Flash Site Design - HTML Display

Author

HTML Display

FuhQMan

2004-03-21, 12:28 am

This is what I'd like to do... I update my site via database integration...
Normally, my site accesses the database, which contains a "memo" field that
contains HTML formatted text and displays it in the browser.

What I WANT to do is display that text in a Flash File... I know that I can
use a dynamic textbox, but the problem lies in the fact that this is HTML
formatted text, which includes font coloring, and image displaying in any given
post. Is there a way to design a flash file (movie clip) that can access the
database, and display the post (with formatting and picture displaying) the way
it would display in a normal web browser?? I hope this post makes sense, as a
good answer will allow me to truly design (redesign) my site the way I had
originally intended it to be.

Thank you for whatever help you can provide.

jmack007

2004-03-21, 11:28 pm

You have 2 options (neither of which are quick or easy).

1-- You can create PHP scripts that return data and images from the database,
format the text and images and build XML trees that-- via actionscript-- can be
parsed into a flash displayed movie clip.

2-- Or you can use seperate swf files, built into your HTML page, that
communicate to each other and link to HTML documents (via localConnection();)
that load into an IFRAME that can be controlled by PHP and CSS.

--jmac