Putting together an Information Kiosk (planning help)

[mindfriction]

Hi,

I wasnt sure where to post this thread as its more of a general question but im using FMX 2004, im new to 2004, but ive been using MX for a while. Anyway Im in charge of putting together an Information Kiosk for a University project and Im unsure on the architecture. of the Kiosk app. In particular, whether i should be using Scenes (as I know they are frowned upon) with simple 'goto' scripting or container clips.

Essentially the content for the Kiosk has been divided up into 3 main areas; Facilities, Events, Activities and within these areas there are sub-areas and so on. For example: The breadcrumb for the facilities area looks something like this Home > Facilities > Aquatics > Diving Pool. In this instance the breadcrumb indicates the typical steps taken by a user navigating through the Kiosk app to find information on the Diving Pool.

My question to you, if i may, is whether i should divide each of these sections into seperate Scene's and mainly used timeline based scripting i.e.


facilities.onPress = function(){
gotoAndPlay("facilities", 1);
}



Or I just keep loading different MovieClips into a container clip i.e.


facilities.onPress = function(){
_root.content.unloadMovie();
_root.content.loadMovie("facilities.swf");
}



The reason why i ask is because Im low on time (+im not getting paid) , and I will be using Server-Side script to load some dynamic data (mainly text) and im trying to make the whole app as compact as possible...

Any advice GREATLY appreciated

signed.. stressed out uni student

[mindfriction]

Hasn't anyone here ever used Flash to put toegther a kiosk??? :confused:

[xxlm]

use external swf... :)
the better and clean/fast way... :)

i think... :)

[xxlm]

oh and since you're in AUS, I WANT to work there... :) So any job proposition for a flash/php/mysql developer...
Any contacts... (Im in New Caledonia... yes it's the little french Island near the east coast of your country ;) )

C ya

[mindfriction]

Hey xxlm thanks for your reply!,

yeah im in Aus, Melbourne in fact. Im just rounding up Uni, so im not quite our there in the commercial world as yet, so I cant really recommend any contacts as such sorry..

Hmm yeah ive used external swf's for websites, so I understand how convenient they can be. Here's a couple of plans i whipped up for the basic architecture of the Kiosk. In sitemap you can see i have alot of encapsulation. That was my first idea, as it seemed most logical. In reality it makes sense that all aquatic items such as pools sit within the aquatic section, or in this case the aquatic_mc. But then whilst i was putting the sitemap together, i realised that I maybe I should organise my mc's in levels or 'layers' . This meant i could simply create 1 template mc and just change the data in respect to whether i was showing an aquatic item or a stadium item

Do you follow me?

[xxlm]

Depends to you mate...
Each developpers get his own way to do... :)
So if you're feeling good this way... Just goooo... ;)