Re: FLASH: RE: Building .SWF in .SWFs

[John Dowdell]

At 4:41 PM 7/1/0, Virgil Carroll wrote:

> Is there not some form of scripting that can be done where a person

> could build and save a SWF from an SWF?  We would like to be able to

> build a tool in Flash that would build various schematically designs,

> assign them various drop target hot spots (w/ values) then save the

> newly changed SWF with its new parameters.  Any one have any ideas?


There are some things which could match that description that could be in a

particular way: instead of saving out a second SWF, you'd save a set of

instructions which could then be used by a self-configuring movie.


For instance, if the variables include which elements are shown, and where

they are positioned, then a template movie could LoadVariables to retrieve

a data file and then position the appropriate clips according to this data.


This isn't trivial -- it's always easier to make a movie than a

movie-that-makes-a-movie -- but it isn't impossible. A lot would depend on

the actual design, though... there are definitely other projects which fit

the above description where this implementation would not suffice.


Summary: Instead of saving a SWF, why not save a TXT?


jd





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