RE: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come up with an idea
solution...please post it.

-Original Message-
From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Hi everyone.

I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash
and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area, radio,
check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
of course). Now for the crazy part...

Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted with
to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the layout
was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created via the
Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was thinking
maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates, etc...

The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some kind
of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be stored.

Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
abilities at this time. 

Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

Mike

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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
Yeah, if someone could develop this, they could help alot of people out and
make a good deal of $ at the same time :-)


- Original Message - 
From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come up with an idea
 solution...please post it.

 -Original Message-
 From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 Hi everyone.

 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash
 and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
 to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
 labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
 working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
 list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area,
radio,
 check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
 give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
 position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
 of course). Now for the crazy part...

 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted
with
 to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the
layout
 was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created via
the
 Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was thinking
 maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates, etc...

 The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some
kind
 of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be
stored.

 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
 abilities at this time.

 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

 Mike

 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Bryan Stevenson
I'd say part one is definately possible, but part 2 is pushing it.

Here's a questionWhy does it have to be an HTML form?  If you're sending
it via e-mail can't you just send the HTML that embeds the SWFthat way
the user can fill the form out in Flash??

It just sounds like mabye you've overthought this one and made it more
complex than it has to be ;-)

HTH

Cheers

Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP  Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
t. 250.920.8830
e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-
Macromedia Associate Partner
www.macromedia.com
-
Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
Founder  Director
www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
- Original Message -
From: Michael T. Tangorre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:58 AM
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 Hi everyone.

 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash
and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area, radio,
check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
of course). Now for the crazy part...

 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted
with to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the
layout was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created
via the Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was
thinking maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates,
etc...

 The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some kind
of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be stored.

 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
abilities at this time.

 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

 Mike
 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Show me the money!! ;-)

Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP  Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
t. 250.920.8830
e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-
Macromedia Associate Partner
www.macromedia.com
-
Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
Founder  Director
www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
- Original Message -
From: Michael T. Tangorre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 Yeah, if someone could develop this, they could help alot of people out
and
 make a good deal of $ at the same time :-)


 - Original Message -
 From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:03 AM
 Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


  Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come up with an
idea
  solution...please post it.
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
  To: CF-Talk
  Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
  Hi everyone.
 
  I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of
Flash
  and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to
come
  to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and
element
  labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
  working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained
a
  list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area,
 radio,
  check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
  give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
  position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the
bounds
  of course). Now for the crazy part...
 
  Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted
 with
  to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the
 layout
  was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created via
 the
  Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was
thinking
  maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates,
etc...
 
  The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
  website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some
 kind
  of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be
 stored.
 
  Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
  abilities at this time.
 
  Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?
 
  Mike
 
 
 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
I did think of that... however, I came across some discussions in my
research about email clients blocking embedded flash and such.. I have not
confirmed this yet, but the downside is that you would have to ensure your
recipient had the flash plugin, etc

Mike


- Original Message - 
From: Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 I'd say part one is definately possible, but part 2 is pushing it.

 Here's a questionWhy does it have to be an HTML form?  If you're
sending
 it via e-mail can't you just send the HTML that embeds the SWFthat way
 the user can fill the form out in Flash??

 It just sounds like mabye you've overthought this one and made it more
 complex than it has to be ;-)

 HTH

 Cheers

 Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
 VP  Director of E-Commerce Development
 Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
 t. 250.920.8830
 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 -
 Macromedia Associate Partner
 www.macromedia.com
 -
 Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
 Founder  Director
 www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
 - Original Message -
 From: Michael T. Tangorre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:58 AM
 Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


  Hi everyone.
 
  I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of
Flash
 and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
 to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
 labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
 working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
 list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area,
radio,
 check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
 give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
 position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
 of course). Now for the crazy part...
 
  Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted
 with to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the
 layout was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created
 via the Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was
 thinking maybe there are some functions in flash to get element
coordinates,
 etc...
 
  The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some
kind
 of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be
stored.
 
  Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
 abilities at this time.
 
  Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?
 
  Mike
 
 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread CF Dude
This most likely won't work because of the client's security settings.  Sometimes, in 
outlook express I'll send web
pages to coworkers for proofs.  The pages that contain any sort of flash content 
doesn't work because of security.

