actually, for anyone interested, i did find a great tutorial on flashkit
that uses php + flash to do it. search for "e-cards" in the tutorials
section.
> From: bo@bodudek.dk (Bo Dudek)
> Organization: Cybercity
> Newsgroups: dk.edb.internet.webdesign.flash
> Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 04:21:20 GMT
> Subject: Re: save new .swf from original .swf?
>
>> Anyone know of a way to save an .swf from another .swf? For instance, if a
>> user were to custom-create a greeting card or whatever using various
>> elements, could they then save their own card for their own use?
> I don't think that's possible, but you could import some variables
> e.g. from at txt file, and let the user write to the txt file..
>
> Kind regards
> Bo Dudek
>
www.bodudek.dk
>
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