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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: Making an online encyclopedia |
| From: | Eric Scott |
| Date: | Mon, 15 Mar 1999 12:36:20 GMT |
Fernando,
Just taking a stab at this; you might want to try Macromedia's Authorware
Attain. It would most likely handle the database much better, and it has a
program similar to Aftershock to put it on the web. Flash 2 can be used in
Authorware via the Flash Asset Xtra, and Flash 3 can be used with the
ActiveX control. However, it does have it's drawbacks. Middleware
(software to communicate from Authorware to the database) is required if
running over the web. This can be solved by using CGI scripting or a
program called Hotsockets. Another drawback is that the Authorware Web
Player is HUGE. Dreamweaver Attain may also be helpful. I believe it was
designed to deliver interactive content without the use of a plugin. I
don't know what would be required to connect Dreamweaver to a database
though.
HTH,
Eric Scott
Multimedia Developer
Kimball Office Casegoods Mfg.
(812)-967-7328
escott
kimball [dot] com-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando Pieschac�n <adhela
col1 [dot] telecom [dot] com [dot] co>To: flasher
shocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: FLASH: Making an online encyclopedia
Hi,
Thak you for your answer Samir. �Did you manage databases in your project?.
�How
did you do it? �Are there any Xtras for flash or dreamweaver that make
posible
data base interaction?.
Samir wrote:
> Hey Fernando,
>
> I was doing such an online encyclopedia for Dorling Kindersley in Arabic
and
> Persian. My choice of proggies was Flash. The site never got online as at
> that time, flash 2 was not upto the standards and was taking tooooo long
to
> load (single files! no movies on layers support). If I were to do it
again,
> I would still go for flash however, I would first want to check out your
> data...... more text, go for HTML on Dreamweaver; multimedia..... go for
> flash / director (will take longer to download though!)
>
> Good Luck with your project,
>
> May the Flash be with you!
>
> Sam,
> @rtaffects
> -----does the art matter? YES!-----
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Pieschacón <adhela
col1 [dot] telecom [dot] com [dot] co>> To: flasher
shocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>> Date: 14 March 1999 05:00 AM
> Subject: FLASH: Making an online encyclopedia
>
> Hello,
>
> I´m in a project for making an encyclopedia that will be both distributed
in
> CD-Rom and available on-line. The amount of infomation managed here makes
> necessary the use of a data base that would store large amounts of text,
> images,
> animations, etc, and make possible complex queries. There are also many
> flash-made
> animations to explain things like blood circulation, etc.
>
> The questions here are the following:
>
> ؟Which is the most suitable tool for doing this?. ؟Is it posible to make
it
> with
> Flash, Dreamweaver, and some kind of Xtra to manage the database? or ؟Is
> director
> the right choice?. ؟Anyone has worked in a project like this?
>
> Thank You.
>
> Fernando
>
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