If somebody could get around that, then it'd probably work just fine.

This idea is a great idea, but not a new one.  It sounds a lot like designing forms in 
the Remedy admin tool, or forms
in access.

E

- Original Message - 
From: Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

If you're sending it via e-mail can't you just send the HTML that embeds the 
SWFthat way the user can fill the form
out in Flash??

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RE: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Benoit Hediard
It shoud be possible to do that with FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.
You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do the Flash UI...

It might be better to wait for Royale,
http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems to be designed
for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML files, and not
HTML forms from Flash UI...).

I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an HTML form?

Benoit Hediard
www.benorama.com


 -Message d'origine-
 De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Envoyé : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
 À : CF-Talk
 Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come up with an idea
 solution...please post it.

 -Original Message-
 From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 Hi everyone.

 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash
 and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
 to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
 labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
 working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
 list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
 area, radio,
 check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
 give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
 position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
 of course). Now for the crazy part...

 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
 interacted with
 to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
 the layout
 was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
 created via the
 Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was thinking
 maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates, etc...

 The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
 build some kind
 of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
 be stored.

 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
 abilities at this time.

 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

 Mike

 
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RE: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Andre Mohamed
Is there a particular reason why Flash is being mandated or needs to be
used? 

If not, it would be just as possible to build using DHTML though that
doesn't mean Flash shouldn't be used after all you'll have to deal with
cross browser issues with the DHTML approach - however I believe the
database interaction would be slightly easier.

I would perhaps implement this as a two step process:

1) The user builds up a list of form elements - no wysiwyg involved -
just normal web application stuff selecting from a pre-defined set. Then
they would set properties for each element they add. You could allow the
ability of setting maximum and minimum sizes, mandatory/non-mandatory,
look up values etc. This list is then persisted - perhaps to a database
of some sort. You can also create a table which would be able to hold
the contents of the form.

2) Step 2 allows the user to arrange the elements they selected in
step 1 on the screen via drag and drop techniques. In addition, you
could allow the appropriate styling of the elements at this stage.
Once this is done, the co-ordinates and positioning can be persisted -
again perhaps to a database.

It should then be feasible to build the form dynamically on-demand -
including client-side and server-side validation and also perform the
database insert into the newly created table by automatically creating
the appropriate SQL provided you captured enough data initially.

There doesn't seem to be any reason why this can't be done and indeed it
has been done to varying degrees e.g. CommonSpot's simple form builder
etc.

André


-Original Message-
From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)

Hi everyone.

I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of
Flash and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users
to come to, where they can create forms and position the form elements
and element labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I
envision this working would be to provide within the interface an area
that contained a list of possible form elements to choose from (text
input, text area, radio, check). When a user dragged one of these into
the form area they could give it a label and fill in the attributes of
that element as well as position the element and its label wherever they
wanted (within the bounds of course). Now for the crazy part...

Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted
with to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
the layout was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
created via the Flash interface (from a positioning and layout
standpoint)? I was thinking maybe there are some functions in flash to
get element coordinates, etc...

The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some
kind of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
be stored.

Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
abilities at this time. 

Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

Mike

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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Jim Campbell
Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at Macromedia?
Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know what the 
@$! a programming methodology is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: A Royale Initiative
Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash 
Remoting.
Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.

Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing really well :)

- Jim

Benoit Hediard wrote:

It shoud be possible to do that with FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.
You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do the Flash UI...

It might be better to wait for Royale,
http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems to be designed
for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML files, and not
HTML forms from Flash UI...).

I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an HTML form?

Benoit Hediard
www.benorama.com


  

-Message d'origine-
De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
À : CF-Talk
Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come up with an idea
solution...please post it.

-Original Message-
From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Hi everyone.

I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash
and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
area, radio,
check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
of course). Now for the crazy part...

Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
interacted with
to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
the layout
was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
created via the
Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was thinking
maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates, etc...

The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
build some kind
of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
be stored.

Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
abilities at this time.

Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

Mike





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RE: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Cantrell, Adam
When you subscribed to this list did you see a sign on the front of it that
said stupid ***%% jokes email list?

You know why you didn't see that sign?

