PHP and Flash - Dynamic Buttons

Anon

I am trying to find out if it is possible to load variables into flash using php. I need to load a dynamic number of buttons in the flash file. In other words, sometimes I may need to create five buttons on the fly and other times I may need to load seven buttons on the fly, depending on the query result from the database. I have the query set already to send into flash, I just need to know how to dynamically create the buttons in flash using the query set.
Thank you so much if you can help! :-)
-Randy

Anon

Make the php page output your variable with a simple "echo".

In Flash you have to use something like:
loadVariables("your_php_page.php",0);

Let's say your text field in flash has a variable named "my_var" asigned, then you would need a php page like this:

<?php
echo "$my_var = hello";
?>

Make sure there are no line breaks between the opening php tag and the beginning of the page, because that would make the loadVariables statement to fail.

Once you have your variables loaded, you could generate your buttons with duplicateMovieclip.

Anon

Is duplicate movie clip a function in flash?
How do i use that?
Also i have several variables as each button has a different name and the amount of buttons are determined at run time.
thanks
-randy

Anon

Yes, it is a flash function, you use it like this:
yourMovieClip .duplicateMovieClip(newname ,depth );

newname: A unique identifier for the duplicate movie clip.
depth: A number specifying the depth level where the movie specified is
to be placed.
This function creates an instance of the specified movie clip while the movie is playing.
Duplicated movie clips always start playing at frame 1, no matter what frame the
original movie clip is on when the duplicateMovieClip method is called.
Variables in the parent movie clip are not copied into the duplicate movie clip. If
the parent movie clip is deleted the duplicate movie clip is also deleted. Movie
clips added with duplicateMovieClip can be deleted with removeMovieClip
action or method.
(taken from the flash help files)

Then, you just make one button as a movieclip and duplicate this as many times as you need, giving the resulting buttons different names and whatever properties you want.