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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: Flash Quiz Game assistance... |
| From: | Suzanne Beane |
| Date: | Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:32:37 GMT |
Hi Wayne-
Are you talking about creating one flash 4.0 file with the 5
questions (a template file); setting up a random action in the quiz to
pull from another Flash 4.0 file that contains all the 125 questions? If
so, wouldn't you have to set up the template file with text fields and
make them symbols in order to set up the randomized actions?
Does this make sense???
Wouldn't it be easier to pull the questions and answers from a text
file into the Flash template file?
thanks for you help-
Suzanne
At 04:51 PM 12/28/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Suzanne,
>
>You can save yourself *a lot* of trouble and expense by simply
>building all the questions into the flash-4 file, and using the
>random function to pick the questions.
>
>Forget the server data base end, it's way overkill for this
project,
>plus, a client file-only solution will work better anyway.
125
>questions can easily be handled by flash alone. This
doesn't need to
>be a server app. - way too much trouble, expense and
hassle.
>
>If you're going to be changing the questions once in a while,
just
>load them off a flat server file from the flash-4 app.
>
>Good luck!
>
>/wayne
>
>
>
>
>
>>I have a client that wants to use Flash to display a quiz.
The Quiz
>>will need to use Flash to call on a database of some sort
(text file
>>possibly?) to pull up to 5 different random questions picked
from
>>125 possible questions. I am currently researching the best
solution
>>for this, but would welcome any thoughts on the subject as
it
>>regards to setting up the flash file.
>>
>>I am using Flash 4.0 and I am looking into Flash Generator 2
as a
>>possibility. However, I have limited knowledge of Flash
Generator
>>currently. I have talked with some technical folks and have
come to
>>the conclusion that I will need to research Flash 4.0
capatibities
>>with a database or text file before they could give me any
other
>>assistance.
>>
>>I believe I want to set up the file using text fields but I
also
>>want to animate the text fields in the quiz (i.e. possibly
fading
>>the questions and answers in separately). The answers will
vary as
>>far as which one would be correct (i.e. Question 1 answer
would be A
>>and Question 2 answer would be D); hence, the questions
would be
>>very random. I am not sure how to link the text fields to
the
>>database. Can you make the text fields symbols in the
library and
>>using "set variable" actions link to the database
or text file???
>>
>>Any help on this would greatly be appreciated!
>>
>>
>>Thanks-
>>
>>
>>Suzanne
>
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