January
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2003




Dynamic Flash Banner from XML data

The attempt here is to prove the versatility of Flash. With just very simple (too simple) XML and a few pre-made movie clips you can create, not just dynamic text, but dynamic everything.

Here I provide three XML files that just contain a few parameters. When you click on the links, it calls this same page, passing a 1, a 2 or a 3. Depending on that number, the parser then loads XML1, 2 or 3. In this XML are the parameters that specify what individual movieclips to load. And there you have it. A dynamic banner. Imagine creating a banner with many more parameters, with instructions on how to animate the text (from here to there), etc.

Let me know if any questions...

combo_1.xml (click me)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<DATA> 
  <ROW backgroundcolor="0xF1EFE2" logoclip="sample_1.jpg" 
  animateclip="animate_1.swf" textclip="text_1.swf" text2="1: 
  This is the Main title" text1="this is the subtitle" />	
</DATA>
			

combo_2.xml (click me)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<DATA>
  <ROW backgroundcolor="0xF1EFE2" logoclip="sample_2.jpg" 
  animateclip="animate_1.swf" textclip="text_1.swf" text2="2: 
  This is the Another Main title" text1="this is the another subtitle" 
/> 
</DATA>								
			

combo_3.xml (click me)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<DATA>
  <ROW backgroundcolor="0xF1EFE2" logoclip="sample_3.jpg" 
  animateclip="animate_1.swf" textclip="text_1.swf" text2="3: 
  Yet Another Main title" text1="yet another subtitle" />	
</DATA>