding. I haven't found any info about this, anywhere. I have tryed to delete the Binding occurence but it doesn't cancel the binding so the component still receives data. Any help much appreciated ! ...more >>

I'm having a very frustrating time using the WebService class in Flash MX 2004. I have a functioning web service which passes my flash application an array of ComplexType objects. My flash file receives the Array fine, however, when I tried to access the objects within the array, they were s...more >>

Hi everyone I have experienced a problem with some database driven sites in flash. I am using php, my sql and flash player 7. The problem is that sometimes the data from the databse does not load. Everthing else in the flash movie is fine, just the dynamic data is missing. I am using the...more >>

How can I connect Oracle bata base with Flash?...more >>

I posted this last week, but I think I did not phrase all of it correctly. Can flash write an xml file which can be sent through php which then logs the xml file in the database and names the xml file with an id. the newly named xml file is then written on the server by either php or mysql? ...more >>

Hi, How could I write a loop to simplify the code below which is reading records from a MS Access database (using ASP)? I'm showing only 3 iterations but I'd like to read the entire database. I can read a variable from the database named 'TotalRecords' so I'd like to know how that gets i...more >>

I have a MySQL database with the following fields: ID, fname, user, contact, telephone, email, status, comment. I need help with the PHP code to get the data into xml. For the flash interface I am using: XML Connector, Dataset, Data grid. I am unsure how to pass the updates made by users back ...more >>

Hi, I am putting together a project that will be displaying different types of media. We would like to build the site with flash and have flash pull its data from a database. I know this can be done but i am curiouse as to the best type of database to use would be, i.e. access mysql whatever. ...more >>

Hi, I am in need of help when it comes to data integration within flash. Previously I have tried to take the easy way out using XML so that I didn't have to learn Coldfusion, PHP, or MySql. Anyways, when I found out that you cannot update and save an XML file that is bound to flash compone...more >>

I am making a simple contact list application using XML. I am trying to achieve this as little coding as possible, using components. I am using the XML Connector with Dataset and Datagrid. I want the users to be able to update the contact details, which then needs to update the XML file where ...more >>

I have set up a VERY basic MySql database and table which has only two variables - ID and ENTRY. The ENTRY variable is just plain text - to be updated like a standard blog text entry. I have created the database - it works fine. I have created the php file to interact between database ...more >>

I created a data cconnection with the wizard in Flash MX 2004 BUT the datagrid displays blank records. I tryed using the list and the textboxes. Nothing the problem must be from the database to the web services connector. I tryed the same with Remoting and it does deliver. I AM DESPERAT...more >>

I would like to have my user to choose and dress a doll from a cd-rom. When the user clicks 'send', should Flash send an xml file to the db? How should I do this? And when the link is sent to the recipient, should the db write an xml file so flash can import the information and arrange the ...more >>

Helo everybody! can anyone help me out? I am facing problem of providing data from one component to another. As here both the components are Datagrids. Integration of data from one Datagrid to other Datagrid from the database. Here i m using Flash as frontend, php as connectivity and m...more >>

i have had success binding an xml connector to a datagrid but now i need to bind the data grid to a dataset then bind the dataset to the xml connector...this way i'm told will allow me to change the contents of the datagrid by changing the URL property of the xmlconnector.....i can't find a ...more >>

Hi, I have a simple MS Access database with 4 text fields, one of which contains image names (imageA.jpg, imageB.jpg, etc...). - - - Database Configuration: FIELDS: LotNumber, Address, HomeDesign, Image - - - I've successfully connected my Access database through an ASP script ...more >>

hi, i would really like to know how to password protect a page in a flash website any help will be really appreciated thanks !! ...more >>

hi there, I'm having a problem with a URL in Flash, I've a button with this action: on (release){ getURL("../timecontact/ShowClasificados.do", "mainFrame", "POST"); } but then, when I run the entire application I'm working, I've this result: Invalid path /timecontact/ShowClasificad...more >>

Hello ! I'm actually working on a website that consists to organise some galas for children between differents pool, to add every results from every swimming pool (that could be in foreign countries). Then results for all the galas are automatically generated and send to manager. Now, ab...more >>

:confused; Hi, Imhaving problem with my web appication, I can post data using PHP but i when I try loadvariable to retrieve data for textbox and menu display Im not getting any response... ...more >>

I have a data grid that is populated using a Web Service. What I am attempting to do is firstly find some way in actionscript to determine when the contents of the datagrid's cells is modified. Once this has been achieved I will have to loop through the datagrid array in order to prepare...more >>

Hi fellow flash wielders, I am currently building this guestbook in Flash 2004, and using ASP to talk to an Access database. Everything works well when I compile and test it on the Flash application and on Firefox, but when I tried to run it on Internet Explorer, it just doesn't work! The ...more >>

Hi, On Stage there are 3 components: 1.Loader (in which image and swfs will be loaded from XML) 2.Text Area (in which text will be loaded from XML) 3.ScrollPane (in which image will be loaded in thumbnail, loades from XML) How to do this........ ...more >>

Hi folks, I'm using a MySQL database to load text into Flash, it works perfect even when characters like ????? since System.useCodepage = true; But the problem is that if text from database contains a % character this is not displayed: this is the result: Query from databse and cold...more >>

can anyone give me an example or point me to an example where you load in a config file in xml format into flash using flashvars.. and how to decode the xml file in flash to pass the right variables to the right areas in flash.. ...more >>

hi, Let me know if i can connect MYSQL database to FlashMX 2004 directly without server side scripting. vg...more >>

I have created an application for a customer using Flash MX that connects to a MySQL database via CFCs to retrieve and manage date. However, my customer needs to make a significant change: part of his organization has no Internet connection and needs to be able to use the application, in its ...more >>

i have a combobox (cbShows) that lists catagories from an xml file (xml connector called "xcShows").. this loads fine.. i rearrange fileds and say "label=showName;data=showLink" .. showLink is a url to another xml file that i am wanting to load into another xmlConnector called "xcAudio" xcAud...more >>

I am with a problem with caracter "%", at the moment to load the data of the Mysql, the same does not appear in the box of text in the flash. The same it appears in the HTML, and he was registered in the data base, the problem is with the same Flash, therefore it does not appear in the box of ...more >>

I need to create a web page that includes a scrolling ticker and several other sections with rotating announcements. The announements/ticker details need to be pulled from a mySQL data source. The problem that I'm having is that every tutorial/etc that I find on the web goes into the over...more >>