RE: FLASH: Flash & eCommerce

[Michael Penne]

? .swf pages print rather nicely from N4.x and MSIE

4.x if you use the right font/point size, and sections

using smaller sizes can be set as un-anti-aliased

fields and print as well as plain text. Creating an

.asp page version of every section of the site a

customer might want to print may well sound more

trouble than it is worth to many

ecomerce/informational/educational site producers. 


Why is 'a bit of a non-issue' when MS breaks something

that used to work so well? Its actually really

surprising to me that there is so _little concern_

(apparently) about this issue...


--- Jason Brown <

jason [dot] brownpres [dot] co [dot] uk

> wrote:

> you could have a print button which runs an asp

> script on the server to

> format a 'printer friendly' version out anyway -

> often you have to do this

> in order to get viewable results anyway, so it's a

> bit of a non-issue

> 

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Michael Penne [digit8ryahoo [dot] com (mailto:digit8ryahoo [dot] com)]

> Sent: 01 October 1999 16-12

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash & eCommerce

> 

> 

> Since customers often like to print their orders, if

> you can't get MSIE 5 to properly print flash files,

> this whole flash-ecommerce idea seems doomed to me.

> As

> long as clients are prevented from printing the

> frame

> they are on of the movie they are on, Flash is

> pretty

> much relegated to entertainment and flying logo type

> stuff, IMHO....

> 

>

--- John Dowdell <jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com> wrote:

>

> At 5:26 AM 9/30/99, valerie [dot] removilleac [dot] com

> wrote:

> > > Would you have some hints regarding which

> > technologies can be

> > > interfaced with Flash, to build back-ends of

> those

> > shops, in

> > > order to set up different level of eCommerce

> (with

> > or without

> > > payment by credit cards, with or without

> delivery

> > track &

> > > trace, with or without the backorder /

> > cancellation options, ...).

> > 

> > You're right... validation, order-processing,

> > fulfillment and delivery,

> > back-tracking of orders are all significant

> > differences between various

> > commerce systems. If you're evaluating backends,

> > then those factors define

> > some of the different niches.

> > 

> > For the front end it's usually easier. Most all

> > commerce systems use a

> > basic browser mechanism. They don't care what

> > browser you're using...

> > they'll just listen for properly-phrased URL

> > requests.

> > 

> > Flash can use GET and POST just like browser

> forms.

> > When played in a

> > browser we can piggyback on their HTTPS encryption

> > for secure transactions:

> > http://www.macromedia.com/go/13931

> > 

> > You'd need to know how to use Flash to send and

> > receive data -- you'd need

> > to have a good handle on Flash interactivity.

> You'd

> > also need to be able to

> > examine the types of requests the commerce server

> > expects, and to replicate

> > them in Flash... looking at URLs from browser

> > samples can help. It's also

> > possible that some systems may insist on a

> browser,

> > although that's usually

> > rare.

> > 

> > Generally, the commerce server would not usually

> > even know that it's Flash,

> > rather than a browser, that's placing the order.

> The

> > bigger variables are

> > on the back end than on the front end.

> > 

> > jd

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San

> Francisco

> > CA US

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