Hello, I am new to adobe's forum and flex in general, but I am slowly learning
more advanced techniques.

My question is, is there anyway to have a flex + php Flipbook component?

Basically I want to create one of those magazines with 100+ images.

Ideally I was lookin to have the book either updated through a DB or the
images loading in different areas.

A zoom function and a search function would also be really helpful.

http://ikeaus.ecweb.is/09/mus/

^ That was an example of a book that gave me the idea to try to create a
dynamic flipbook.

Any help will do in any form.

Thanks

"mrcoolcourt" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, I am new to adobe's forum and flex in general, but I am slowly
> learning
> more advanced techniques.
>
> My question is, is there anyway to have a flex + php Flipbook component?
>
> Basically I want to create one of those magazines with 100+ images.
>
> Ideally I was lookin to have the book either updated through a DB or the
> images loading in different areas.
>
> A zoom function and a search function would also be really helpful.
>
> http://ikeaus.ecweb.is/09/mus/
>
> ^ That was an example of a book that gave me the idea to try to create a
> dynamic flipbook.
>
> Any help will do in any form.


http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/...ents/flexbook/

Now that is one fantastic application!

Hello amy and thank you for the reply. I got that script and I am going to go
home and play with the source a lil more.

My question now would be, is there any way to have the actual pages of the
book dynamically changed from the backend? For instance I code up the flex to
find an image file from the DB and through the code it applies the new page to
the flex app?

I hope that makes sense and isnt too out of the question.

I just have about 100 images and I want to seperate them into a few categories
and maybe have them load on demand or without the user waiting for the whole
app to load.

Thanks for your help

Assuming the book is populated by a collection, you could always populate the collection using HTTPService automatically.

"mrcoolcourt" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hello amy and thank you for the reply. I got that script and I am going to
> go
> home and play with the source a lil more.
>
> My question now would be, is there any way to have the actual pages of the
> book dynamically changed from the backend? For instance I code up the flex
> to
> find an image file from the DB and through the code it applies the new
> page to
> the flex app?

Look for HTTPService, URLLoader, and RemoteObject in the Help.

Are there any examples out there on creating a book using those methods
(HTTPService, URLLoader and RemoteObject)

I am getting extremely fustrated because I cant find any way to populate the
book with images from an XML file. And making Chapters just seems impossible by
now, I cant give up but there isnt anyone that wants to help.

I have never made such a book in Flex as is the case with most people that
visit this forum I am sure. It is not "...but there isnt anyone that wants
to help." ...it is just that we do not know your answer.

Perhaps if you made smaller requests like "How to read in an XML file..." or
"Once an XML file is read in, how to use a 'URL' note to load an external
image, SWF, or such."

These smaller questions many can help with I am sure.

http://www.danvega.org/blog/index.cf...owered-by-Cold
Fusion

I just found that, do you think it would be hard to change the cold fusion to
a php script or even another xml?