Question

I bought a website template that has a scrolling photo gallery. As it came, the images are static in the fla file itself. I would like to edit the fla and load images dynamically. Ideally from MSSQL. I’m using VS2010, C# webforms, and SQL Server 2008 R2.

Are there any code snippets or tutorials or general guidance on how to do this? I do have a CS3 disc with Flash on it I can use for editing.

Answer 1

You can use a Loader + URLRequest, something like: (untested code)

var imgLoader:Loader = new Loader();
imgLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageHasBeenLoaded);
imgLoader.load(new URLRequest("imagePath/from/database.jpg"));

public function imageHasBeenLoaded(e:Event) {     
      //Get the loaded bitmap image, do what you want with it from here.
      var img:Bitmap = Bitmap(e.target.content); 
}

Of course you would also want to feed the file paths to flash, either by FlashVars or by hitting a web service type of page (or xml file) via a Flash URLLoader + URLRequest. I prefer an xml file myself.