Cause it ain't there, cause stupid **%%# jokes ain't this lists %$#%$%
business, that's why.

;)

Adam.




 -Original Message-
 From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:39 AM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at 
 Macromedia?
 Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
 Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know 
 what the 
 @$! a programming methodology is.
 Jules: Then what do they call it?
 Vincent: A Royale Initiative
 Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
 Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash 
 Remoting.
 Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
 Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.
 
 Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing 
 really well :)
 
 - Jim
 
 Benoit Hediard wrote:
 
 It shoud be possible to do that with 
 FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.
 You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
 coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
 But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do 
 the Flash UI...
 
 It might be better to wait for Royale,
 http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems 
 to be designed
 for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML 
 files, and not
 HTML forms from Flash UI...).
 
 I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an 
 HTML form?
 
 Benoit Hediard
 www.benorama.com
 
 
   
 
 -Message d'origine-
 De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Envoye : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
 A : CF-Talk
 Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come 
 up with an idea
 solution...please post it.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Hi everyone.
 
 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the 
 capabilities of Flash
 and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for 
 users to come
 to, where they can create forms and position the form 
 elements and element
 labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I 
 envision this
 working would be to provide within the interface an area 
 that contained a
 list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
 area, radio,
 check). When a user dragged one of these into the form 
 area they could
 give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element 
 as well as
 position the element and its label wherever they wanted 
 (within the bounds
 of course). Now for the crazy part...
 
 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
 interacted with
 to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
 the layout
 was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
 created via the
 Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? 
 I was thinking
 maybe there are some functions in flash to get element 
 coordinates, etc...
 
 The idea would be that this form could be used within an 
 HTML email or
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
 build some kind
 of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
 be stored.
 
 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond 
 the scope of my
 abilities at this time.
 
 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?
 
 Mike
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Jim Campbell
Bring out the GIMP.

- Jim

Cantrell, Adam wrote:

When you subscribed to this list did you see a sign on the front of it that
said stupid ***%% jokes email list?

You know why you didn't see that sign?

Cause it ain't there, cause stupid **%%# jokes ain't this lists %$#%$%
business, that's why.

;)

Adam.




  

-Original Message-
From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:39 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at 
Macromedia?
Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know 
what the 
@$! a programming methodology is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: A Royale Initiative
Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash 
Remoting.
Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.

Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing 
really well :)

- Jim

Benoit Hediard wrote:



It shoud be possible to do that with 
  

FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.


You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do 
  

the Flash UI...


It might be better to wait for Royale,
http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems 
  

to be designed


for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML 
  

files, and not


HTML forms from Flash UI...).

I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an 
  

HTML form?


Benoit Hediard
www.benorama.com


 

  

-Message d'origine-
De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoye : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
A : CF-Talk
Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come 


up with an idea


solution...please post it.

-Original Message-
From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Hi everyone.

I have an idea and need to know if it is within the 


capabilities of Flash


and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for 


users to come


to, where they can create forms and position the form 


elements and element


labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I 


envision this


working would be to provide within the interface an area 


that contained a


list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
area, radio,
check). When a user dragged one of these into the form 


area they could


give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element 


as well as


position the element and its label wherever they wanted 


(within the bounds


of course). Now for the crazy part...

Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
interacted with
to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
the layout
was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
created via the
Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? 


I was thinking


maybe there are some functions in flash to get element 


coordinates, etc...


The idea would be that this form could be used within an 


HTML email or


website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
build some kind
of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
be stored.

Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond 


the scope of my


abilities at this time.

Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

Mike


   




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RE: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread John Wilker
One of the best lines from that movie. Have a sound byte of it at home. 

-Original Message-
From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


When you subscribed to this list did you see a sign on the front of it that
said stupid ***%% jokes email list?

You know why you didn't see that sign?

Cause it ain't there, cause stupid **%%# jokes ain't this lists %$#%$%
business, that's why.

;)

Adam.




 -Original Message-
 From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:39 AM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at 
 Macromedia?
 Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
 Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know 
 what the 
 @$! a programming methodology is.
 Jules: Then what do they call it?
 Vincent: A Royale Initiative
 Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
 Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash 
 Remoting.
 Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
 Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.
 
 Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing 
 really well :)
 
 - Jim
 
 Benoit Hediard wrote:
 
 It shoud be possible to do that with 
 FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.
 You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
 coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
 But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do 
 the Flash UI...
 
 It might be better to wait for Royale,
 http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems 
 to be designed
 for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML 
 files, and not
 HTML forms from Flash UI...).
 
 I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an 
 HTML form?
 
 Benoit Hediard
 www.benorama.com
 
 
   
 
 -Message d'origine-
 De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Envoye : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
 A : CF-Talk
 Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come 
 up with an idea
 solution...please post it.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Hi everyone.
 
 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the 
 capabilities of Flash
 and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for 
 users to come
 to, where they can create forms and position the form 
 elements and element
 labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I 
 envision this
 working would be to provide within the interface an area 
 that contained a
 list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
 area, radio,
 check). When a user dragged one of these into the form 
 area they could
 give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element 
 as well as
 position the element and its label wherever they wanted 
 (within the bounds
 of course). Now for the crazy part...
 
 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
 interacted with
 to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
 the layout
 was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
 created via the
 Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? 
 I was thinking
 maybe there are some functions in flash to get element 
 coordinates, etc...
 
 The idea would be that this form could be used within an 
 HTML email or
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
 build some kind
 of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
 be stored.
 
 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond 
 the scope of my
 abilities at this time.
 
 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?
 
 Mike
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
Stop trashing this thread! I am trying to get some feedback, not any BS.

Thanks!



- Original Message - 
From: John Wilker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 One of the best lines from that movie. Have a sound byte of it at home.

 -Original Message-
 From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:51 AM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 When you subscribed to this list did you see a sign on the front of it
that
 said stupid ***%% jokes email list?

 You know why you didn't see that sign?

 Cause it ain't there, cause stupid **%%# jokes ain't this lists %$#%$%
 business, that's why.

 ;)

 Adam.




  -Original Message-
  From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:39 AM
  To: CF-Talk
  Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
  Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at
  Macromedia?
  Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
  Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know
  what the
  @$! a programming methodology is.
  Jules: Then what do they call it?
  Vincent: A Royale Initiative
  Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
  Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash
  Remoting.
  Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
  Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.
 
  Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing
  really well :)
 
  - Jim
 
  Benoit Hediard wrote:
 
  It shoud be possible to do that with
  FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.
  You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
  coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
  But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do
  the Flash UI...
  
  It might be better to wait for Royale,
  http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems
  to be designed
  for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML
  files, and not
  HTML forms from Flash UI...).
  
  I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an
  HTML form?
  
  Benoit Hediard
  www.benorama.com
  
  
  
  
  -Message d'origine-
  De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Envoye : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
  A : CF-Talk
  Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
  
  
  Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come
  up with an idea
  solution...please post it.
  
  -Original Message-
  From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
  To: CF-Talk
  Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
  
  
  Hi everyone.
  
  I have an idea and need to know if it is within the
  capabilities of Flash
  and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for
  users to come
  to, where they can create forms and position the form
  elements and element
  labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I
  envision this
  working would be to provide within the interface an area
  that contained a
  list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
  area, radio,
  check). When a user dragged one of these into the form
  area they could
  give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element
  as well as
  position the element and its label wherever they wanted
  (within the bounds
  of course). Now for the crazy part...
  
  Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
  interacted with
  to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
  the layout
  was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
  created via the
  Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)?
  I was thinking
  maybe there are some functions in flash to get element
  coordinates, etc...
  
  The idea would be that this form could be used within an
  HTML email or
  website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
  build some kind
  of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
  be stored.
  
  Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond
  the scope of my
  abilities at this time.
  
  Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?
  
  Mike
  
  
  
  
  
 

 
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RE: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Haggerty, Mike
Michael - 

All of the things you mentioned are possible, and a lot more. 

I am currently hard at work on a product that features this capability. 

If you are interested in taking a look at (what will be) the beta version,
please feel free to contact me off list to receive an NDA.

M

-Original Message-
From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:59 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Hi everyone.

I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash
and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come
to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element
labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this
working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a
list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area, radio,
check). When a user dragged one of these into the form area they could
give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as
position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds
of course). Now for the crazy part...

Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted with
to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the layout
was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created via the
Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was thinking
maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates, etc...

The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or
website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some kind
of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be stored.

Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my
abilities at this time. 

Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

Mike 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Jason Miller
http://www.macromedia.com/software/dataconnection/demo/
fire fly components

May be of some help.. however more of a tool for you the developer than 
the end user. I'm currently looking for a link that had some form 
building type features on a flash list.. I'll be sure to forward if I 
can find it.

Jay Miller

Michael T. Tangorre wrote:
 Stop trashing this thread! I am trying to get some feedback, not any BS.
 
 Thanks!
 
 
 
 - Original Message - 
 From: John Wilker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:04 PM
 Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 
One of the best lines from that movie. Have a sound byte of it at home.

-Original Message-
From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


When you subscribed to this list did you see a sign on the front of it
 
 that
 
said stupid ***%% jokes email list?

You know why you didn't see that sign?

Cause it ain't there, cause stupid **%%# jokes ain't this lists %$#%$%
business, that's why.

;)

Adam.





-Original Message-
From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:39 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at
Macromedia?
Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know
what the
@$! a programming methodology is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: A Royale Initiative
Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash
Remoting.
Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.

Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing
really well :)

- Jim

Benoit Hediard wrote:


It shoud be possible to do that with

FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.

You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do

the Flash UI...

It might be better to wait for Royale,
http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems

to be designed

for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML

files, and not

HTML forms from Flash UI...).

I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an

HTML form?

Benoit Hediard
www.benorama.com





-Message d'origine-
De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoye : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
A : CF-Talk
Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come

up with an idea

solution...please post it.

-Original Message-
From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


Hi everyone.

I have an idea and need to know if it is within the

capabilities of Flash

and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for

users to come

to, where they can create forms and position the form

elements and element

labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I

envision this

working would be to provide within the interface an area

that contained a

list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
area, radio,
check). When a user dragged one of these into the form

area they could

give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element

as well as

position the element and its label wherever they wanted

(within the bounds

of course). Now for the crazy part...

Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
interacted with
to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
the layout
was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
created via the
Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)?

I was thinking

maybe there are some functions in flash to get element

coordinates, etc...

The idea would be that this form could be used within an

HTML email or

website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
build some kind
of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
be stored.

Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond

the scope of my

abilities at this time.

Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

Mike






 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
Thanks Jay!
Much appreciated.

Mike


- Original Message - 
From: Jason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)


 http://www.macromedia.com/software/dataconnection/demo/
 fire fly components

 May be of some help.. however more of a tool for you the developer than
 the end user. I'm currently looking for a link that had some form
 building type features on a flash list.. I'll be sure to forward if I
 can find it.

 Jay Miller

 Michael T. Tangorre wrote:
  Stop trashing this thread! I am trying to get some feedback, not any BS.
 
  Thanks!
 
 
 
  - Original Message - 
  From: John Wilker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:04 PM
  Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 
 One of the best lines from that movie. Have a sound byte of it at home.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:51 AM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 When you subscribed to this list did you see a sign on the front of it
 
  that
 
 said stupid ***%% jokes email list?
 
 You know why you didn't see that sign?
 
 Cause it ain't there, cause stupid **%%# jokes ain't this lists
%$#%$%
 business, that's why.
 
 ;)
 
 Adam.
 
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:39 AM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: Re: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Vincent: You know what they call a programming methodology at
 Macromedia?
 Jules: They don't call it a programming methodology?
 Vincent: No, they got a marketing department, they don't know
 what the
 @$! a programming methodology is.
 Jules: Then what do they call it?
 Vincent: A Royale Initiative
 Jules: Royale Initiative!  What do they call Flash Remoting?
 Vincent: Flash Remoting's Flash Remoting, but they call it Le Flash
 Remoting.
 Jules: Le Flash Remoting... hahaha.  What do they call VML?
 Vincent: Dunno, they don't use it.
 
 Ok, ok, sorry - it's almost a holiday and I'm not focusing
 really well :)
 
 - Jim
 
 Benoit Hediard wrote:
 
 
 It shoud be possible to do that with
 
 FlashMX/FlashRemotingMX/ColdFusionMX.
 
