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[werny]

i recently read the tutorial about creating a photo gallery with xml, and I am trying to make it where people can upload pictures and those urls will create a new xml file with those urls, i got that figured out, not what i dont know how to do is to put in the action for the name of the xml, is there a way i can get php in the action, so i could put in the variable for the xml file to display the pictures?

[werny]

anyone?

[Pax]

Look into the sendAndLoad method in Flash. It should allow you to call a php page, and extract data from that. You could also use the ExternalInterface class in Flash 8 to communicate with Javascript and use a blend of Flash and Ajax to retrieve the data you want.

[werny]

is there a way that i can specify in the parameters of the swf, or is this there a way I can get info from the url? such as what xml file to load??

[werny]

something like this, but not as advanced http://www.rockyou.c...reate.php?ref=7

Edited by werny, 15 July 2007 - 10:32 PM.

[Pax]

http://www.permadi.c...rial/flashVars/

[werny]

pax thank you! that was exactly what I was looking for. I love when I can come to a forum and get great help from the people, thank you


-edit, how now do I specify in my flash movie how to call that xml file based on the variable
this is what it is right now

xmlData.load("images.xml");

would it be something like this

xmlData.load(_root.xmlname);

,and then have it set to get the xmlname variable from the url?

Edited by werny, 15 July 2007 - 10:39 PM.

[Pax]

When you set a variable when you embed the flash object, you use _root.varName

Change varName to whatever you called the variable. You should be able to use your second code block there and have it work.

[werny]

I have been trying all different combinations and I can't get my xml file to load,
heres what I have

xmlData.load(_root.xmlname);

and then my address looks like thi

test.php?xmlname=images2.xml

ive also tried encoding the url like this

test.php?xmlname=images2%2Exml

and this is my embedding

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
   codebase="http://macromedia.com/cabs/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
   ID=flaMovie WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250>
   <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="test.swf">
   <PARAM NAME=FlashVars VALUE="xmlname=<?php echo(urlencode($xmlname));?>">
   <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=medium>
   <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#99CC33>
   <EMBED src="test.swf" FlashVars="xmlname=<?php echo(urlencode($xmlname));?>"
	 bgcolor=#99CC33 WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250 
	 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash">
   </EMBED>
 </OBJECT>

and yet the file does not load

Edited by werny, 16 July 2007 - 10:01 AM.

[Pax]

Have you tried tracing the value of _root.xmlname?

[werny]

im not sure what you mean, like the file it is pointing to?

-edit i uploaded a rar of the files, if you think I have something wrong, the actual flash file is straight from this tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml...hotogallery.htm execpt for calling out the xml file

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Edited by werny, 16 July 2007 - 03:39 PM.

[werny]

come on people, i feel like im really close, need a little help