Posts Tagged ‘ajax’

I am using Flash to create a form application where people can select up to 4 querying options (using comboboxes), hit a submit button and retrieve data from an XML file based on their selections. The data they receive becomes a list of titles linked to corresponding PDFs that are located on a CD. All of this will eventually be on a CD, hence the reason for Flash and not PHP or something web-based. Because of usability reasons I am pretty limited in my options, but I am having such a frustrating time with Flash because of the size of the XML file and other factors (mainly I don’t agree with actionscript for this kind of project).

Does anyone know of a better way or have any suggestions? VB? AJAX? C? At this point, I don’t really care what language, but if someone has done anything similar and thinks they might have a better solution than Flash, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jen
Yeah I’ve already got that bookmarked. I was looking for more of a general opinion, possibly from someone who has done something like this before.
Funny you should say that. This XML file is 4.3 MB. It crashes Flash 80% of the time. I think I will try to go with your suggestion on the ajah. Now if only my boss could understand why Flash is a bad idea……..

How can I make a web page were the user can update (add to or edit) an XML file with out have to refresh, reload, or leave the page?
I’ve heard this could be done with AJAX, but when I asked (see previous questions), I was told this was impossible.

Does anyone think they can give me a code segment (couple with the language?)

I want to use XML as datafile,but I have a lot of information (many entries).

1. Do I need to make many file for each entry. or use one XML file to store all entries?

2. I am planning to use AJAX as UI to get the XMLHttpResponse from the server (PHP based).
I would like to modify the XML file immediately like Flickr.
What should I do to append/modify new data on the XML file in Server?

Thank you!