Fw: FLASH: Editable E-mail signatures ?

[p-h]

Hello hello ! I just had another "crazy" idea, which in the principle seems

OK but will need some kind assistance as far as the code is concerned. As

stated below, I was looking for a solution to send "flash" signatures in

e-mails. I think I found something (at least it seems it will work for a

majority of recipients) :


publish on the web a blank HTML page with just the .swf banner

open MSIE and "tools/mail and news/send page"-it

type in the body of the mail in outlook

send the whole - et voil� ! :o)


Now about the "crazy" idea, I already implemented the possibility to

remotely edit text variables to sort of create "new" updated banners quite

easily - it works fine. Now I'm wondering if the principle couldn't be

extended to the modification of GRAPHIC variables, by adding something like


&background=red


for instance, and by ActionScript read the value or the variable

"background" and from there go to a frame labelled "red" where, of course,

the background will be set to red.


That would allow for simple, basic visual changes of the banner by the

client, among a small choice of presets.

Your opinion about this is welcome (and I would be most grateful if some of

you could provide me with the starting lead as how to actually implemend

this ! :o)


Now I tried this :


If (background="red")

      Go to and Stop ("red")

Else If (background="green")

      Go to and Stop ("green")

Else

      Go to and Stop ("End")

End If


But unfortunately the playback head stops on the "red" label and doesn't go

to the "green" one even if the "background" variable reads

"&background=green" from the text file :o(


Any idea ?


Thank you & Nice day to all


P-H Steyt


| Hi all !

|

| I am requested to develop banner-like signatures that my client will send

at

| the bottom of his e-mails.

| This would not be too difficult with [insert picture] animated gifs

| (although it appears that some recipients get the file as an attachment

| instead of in the body of the mail, and some even don't get anything at

| all...)

|

| This is thus my first question : how to be sure the recipients can

properly

| view the "regular" (animated gifs) banners ?

|

| It gets a little more tricky with the additional request that those

banners

| should be easily and quickly editable by the client (typically variables

| such as a "promo valid until..." date or a product price, etc.), with as

| little work and knowledge as possible.

|

| So I started developping a flash banner using the "load variable into

| location" feature of Flash4. The client just has to edit a small .txt file

| like this :

|

| date=..../..../....

| &discount= ....

|

| and upload it to a spedific loation on his website (only one ftp program

| involved, so I think it's the simplest approach possible...)

|

| It works just fine either locally and from the internet

| (http://www.europ-digital-business.net/banners/test/bannerTest1.html).

| Now the second question is : how can one "insert" (ideally automatically

so)

| that flash banner in signature at the bottom of the emails ?

| Any hint most welcome, for I tried several options and really can't figure

| out how to do this (the "signature" options in Outlook for insctance do

not

| allow HTML insertion...).

|

| Thank you in advance

|

| P-H Steyt





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