bid sheet... need help finishing

[clp3777]

Attached are the source files for my sign shop's bidding/purchase order sheet. The concept is to make this a usable api for when a customer orders a product, I can calculate pricing, enter job descriptions and client info, log it all to a database so that I will be able to retrieve that info after reopening it and have it be editable, deletable, updateable, searchable, saveable, etc. I have FLASH 8 Pro, but I am somewhat of a novice when it comes to writing actionscript 2.0, and even more of a novice when it comes to any other language such as mysql or php. I can read and comprehend most code, but writing it is not so easy. I have tried to do some tutorials on sharedObjects, and dynamic vars from external text files, and from php form mailers. I thought that I would find something to get the results that I need, but my head is starting to hurt. Could someone please take the time to study my fla, and help get me in the right direction. I will gladly give credits for any script aid. if anyone would like to use this file for thier own purposes feel free... I am pretty proud of what I was able to do so far even though I have far to go... yeah I know... I am a newb.

[andrewfitz]

MySQL is as about much of a langues as a warehouse is. it's a database, you just need to learn the structure and maybe some sql commands. You would be using php and mysql together. It's a good way to go, but I just got on the ruby on rails bandwagon (my impression so far (http://blog.visualcondition.com/2007/09/09/ruby-on-rails-semi-first-impression/)) and I have to recommend it for fast and agile development of apps like these. I'm not sure how well it meshes with Flash, so you may just be better off using php for it, but it's worth checking out if nothing else but fun. Also in favor of php, there's much more resources on Flash integration, so good luck!