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Sonflare - 23 Jan 2007 05:22 GMT

Hi all,
i have got a Flash Projector which is to be deployed on DC/DVD rom. I am using
an XML menu to load various chapters and sections of html content, images etc.
The client is now asking for the capability to search within the "books"
content.
Is there any way of doing this? I have found an Extension that allows me to
search within a text field, but what about external content files?
Please help. I've had a quick look at Director, but I can't see any guarantee
that that product will give me an easier solution, not to mention the weeks or
relearning and redeveloping...
:frown;

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MotionMaker - 23 Jan 2007 12:51 GMT

You probably need to read all the data into Flash and do the searching in
Actionscript.

Director as I recall has better access to the OS so it could potentially read
a local database. However you should continue to consider how to accomplish in
Flash.

If you want to explore accomplishing the same with Flash then look at third
party products such as Zinc that will allow you to get to the OS.

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Sonflare - 23 Jan 2007 22:47 GMT

At this point I am considering creating a seperate "index" file of all the
projects chapters and sections (using keywords and descriptions for each
section), so I can search through it as a single document. Very basic, and not
a full search function, but unless anything else comes to light I can't see an
alternative..
Thanks for your reply.
David

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MotionMaker - 24 Jan 2007 12:29 GMT

Sounds like a plan. There may even be utilities out there that might help you generate the index files.

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Search function for external html content