Re: FLASH: Dynamically populated, scrollable, selectable text

[Branden Hall]

First of all let me counter the bashing about Generator... Fig Leaf did the

performance white paper for Generator 2 (soon to be released publically too,

I think) and found that these kind of claims are totally unsubstantiated.

Generator *really* plays well with others, in fact its the lightest weight

application server I have seen, especially when it comes to RAM!  Also, let

me ask where the person who was bashing gen got their info... I would like

to find out who is starting these claims...


Anyhoo. about the select box.. you can do that just in Flash.. tis ugly, but

you can do it.  Go to www.flashkit.com and go looking around in the movies

section.There is a DLable demo file.


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software


----- Original Message -----

From: Neal Cabage <

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Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:48 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Dynamically populated, scrollable, selectable text



Guys,


I have abit of a complex question I think.  I program ASP and often find the

opportunity to dynamically populate a listBox of options (eg a list of

states for example).  This is great for then being able to select an option

form that list.


Well, in Flash I have figured out how to pass in data enough to populate a

multilined field which will give me the same presentation effect ... but i

need to be able to make this info all selectable.  If I make a scrollable

list of state options, it's really of no use to me unless a user can then

use that list to select the applicable choice.


Is there some way to either  track the selected line of text of return the

text the user has chosen or something?   Can anyone think of any

suggestions.  I am affraid the use of Flash4 as an HTML alternative for a

front-end to things like shopping carts and dynamic sites is really qiute

limited without this ability.


Thanks for your input.


Neal Cabage

Sr New Media Developer

Lead Dog Design

(310) 314-0454



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