Re: FLASH: make flash read image from db

[John Dowdell]

At 3:33 AM 3/2/0, "every body know me" wrote:

> is there any way to make flash read from data base


Well, you can certainly read data from a database, if you're a good

scripter... "Load Variables" has the method people commonly use.


An image is something else though. Databases don't usually send pixels, but

instead commonly return a pointer to an existing web file.


So the question becomes "Can Flash dynamically relink to external image

files?" If so, then the answer is no. We can dynamically relink to external

SWFs (see movie levels), and Macromedia Generator 2.0 can create new SWFs

that use raw JPG or other image data, but the Flash client itself does not

dynamically relink to external image files like JPG or GIF.


This is part of the capabilities of the larger Shockwave Player, however...

you'd set the "fileName" property of an externally linked graphic to point

it to some other image, somewhere on the net. (Usually you'd first use the

"preloadNetThing" command to draw it down into the browser's cache, so it

can display instantly when you want it.)


jd







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