This article explains how to connect a Flash movie to an Access database, and use an ASP page to query the database and transfer information over to the Flash movie. It shows how to build a very simple Flash address book to demonstrate the technique. Full source code available for download.

This little tutorial (with DypsImg2SWF API documentation) will show you how it is possible to generate a thumbnail based on your image in SWF (Flash) format on the fly by using the free version of DypsImg2SWF.

Macromedia's Flash and Microsoft's Active Server Pages technologies are two products with an extremely heavy impact on the world of web site development. Flash allows you to create zippy, vector-based animation and interactivity in a small ActiveX control, and ASP allows you to create dynamic HTML content on the fly. Hopefully, by the time you're done skimming this article, you'll be confident enough to use ASP in the creation of zippy, vector-based Flash content on the fly.

With the number of Web sites using Macromedia Flash Files (.swf files) to present content, as a Web developer it may come in handy to have an ASP page that could easily read various tidbits of information about a Flash file. Fortunately, Flash files save a plethora of useful information in their headers. This information can be read using the FileSystemObject through an ASP page!

Macromedia's Flash being a much hyped about media is gaining popularity fast due to its impressive interface and interactivity. This being irrespective of the fact that sometimes the loading time can be a put off (if the viewer has got a slow Internet connection or the flash movie is huge in size). If skillfully used the beauty of a flash interface and its quick interactive capabilities with minimal loading time can be easily achieved. Coming to Microsoft's ASP (Active Server Pages - a technology that provides a framework for building dynamic HTML pages which enable Internet andIntranet applications to be interactive). ASP is very much a front runner in the race for dynamic and database driven web sites. In relation to Flash, ASP can be used as a bridge between the database and the flash interface.