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flash data integration : What to use instead of Excel to fetch data from a table?



Kia70
1/17/2007 5:51:26 AM
I am newbie and I have no idea how to this. I have a table (Excel File) about
1000 rows and 3 columns.
I want to load this table to the Flash and then be able to fetch data by
referring to the first column.
I am grateful for a tip to how to this simply. Thanx.

MotionMaker
1/18/2007 12:41:02 PM
Flash does not read Excel tables on local dirve. Flash can read an XML or
LoadVars file from local drive.

So if you can get the data exported into a text file using either XML or
LoadVars data structures, Flash has built-in classes in its library to consume
the data.

You can on a more advanced level use DCOM on a Windows IIS server plus
something like OLEDB to open an Excel table or any app but it is not real
practical for a production app involving more than one user at a time.
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