writing a program with an user GUI

ryohazuki

Hello, maybe you can help me.I'm looking for a method to write an interactive program in PHP.The screen in this program has to
be divided in 2 sections: the first for displaying a collection of objects (like nodes and arcs) and the other to
draw and display the image.The user could pick an object from the first section and position it somewhere on the second.
The final scheme should be saved on a file with the position of the user placed object. I need surely a function to
detect and respond to user mouse's cursos clicks, and a method to know cursor's position...How can I do that?Maybe with the
ming library and Flash?
Thanks, Mitja

quadmyre

1) Does this project need to be web based? If a GUI app in PHP is the appropriate solution you may wish to look at http://gtk.php.net/
2) If a web-based app is appropriate I would think either a Java applet, Flash or DHTML with a PHP back-end could do what you want - the details of each implementation are probably beyond the scope of any general PHP message board though... and to be honest if don't already have experience of any of these possible routes you're probably in for a very steep learning curve with any of them to produce any useful results.
Good luck!

ryohazuki

yes, it has to be web-based...
I heard about DHTML at first, but couldn't find anything about it (i 'd need a book or tutorial)

on the other hand, on the site
http://www16.brinkster.com/gazb/ming/index.html
I found some useful MING examples, but couldn't understand the followind code and will need a guide here too...
it' s about "actionscript"

$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("loadVariables('colvar.txt',this);dir=5;function run(){this.rotation+=dir;};"),SWFACTION_ONLOAD);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("run();"), SWFACTION_ENTERFRAME);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("startDrag('');"), SWFACTION_MOUSEDOWN);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("stopDrag();"), SWFACTION_MOUSEUP);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("dir=-5;"), SWFACTION_KEYDOWN);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("dir=5;"), SWFACTION_KEYUP);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("oldX=X;oldY=Y;Y=parent.ymouse;X=parent.xmouse;x+=(oldX-X)/50;_y+=(oldY-Y)/50;"),SWFACTION_MOUSEMOVE);
$clip->addAction(new SWFAction("col=new Color(this);col.SetRGB(clipcolor);"), SWFACTION_DATA);