New to flash remoting... need help!

Hello all,
I just started with Flash 8 on my own, I am intermediate
level, and I am studying Action Script 2.0.
I need some suggestions on what books to use, and what to
study to accomplish connecting SQL or MS-Access to Flash.
I will be working on a database project in 6 months, and I
would like to do it in flash instead of dreamweaver.
All suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
I am using: IIS and Coldfusion7.
thanks in advance for all t he input

I read what she says - i understand what she says - before i
bang my head against the wall, i will
ask one more time - what do you mean by "VIDEOS"?????Is this
imported FLV format? Are you using the
term "video" in the generic sense and what you really have is
a flash animation made with symbols
and the timeline? What are we talking about here? Why are you
refusing to answer this question? I
have asked 3 times.
If you have videos in some format like MPG, MOV, AVI, and
need to add sound to them, well you are in
the wrong forum as this has nothing to do with Flash. You
will need a video editing program. Once
you get a video editing program (Final Cut, premiere, etc...)
consult their help docs or use the
universal approach of File > Import. Then you will need to
get the imported audio onto a track in
the timeline which is usually done by the ole drag n' drop
method.
But perhaps, since you are asking here on a "FLASH" forum - i
suspect you have a flash timeline with
animation on it and want to add sounds - then do what has
already been said here in this thread and
use File > Import, then add it to the main timeline via
the properties panel. Or drag it from
Library to stage after Importing to library.
But this will be the last time I ask: what are you referring
to when you say "VIDEO"?
> Read what urami sais, She talks about a video editing
program for sound, how
> do i put sounds into my videos? and which video editing
program should i use?
>
> cheers,
>
> joe
>
>

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