Flash & ASP

This little tutorial will show you how it is possible to generate a thumbnail based on your image in SWF (Flash) format on the fly by using the free version of DypsImg2SWF.

This is a simple tip that presents an ASP class that can read the properties of a Macromedia Flash file (a .swf file). You can use this handy class to read the height, width, version, file length, twips readings, frame rate, and frame count of a Flash file on your Web server.

This article explains how to connect a Flash movie to an Access database, and use an ASP page to query the database and transfer information over to the Flash movie. It shows how to build a very simple Flash address book to demonstrate the technique. Full source code available for download.

Learn the cool things possible using Flash and ASP. Attractive and interactive Flash interfaces make your pages look fun and interesting. This comprehensive guide teaches you all you need to know about integrating Flash with ASP. In relation to Flash, ASP can be used as a bridge between the database and the flash interface. The potential of Flash-and-ASP has not yet been fully realized and there are not many articles or guides on the web to help you through your quest to find out more. Smart Webby's Guide to Flash 'n' ASP Unleashed is designed to not only teach you to work with this less explored area of web development but also challenge and initiates you into trying to build products by yourself. It shows how to deal with real time situations like display and functioning of forms. Learn among other things how to make a Flash Guest-Book. Enjoy the visual and detailed learning experience that makes it easy for even a novice to understand quickly. It also has consciously included tips and guidelines for achieving better loading speed and small file sizes.

A tutorial explaining how to use ASP to direct which clip is being played by a flash movie. A solution involves jumping out of a flash movie into an ASP page, then back again. To accomplish the effect of jumping back in at a specific frame, we simply load some variables into the flash movie and use them to jump to the right frame.

Flash allows you to create zippy, vector-based animation and interactivity in a small ActiveX control, and ASP allows you to create dynamic HTML content on the fly. This tutorial explains how to use ASP in the creation of zippy, vector-based Flash content on the fly.