 You have all the required features in FlashMX : dragdrop, pixel
 coordinates, remoting to generate the HTML form with ColdFusionMX...
 But you'll need a really good ActionScript developer to do
 
 the Flash UI...
 
 It might be better to wait for Royale,
 http://www.macromedia.com/special/royale/ (even if it seems
 
 to be designed
 
 for the contrary : to easily generate Flash forms from XML
 
 files, and not
 
 HTML forms from Flash UI...).
 
 I agree with Bryan, why not using a flash Form instead of an
 
 HTML form?
 
 Benoit Hediard
 www.benorama.com
 
 
 
 
 
 -Message d'origine-
 De : Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Envoye : jeudi 3 juillet 2003 17:04
 A : CF-Talk
 Objet : RE: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Dude, I have thought of the same and if you or anycan come
 
 up with an idea
 
 solution...please post it.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 03 July 2003 15:59
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: CF  Flash (crazy idea?)
 
 
 Hi everyone.
 
 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the
 
 capabilities of Flash
 
 and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for
 
 users to come
 
 to, where they can create forms and position the form
 
 elements and element
 
 labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I
 
 envision this
 
 working would be to provide within the interface an area
 
 that contained a
 
 list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text
 area, radio,
 check). When a user dragged one of these into the form
 
 area they could
 
 give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element
 
 as well as
 
 position the element and its label wherever they wanted
 
 (within the bounds
 
 of course). Now for the crazy part...
 
 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user
 interacted with
 to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where
 the layout
 was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was
 created via the
 Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)?
 
 I was thinking
 
 maybe there are some functions in flash to get element
 
 coordinates, etc...
 
 The idea would be that this form could be used within an
 
 HTML email or
 
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to
 build some kind
 of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could
 be stored.
 
 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond
 
 the scope of my
 
 abilities at this time.
 
 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?
 
 Mike
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: CF Flash (crazy idea?)

2003-07-03 Thread Christian Cantrell
I'm a little late jumping in here, but I think this is an interesting 
idea, so I'll put in my two cents.  I actually built something similar 
to this as a prototype for the company I used to work for, although I 
built it all with DHTML and JSP.  I think the principle still applies, 
however.

The prototype I built was a frameset with two frames: in one frame, the 
user selected an HTML form element (text field, radio button, select 
box, etc) and specified its properties (length, options, name, etc).  
After clicking the Add button, the element would appear in the 
whiteboard frame where it could be dragged into place along with all 
the other elements that had previously been added.  When the author was 
happy with his layout, he would click save, and the X and Y coordinates 
of all the elements would be saved so that the look could be reproduced 
with dynamically generated and absolutely positioned DIV tags and form 
elements.

So I know for a fact it can be done with DHTML (and this was probably 
over two years ago, when DHTML support wasn't as good as it is now), 
and I suspect you could do something similar with Flash.  In a Flash 
UI, one would simply drag movie clips around the stage, and when the 
save button was clicked, the element type, properties, and X and Y 
coordinates could be stored on the server (via Flash Remoting, XML 
Sockets, or even loadVariables).  You could then use ColdFusion to 
dynamically build the CSS necessary to render something probably 
closely approximating the UI that was build in Flash.

In theory, anyway.  Hope this helps.

Christian

On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Michael T. Tangorre wrote:

 Hi everyone.

 I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of 
 Flash and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for 
 users to come to, where they can create forms and position the form 
 elements and element labels wherever they wish (within a maximum 
 area). How I envision this working would be to provide within the 
 interface an area that contained a list of possible form elements to 
 choose from (text input, text area, radio, check). When a user dragged 
 one of these into the form area they could give it a label and fill 
 in the attributes of that element as well as position the element and 
 its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds of course). Now for 
 the crazy part...

 Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted 
 with to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where 
 the layout was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was 
 created via the Flash interface (from a positioning and layout 
 standpoint)? I was thinking maybe there are some functions in flash to 
 get element coordinates, etc...

 The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or 
 website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build 
 some kind of container on the backend whereas those results/responses 
 could be stored.

 Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of 
 my abilities at this time.

 Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ?

 Mike

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