Flash slideshow + Event Gateways = COOL
ColdFusion
I was tasked with integrating some kind of cool slideshow for our company's intranet page. My solution to making that a cool project was to use a Flash app, and then use CF MX 7 event gateways to monitor the image directory for any changes, then re-write the XML file on any Add/Change/Delete.
I used the DirectoryWatcher event gateway in ColdFusion and on any Add/Change/Delete to my designated directory, it kicks off the code to re-write the source XML file for the .swf movie.
Here is the code I used to generate the new source XML file for the movie.
I used the DirectoryWatcher event gateway in ColdFusion and on any Add/Change/Delete to my designated directory, it kicks off the code to re-write the source XML file for the .swf movie.
Here is the code I used to generate the new source XML file for the movie.
<cfscript>
directoryList = createObject("java","java.io.File").init(expandPath("./activepics/")).list();
</cfscript>
<cfdump var="#directoryList#">
<cfsavecontent variable="output">
<slideshow>
<cfloop index="i" from=1 to="#arrayLen(directoryList)#">
<cfoutput>
<slide>
<image url='somePath/#directoryList[i]#' background='555555' />
<transition transition='push_left' />
<motion duration='2' start_xOffset='-200' />
</slide>
</cfoutput>
</cfloop>
</slideshow>
</cfsavecontent>
<cffile action="write" file="#expandpath("slides.xml")#" output="#output#"/>
If you click on the Flash slideshow it will take you to the source page...or you can d/l the source I used here.
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