There is a definite learning curve here...and a couple of simple lines aren't gonna make it less painful ;-)
It's been a while since I playe with Flash MX...but I'm sure there are easier way...better components than when I played last.
You could also build a client/server app with something like Sybase's PowerBuilder....would run off a local database..
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----- Original Message -----
From: Burns, John D
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: desktop application
Ok, but how do I actually write to that xml file? I know flash can
read, but is there a method for writing to an xml file?
John Burns
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:04 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: desktop application
Yep you could build a standalone Flash app that runs as a projector
(.exe file on computer in question). The app could store the
registrations in an XML file....later you can suck the data out of the
XML file and stuff it in the DB
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
t. 250.920.8830
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www.macromedia.com
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www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Burns, John D
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: SOT: desktop application
I have a question about what the best practice would be for creating a
desktop application. I do websites for some different bands, and they
all have an e-mail sign-up on their website. Most of them also have
some kind of a paper sign-up at concerts for people to sign up for the
email list. I was considering building an app that would run on a
desktop to allow people at concerts to enter their email address and
write it to a text or xml file that could then be uploaded to the
webserver and parsed into the database.
My question is what would be the best method to do this? I was
thinking
of doing the front end in Flash but I'm not sure how to write to a
file
from there. In theory, this app would need to work on a mac and a pc.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
John Burns
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