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  1. 04-09-2003, 12:06 PM #1
    orangejuice
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    Embedding javascript based search applet in flash

    I am really not a programmer, but am hoping someone can help me out... I am working on creating an interactive CDROM which is based on loading external text files into movie clips. The client wants to incorporate a search function, which searches all the external text files, brings up a list of links, and when clicked, loads that text file into an empty movie clip. I have found several search programs designed to index files on CDROM - these create an applet which is generally viewed in an internet browser. However, I want to take the code & embed it in flash. Any clue on how do do this?? The site i found the applet on is http://www.jobjects.com/products/questagent/index.html if anyone wants to download their demo & check it out. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!!! (Or if you have an easier way to do this, it would also be appreciated!)

    Thanks.
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  2. 04-09-2003, 04:16 PM #2
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    Hi,

    just another idea: I have written a tiny webserver that can live on a cdrom. The code would run on the local machine but not inside the browser (so you cannot get those "script is slow" messages), and unlike some other solutions the cdrom would work on windows, mac osx and linux

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  3. 04-09-2003, 04:35 PM #3
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    Thats sounds like a good idea... How exactly is it setup & how does it work? Would it be essentially invisible for the user using the flash interface?? Tell me more!
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  4. 04-09-2003, 04:55 PM #4
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    Sorry, forgot to put a link there: http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=218890
    It wants a one-time installation of perl and it wants the user to run the script and view the cdrom in browser as http://localhost:8123
    The one-time installation, as well as firing up the browser and the script can probably be done by the autorun tool from www.duckware.com
    For mac osx you would probably put a readme telling that perl is on one of the installation cdroms, in case it is not installed ... and linux systems usually have perl installed.

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  5. 04-09-2003, 05:02 PM #5
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    Thanks so much! Sounds like it might be just what i've been looking for! Will give this a go....

    Thanks again!
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