Flash Interaction -> Coverflow

[FoxLeader]

Hello everyone,

I found those two flash creations and I taugh it would be too cool to have them for whatever purpose in an app. And it uses XML, to I it can share that data.
But is it a way to interact in two ways?

1. I click on an item in flash and it shows up in the AMS app.
2. I click on something in the AMS app and it shows the associated item in the flash thing.

Here are the two similar flash "things":
http://www.n99creations.com/vieweg.php?id=14
http://www.arno-box.net/flash/14/fla...w-ditunes-v02/ (in french)

Those are Open Source, so if anybody knows Flash, then it might become easier if they are modified? (like to use SQL Lite, MySQL or something similar).

Thanks for your ideas and contributions!
FoxLeader

[RizlaUK]

that is just too dam cool, i dont know much flash but i do know some xml and im loving the look of this thing

Thanks for pointing this out

[FoxLeader]

Nobody has ideas to interact with it?

[FoxLeader]

Lol. I'm stupid. I haven't seen there was flash actions

I'll take a look a this.

[FoxLeader]

So I just put the coverflow in a project with a list box (for those interested, the FLA is there as well).

What should be done, for a simple exemple (but I dunno how to achieve it) is:


1.Load the XML (which is in "AutoPlay\Flash\Coverflow\XML" note: there are two XML files; the one loaded onshow in the SWF is "albuminfo.xml") into the listbox;
2.Interact between the listbox and the SWF; when I click an item in the listbox, it shows the corresponding image in the Flash object.


So, is it possible and if yes, how?

Thanks a lot for your kind help and participation!
FoxLeader

[RizlaUK]

as it happens, that is exactly what i had in mind for this,

i have a mp3 manager project im about 50% done with, it stores id3 data in a sqlite database, now the trick will be writing the xml file with the same album/track info, i do have "some" xml experience with ams and as theres only a few elements to each section it should not be to hard

i will have a mess with your example and see if i can get it to write the xml on the fly from folders of mp3 files.....and move on to the fscommand to load the album tracks into the listbox when the album image is clicked

i will post back...if/when i get somewhere

[FoxLeader]

Cool

I'll see on my own for loading, but the other exemple (the one in french) has interaction with the Coverflow via Javascript, so it is possible for this to be done with Lua. It also has a theme system, which can be pretty cool to have in an app
But it also needs a simple webserver (I'll search for a very lite Apache one).

I'm happy to see I'm not gonna be alone to search for this

[RizlaUK]

well, i think iv bitten off more than i can chew with this one, getting the album info in to the xml file is easy enough....but then what, its ok for visual effect but i want interaction, my sothink swf quicker dose not support the fla file so im gonner download a demo of dreamweaver and see what i can do with that

the other example sounds more "usable" in this case, so i'll take a look at that and see if i have any ideas, id rather program with lua then spend a month learning action script for a single section of my app

as for the webserver, would worms simple webserver example be any good, if so then we can build the server right into the app or dose it need php, if it dose then portableapps.com do a portable version of "XAMPP", i know its not exactly lightweight but if it gets the job done

[FoxLeader]

Maybe you meant Flash instead of Dreamweaver?
Anyway... for the server, it doesn't need PHP. The only need for it is to think the files are on the web, because the Flash file has to acess other files which is prevented by most security settings. But if the SWF is on a server and acess files on the same server, there's no problem.
I'll take a look at Worm's.

On the programming part, I totally follow you, but as I have the Creative Suite, I have Flash as well so I'll take a look a bit deeper to see if there's nothing I can do.

FoxLeader

[RizlaUK]

Maybe you meant Flash instead of Dreamweaver?

lol, yeah, i thought dreamweaver was a flash authoring tool....guess iv a lot to learn

i tried worms example but it dosent seem to work on vista (just crashes on startup) iv no xp at mo here so i cant test it

well the day is winding down and iv got visitors so i think thats me for tonight, i'll attack it again tomoz

[jennyp]

Hi everyone. I'm a bit confused here about the dual cover art and player at:

http://www.n99creations.com/junk/player.html

I have the "player.swf", but what XML files are needed, where should they be put, and in what form please - And where to put the cover art images and mp3 links!! Thanks for any help

Jenny

[FoxLeader]

Hello,

@RizlaUK: Sorry, I had not seen there has been replies before.

So happenned the same thing for me; it crashed. But I found some little servers I can use.. that's a start. Yep, there's a lot to learn on that part. I'm a web designer, but not used to flash, so I have to learn as well!

@Jenny: Lol, I had not seen this one, I'm gonna take a look at this. I'll try to get back with something soon. But that seems pretty interesting!

[AGRO]

Hi everyone. I'm a bit confused here about the dual cover art and player at:

http://www.n99creations.com/junk/player.html

I have the "player.swf", but what XML files are needed, where should they be put, and in what form please - And where to put the cover art images and mp3 links!! Thanks for any help

Jenny

You can see the files and where they are here...
http://www.n99creations.com/junk/

[AGRO]

Have you seen this...

http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/photoflow/

http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomp.../example1.html

http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomp.../example2.html

[AGRO]

Hello,

@RizlaUK: Sorry, I had not seen there has been replies before.

So happenned the same thing for me; it crashed. But I found some little servers I can use.. that's a start. Yep, there's a lot to learn on that part. I'm a web designer, but not used to flash, so I have to learn as well!

@Jenny: Lol, I had not seen this one, I'm gonna take a look at this. I'll try to get back with something soon. But that seems pretty interesting!

Here is what the xml. file looks like...(first couple songs)

<artworkinfo>
	<albuminfo>
		<artLocation>pdy1.jpg</artLocation>
		<trackName>These Days</trackName>
		<artist>Powderfinger</artist>
		<albumName>Odyssey Number Five</albumName>
		<httptype>http://www.n99creations.com/junk/artwork/</httptype>
		<songurl>http://intranet.jcorp.com.au/pub/inbox/mp3-homer/Powderfinger%20-%20These%20Days.mp3</songurl>
	</albuminfo>

	<albuminfo>
		<artLocation>pdy10.jpg</artLocation>
		<trackName>Always</trackName>
		<artist>Bon Jovi</artist>
		<albumName>Crossroad</albumName>
		<httptype>http://www.n99creations.com/junk/artwork/</httptype>
		<songurl>http://witaj.info/muzyka_labucia/Jon%20Bon%20Jovi%20-%20Always.mp3</songurl>
	</albuminfo>

	<albuminfo>
		<artLocation>pdy6.jpg</artLocation>
		<trackName>Lightning Crashes</trackName>
		<artist>Live</artist>
		<albumName>Throwing Copper</albumName>
		<httptype>http://www.n99creations.com/junk/artwork/</httptype>
		<songurl>http://thighswideshut.org/music/Lightning_Crashes.mp3</songurl>
	</albuminfo>

	<albuminfo>
		<artLocation>pdy9.jpg</artLocation>
		<trackName>Poison</trackName>
		<artist>Alice Cooper</artist>
		<albumName>A fistful of Alice</albumName>
		<httptype>http://www.n99creations.com/junk/artwork/</httptype>
		<songurl>http://awesome.dreamhosters.com/songs/alice cooper - poison.mp3</songurl>
	</albuminfo>
</artworkinfo>