Can flash do this

I have a site which currently has three individual java applets doing a fade effect on 9 images, 3 images each applet. When the page loads, I have a script which checks the number of image file names in a database. The script then picks 9 random numbers from 1 to n. (n being the number of total images). When the page loads, the 9 image file names are inserted in the page, giving a fresh look each time. This will work for the client as they only need to size new images correctly, place them in a directory on the server, and then put their file names in the database. I can do this with flash? I am sure the effect can be achieved ( but notice on the site I have spacing between applets allowing change of background color) but I am interested in the querying of a database and seperate image files. I don't think Flash can do this...

Hi, you can load data from a database in a number of ways. I use phpObject for stuff like that but each to their own I say. As far as loading images MX can dynamically load jpeg files. I'm sure someone told me that MX2004 can load something else as well...

Is that a version of Flash?

Hi, its an addon library for flash. It's much better described here

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hehe you mean MX and MX 2004 don't you? sorry I can be really slow sometimes! MX 2004 is the latest flash editor version. MX was the predecessor.