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D7, flash and MySQL help

Mon, 18/06/2012 - 13:43 — PeterD

Hi All,

I'm new to Drupal and just getting my head round things however I'm building an application which (the prototype version) will use an interactive flash front end from which I'll be looking to query the database from.

I've had a look around and some places seem to say D7 compatibility with flash is a dubious with others saying its fine. As I said I'm new to drupal but not to PHP or web technologies in general, I'm looking for guidance in Implementing the front end, how I'd go about it etc so any help or resources would help lots.

Many Thanks

 

Pete

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Thu, 21/06/2012 - 12:44 — darren
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I think around here you'd

I think around here you'd find a lot of people avoiding using Flash for front-end work. In the Drupal community we tend towards open-standards and cross-device compatiblity, therefore would urge you to do it in HTML5/Javascript, rather than Flash. I'd be interested in hearing your arguments for building a Flash front-end, but, whatever it is you're trying to do, there may be a 'better' way to do it.

If you do want to communicate with a Drupal back-end from a Flash front-end you should have a look at the Services module.