ICS 465 Final Project

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ICS 465 Final Project

• By David Neely and Brandon Lee

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Review

• A dynamic flash-based ICS Alumni map
• Centralized data source
• Self updatable
• Visual way to keep in contact

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Components

• Microsoft Access Database
• Macromedia Flash MX 2004
• Active Server Pages

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Using ASP, Flash can communicate with the database
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What was accomplished

• Components
• Flash pages
• Microsoft Access Database
• ASP

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What was accomplished

• We need to decide the scale of the project to be
  small, Oahu.
• Why? (version2)
• Getting used to environment
• More ideas and concepts were coming up
• Restriction of time

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What was accomplished

• Connection with database
• Loading and storing of users
• Key map map Navigation
• User
• Log ins
• Sign ins
• Displaying of information

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Obstacles

• Connection to the database
• Implementation of flash new
• Weird bugs
• Getting used to placement of action script
• Getting caught in the visual effects

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Obstacles

• ASP
• Database connection, Hosting database
• Flash itself
• Placement of action script
• Timeline
• Libraries
• Syntax

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Version 2(hopes)

• Update a user
• Uploading of own picture
• Deleting user (self)
• Search function
• Project Icons
• Animation of users
• Zoom features
• Singled out display (i.e. only BA graduates)
• Tweeking of interface
• Larger map?
• Making it easy to adapt to other departments
• Chats, videos..

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Overall

• Flash is visually nice
• Needs some work on interface
• Maybe a search function on scripts?
• We actually enjoyed working on this project
• Now have a further interest in Flash as well as
  other web applications
• Appreciation for web developers