windows projector and database

[greenfairy]

hello!

what are the ways to link a windows projector flash file to a database?
i read about using php and mysql but mine is a windows projector...so will it work? is there any other ways to integrate flash with a database to display and manipulate data?

[CyanBlue]

Howdy and Welcome... :)

Zinc provides you a way to talk to the Access database...
http://www.multidmedia.com/software/zinc/features/07.php

[greenfairy]

wow that's interesting but at a price! is there a free alternative for now?
i just have to display and make changes to the database from the windows projector flash file.

[CyanBlue]

None I am aware of... :(
But I can tell you that every penny is worth the product... ;)

[greenfairy]

hmm roger but what about xml. flash alone does support xml right?

what about using shared objects in flash? looks hard to me.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_shared_object/index.html

Shared objects is a powerful new feature of Macromedia Flash MX. Local shared objects provide a way to maintain locally persistent data (similar to "cookies" stored by web browsers). For example, you can create a shared object, such as a calculator with memory, in the player. Because the shared object is locally persistent, Macromedia Flash MX saves its data attributes on the user's machine when the movie ends. The next time the movie runs, the calculator contains the values it had when the movie ended. Alternatively, you can delete the shared object before the movie ends, in which case the calculator opens without any prior values the next time the movie runs.

any ideas on it? could it cover for a database?

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_shared_object/local_shared_object07.html

Usage
myLocalSharedObject .data

Description
Read-only property; the attributes assigned to the data property of the object. Each attribute can be any predefined type—Array, Number, Date, XML object, Boolean, and so on. For example, the following lines assign values to various aspects of a shared object:

works with xml too?

[lostreception]

hmm roger but what about xml. flash alone does support xml right?

what about using shared objects in flash? looks hard to me.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_shared_object/index.html

Shared objects is a powerful new feature of Macromedia Flash MX. Local shared objects provide a way to maintain locally persistent data (similar to "cookies" stored by web browsers). For example, you can create a shared object, such as a calculator with memory, in the player. Because the shared object is locally persistent, Macromedia Flash MX saves its data attributes on the user's machine when the movie ends. The next time the movie runs, the calculator contains the values it had when the movie ended. Alternatively, you can delete the shared object before the movie ends, in which case the calculator opens without any prior values the next time the movie runs.

any ideas on it? could it cover for a database?

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_shared_object/local_shared_object07.html

Usage
myLocalSharedObject .data

Description
Read-only property; the attributes assigned to the data property of the object. Each attribute can be any predefined type—Array, Number, Date, XML object, Boolean, and so on. For example, the following lines assign values to various aspects of a shared object:

works with xml too?

im working on a similar project now take a look at
http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Utilities/Contact_-Matt_N-10854/index.php
its what im using to store the data for now
im looking for a way to export it

[CyanBlue]

Sure you can use Shared Object to save/retrieve the data from the user's computer, but there will be a size limit and your users will be seeing a popup window if the size limit is reached... Another thing is that it is not easlity transferrable to other computer or to other database... Other than that, yes, Shared Object is a good option if you have small data to handle...

Flash will not let you save/retrieve data into the XML file unless you are using the third party projector tools...