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[Jalz]

Hi Guys,

I have a container field, which contains image references. Is there anyone out there that knows how I can create a rotating banner in flash which display these images from the container field.

Thanks

Jalz

[mr_vodka]

If they are image references, then why bother even with the container field if you are going to use Flash?

[Jalz]

Its part of a cms system im prototyping.Thhe user will end up pickingimages for the header, which will in turn rotate on a php front end.

[jeffEngland]

There are a few ways, the easiest probably is to export the images to the temp folder (you can get that path by using a filemaker calculation). Then reference the pictures in flash.

Jeff

Edited June 6, 2008 by Guest

[Jalz]

Hi Jeff,

Thankyou for your suggestion. The images are already in a folder, all filemaker holds is a container field which references the image.

Is there any examples out there that you know of where I can take a quick look "under" the hood?

Cheers

Jalz

[jeffEngland]

I just have one question first. How is the user interacting with the database? are you using web publishing or a filemaker interface?

[Jalz]

Hi Jeff,

The user is interacting using a web browser.

Thanks

Jalz

[jeffEngland]

ok then there are a few ways to go.

http://www.isolutions-inc.com/ you can check out this page, as it has lots of information, to communicate flash and filemaker server.

There are also a few different ways to talk to flash, one is you can pass parameters through the URL.

The other way is to use javascript to execute a flash function using flash's API.

[Jalz]

Thankyou,

I will certainly check some of the reources on the site.