Re: FLASH: MAYDAY!! Internal Search Engine Needed MAYDAY!!

[Phil Ward]

Have you tried www.atomz.com excellent service, I know that they also search

for text within PDF files....maybe it would be capable of picking up the

'keywords'

Plus it's free unless you want to take the logo off.

Just a thought.


Regards


Phil Ward

Crescent Graphics

phil-wcrescent-graphics [dot] co [dot] uk

www.crescent-graphics.co.uk

New Media <> Internet <> Visuals



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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:19 PM

Subject: RE: FLASH: MAYDAY!! Internal Search Engine Needed MAYDAY!!



> Ok. More information....

> - It's a mix of Flash and HTML... in that there are 6 HTML pages /

sections, each section

> with it's own embedded .SWF file.

> - I need to be able to search within each .SWF file for matches to input

keywords.

> - I need to have a search go from within one .SWF file and search all

other .SWF files.

> - I also tried to convince the client that Generator was necessary... no

extra funds.

> - The CLIENT is insisting that it be in Flash.

>

> Again, thanks for the help, and let me know if you need more information.

>

> Patrick

>

>

> Initial Post:

>

> I have a wee bit of a perplexing problem.  I'm at the beginning of

building a rather extensive

> Flash site for a medical technology client.  There is a LOT of text,

graphics, and misc. images

> throughout the site.  Well, AFTER I started construction, and AFTER we had

discussed

> features and functionality, they hit me with a bomb last night.... they

want to be able to search

> on the site for a specific key word (the classic text field with a "go"

button).  I initially

> responded that this was beyond the scope of the project at which point

they said that the

> search button was a deal-breaker... include search capabilities or they

take the early

> termination clause in the contract (can you say "rent is due" and "car

payment"?).  So............

>

>

>

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