flash + database

[dannygoor]

I would like to have a flash movie

the extracts info from a textfile, excel, or access database.

simeply enough:

let's say u type: hotel california..

it gives u:

album - whatever

band - eagles

year - etc....


and you can search by album, band, etc...

how do I do this,,,

thank you.

[Webforumz Staff]

Ok...

Unfortunately, flash alone cannot accomplish this task if the data is held in Excel or a database of any kind, although this is possible from a textfile (although I would recommend against it). The best way to do this is to use (in this case) ASP as an intermediate that accepts query strings from flash ( initiating the search ) and returns the results to flash in a format which can be understood fairly easily.

Flash can easily understand XML or flash variables in the form &variable1=data

If you want to use another form of data (or a text file) then this will get very complicated, so this would be much easier if you can use ASP or a similiar programming language to extract the required information from a database.

[Smokie]

post a message in the ASP forum if you need ASP or database help.