Integrating flash
I'm working with PHP/mysql for a dynamic ecommerce site.
During a search, I am currently able to retrieve all information to
display dynamically, such as thumbnails and product descriptions
and so forth without a problem. I have a search.php, results.php,
then detail.php product page. On my details page, I would like to
retrieve flash video files to display dynamically, but to no avail.
The .flv files are listed in the database in the field "ItemMovie"
as .flv files and they do appear in my recordset "items" table in
the bindings panel. I've found that adding an image file to a
dynamic site is easy in DW CS3, but when it comes to adding a flash
file it simply doesn't work (there is no "flash" placeholder
that I know of). Right now, I've created a work-around on my
details page by applying an open
browser window behavior to a thumbnail placeholder (the
behavior calls up the flash file which is
already set as a progressive download on a standard html
page) and I'm using this code in the URL of
the behavior (items/CP_Windows/<?php echo
$row_WADAitems["ItemCPWindow"]; ?>) with CP
windows being those individual .html "clip preview" windows,
but that's somewhat of an extra step
and would require me to create hundreds of pop-up windows
that link to the details page. I simply want the flash video file
to populate in my details page during a search just as any other
info would populate from my database. If someone could be of
assistance, I would be very grateful. I'm no PHP expert (I'm
actually somewhat new to it) so if you have any coding solutions
please spell them out as best you can in layman's terms. Even if
there's a plug-in that would allow me to do this, that'd be great,
too! Thanks in advance!!!
Jason
hey, try getting both communicated with XML
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Here it is...
To set up your FCS for streaming FLV files:
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Copy the main.asc file into the my_application folder.
Create a folder named streams in the my_application folder.
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www.lonhosford.com
Flash, Actionscript and Flash Media Server examples:
http://flashexamples.hosfordusa.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
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i am creating a dynamic site that pulls all of its content
from and access
database. i would like to make the entire page in flash. i
have never used
flash to pull any content from a datbase before. does any one
know how to do
this ? or know of a good tutorial? i can only seem to find
tutorials for
flash
8 or flash 5, nothing for mx2004.
it seems like every thing i try doesnt work and no one knows
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me.
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