What is the best way to do this...

[nicolle.g]

Hi All ( i accidently posted this in animation also, sorry)

I have come across a new project that I have to do, and realized I was not sure what the best way to do this. Here is the scenario...

I have a client with a product that the customer can customize very easily (hardware, panels, colors, etc.) They are wanting an interactive flash module where when the user clicks the options, it dynamically changes the main photo (or adds items to it).

For ex. if you want silver hardware and click it, it shows up, and if you click red stain for color, that shows up. So you can change all the available options on the fly to see what your custom creation will look like. I'm thinking I should be using XML with this, but I was not sure where to start. I was wondering if anyone knew of an existing component for something like this. I have a pretty good knowledge of actionscript but this seems a little bit out there for me at the moment. Any help would be greatly greatly apreciated!

thanks
Nicolle

[hangalot]

i missed this post originally.

this is a problem for xml in the sense of loading the settings in and saving the settings.
i think you need to think in terms of a model which you can clone adjust and give to a view to render and if someone wants to revert you revert back to your original model.
there are tons of ways to skin this cat however.