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07-18-2008, 01:06 AM
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it's theoretically possible, but it's going to rely on so many parameters there's not going to be anything out of the box for you.

theoretically you could use a php script to crawl the contents of a directory, build an array then send it to flash via flash vars, then build your image selection based off that variable, which requires a lot of flash knowledge to pull off.

a second solution could be similar: use php (or any server side language) to crawl the directory then open/edit the xml. flash is client side, so in theory the server side work should be done with the xml file before flash asks for it.

i've done similar type deals with javascipt powered scripts.