Flash forms, dynamic content

I am relatively new to assembling Flash Forms.
I am trying to build a form that lists departments in a
dropdown on one tab and will then display a list of items and
checkboxes that apply to the department that is selected on another
tab.
I am using cfsavecontent to save a variable that is the
department id. I understand how all the data from the cfsavecontent
tag can be displayed in a text box, but is it possible to display a
list of checkboxes based on the cfsavecontent data instead of a
text field? Can this be done? Thank you for any insight.

If I'm not mistaken, you'd need to use a rich media vendor to
provide dynamic content.
http://www.pointroll.com
http://www.dartmotif.com
http://www.eyewonder.com

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