Saving Screen shot to server as image file

the flash page is running on the server. Why can't it someout write an image to the server? There HAS to be a way to do this. There are flash application out there that let users send "ecards", which save the resulting image on the server.

So.. we have the html file running the flash page.. there has to be a way to get the image from the flash application to a .jpg on the server. We can use php.

So.. how do we do this?. There is always a way to do anything.

Try with MMSave function. I han't tried on server but it works when I run localy

Check these URLs for more info.

http://www.flashguru.co.uk/000041.php
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/flashcoders-wiki/index.php?MMSave

RootDir

Hi,

   I think you'll find a lot of those ecard sites use things like Flash Generator on the server to handle many of the personal aspects of the card. I'm not saying they all do, but many do. I'm gonna go with rascalpants on this one, I don't see how you can output a file to the server without some kind of third party intervention other than just a swf file.

Regards,
Peter Witham

those email card companies are not sending out jpegs to people they are sending out dynamic copies of shockwave files.  

and the links above that rootdir provided only save a .swf to the hard drive of a local machine(have not tested on server myself either).

To answer your question, you CANNOT create/save/export a jpeg from a .swf on a server or even on a local machine.

If you can use a swf instead, then you might be able to use the MMSave function mentioned above, but you cannot do what you asked for in your above question.

Is using a SWF instead an option?

rp

i don't see why I can't use an .swf file... that would work just fine.

I'll have to try this out.

This may not be final solution, but at least it will guide you in that direction. Let us know is that workout for you? meanwhile I will try to find more on this.

RootDir

any success?

Rootdir
God bless Columbia crew members

i'm still looking into it.. i will be sure to post more when i find out what works.

i'm still looking into it.. i will be sure to post more when i find out what works.

To create an image via flash, the best way is to use generator.

One way you could do it that I thought of is to switch to Shockwave and use Director. That has some very nice imaging lingo that allows you to do all sorts of things with images. And you can screen grab with it too although I don't know if you can do that online.

Regards,
Peter Witham

You should at least be able to pass the variables that are needed to generate the image to the server, and have another Flash program running on the server generate the image and save the picture using rootdir's MMSave or something like that.

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I wish the email notification was working properly, I would have objected to having this one deleted...

I think the question was ansered.

just because the answer was not a favorable one, does not mean that the answer was incorrect.


I have only received a few emails in the past week.  Please fix your system, so I don't have to go back and check every single one just to see if someone made a comment!


this was a huge way of time!


rp

your probably right.. you did say there was no way of doing it.. and there really isn't.. sorry about that..

as for the system not working.. i get all my emails.. there must be a problem with your account..

however.. when there is no way of doing something i don't think it deserves the same amount of points for an answer that says how to do it.. i do feel it deserves some points.. there should a 3rd options to give someone point who says there is no way of doing what's asked when that is in fact the truth..

hopefully they can fix your accounts, because i find experts exchange to be of great help..

anyways it shouldn't be about getting the points.. just about helping people out.. points don't mean to much to me.

I agree with Rascalpants on this and micamedia.

    I have to agree with Rascalpants, just because an answer is not the expected/wanted answer it does not make it wrong. Having just finished helping on a thread that has taking an awful lot of my time and effort to get to the end off, I'd hate to think that it was all for nothing. And I don't mean the points, they really are secondary to everyone around here I think. But time and effort to know whether something helped someone or not is important to know. It's not anyone's fault if an app or method does not do as wanted, if they all did there would be a lot less questions around here lol.

   Also I have to agree with micamedia, a 3rd option on the points seems like a good idea. Kinda of a 50/50 option or something for results that did not work due to technical issues beyond anyone's control maybe?

Regards to all,
Peter Witham

by the way. just so everyone knows what i did end up doing. was this..

- i didn't export a screen shot..
- flash exported the variables needed to recreate the drawing on the screen (it was vector art produce by the user)..
- i saved the vars in a database.
- when the user came back.. i loaded up these vars, and the flash application drew the image back.

it worked, but would have been easier if flash let you export a screenshot of itself.. but it doesn't i guess.

I don't agree about the points issue at all!  

Here is an analogy for you:

The brakes on my car are not working properly.  I know it will cost me $50 to get them looked at and fixed.  So I take the car in and after a few hours of work the mechanic tells me that he can't fix my car because the parts are no longer available.  I get mad and leave without paying.

Then next day I get a letter telling me that that mechanic is suing me for the $50, because he did the work and was not paid. Even though I did not like hearing my problem could not be fixed, I should still pay him the $50.  And I can't tell everyone in town that he is a bad mechanic, because even though I did not like the solution, his work was done in the best way humanly possible.


Now we have our little situation here.  I tell micamedia that you can't do what he wanted(and other solutions were provided as well), and he goes off and deleted the question.  Now I feel that I or someone else on this board deserves the points for this question, and an A grade for having the knowledge to know that the problem can't be solved that way.  You can't go around asking questions on these boards and deleting them just because you don't like that a solution cannot be found.


I could have gone to a cheaper mechanic(offered less points) but I would still have to pay the price for the service.


The points are a way of paying for or even thanking the experts on these boards for the Charitable time they spend helping solve problems.


This question should not have been deleted, and I think that the points should be awarded.


I gave you the first correct answer to your question, so I think I deserve the points.  Even if you would have given the points to someone else, at lease you would be paying for the service.


great!  now I'm mad!  better go get a milk shake to cool off!


RASCALPANTS