"S Reichard" <SReich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Here is my issue...  I am working on creating a website
> http://www.adoptabrick.com
>
> The new site is in progress http://www.adoptabrick.com/pilot
>
> The first website uses flash right now on the page marked "The Wall".  I
> would like to change the page to utilize aspx.  Is it possible?
>
> Here is the background.  The brick images are on the file system.  The
> information displayed is based on a query to a backend database.  the
> query
> determines what to pull in.  i.e.  The database will only have the name of
> the image to pull in and then flash will link the image name from the
> database to that on the file system.  The image is displayed as you can
> see
> with the text overlayed on top.
>
> ASPX
> I have a basic datagrid created and it pulls the image from the file
> system
> when putting the image name in the database, however I can not get it to
> format similar to that of the one in flash.  Also, I have not figured out
> how
> to put the text on the image either.  The image will be created
> dynamically
> at run time!  I hope all this makes sense...  it is complicated and I am
> wasting valuable time.  I have read about GDI+.  Basically each record in
> the
> database will have an image associated with it.  I want to take the image
> and
> build a wall, if possible with text overlaying each image based on what
> the
> customer entered.
>
> What tools are better for doing this, or is it not possible?
>
>
>

"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

> You have a good ways to go before you're ready to build this application.
> But I can give you a few clues. First, there is no need to store the image
> name in a database. I have created an example, which may prove helpful to
> you, at
>
> http://www.takempis.com/wall.htm
>
> As you should see by looking at the HTML source, each "brick" is actually a
> table cell, with one of 3 CSS classes assigned to it. The CSS class
> determines the background image used for that cell. So, if you want the user
> to be able to select a specific brick style, all you would have to do is
> store a number in the database, which would indicate which style to apply to
> the cell that represents the brick.
>
> The entire page is simply an HTML table with some CSS styles applied. The
> background image of the table is a tiled GIF called "concrete.gif." Each
> table cell has a background image applied via its style, either
> "brick1.gif," "brick2.gif," or "brick3.gif."
>
> In each cell that has a name, there is a div that contains the person's
> (people's) name(s). This could be fetched from the database, along with,
> optionally, a number (1, 2, 3) indicating which brick style to apply. Or you
> could simply apply the brick style as you wish, and simply insert the divs
> into the table cells.
>
> I'll leave the programming methodology up to you. Personally, I would use a
> Custom ServerControl or a UserControl for the table.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> Professional Chicken Salad Alchemist
>
> Big thicks are made up of lots of little thins.
>
>
> "S Reichard" <SReich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:42D0C472-10C6-4378-ACFD-D8B3F50E92AD@microsoft.com...
> > Here is my issue...  I am working on creating a website
> > http://www.adoptabrick.com
> >
> > The new site is in progress http://www.adoptabrick.com/pilot
> >
> > The first website uses flash right now on the page marked "The Wall".  I
> > would like to change the page to utilize aspx.  Is it possible?
> >
> > Here is the background.  The brick images are on the file system.  The
> > information displayed is based on a query to a backend database.  the
> > query
> > determines what to pull in.  i.e.  The database will only have the name of
> > the image to pull in and then flash will link the image name from the
> > database to that on the file system.  The image is displayed as you can
> > see
> > with the text overlayed on top.
> >
> > ASPX
> > I have a basic datagrid created and it pulls the image from the file
> > system
> > when putting the image name in the database, however I can not get it to
> > format similar to that of the one in flash.  Also, I have not figured out
> > how
> > to put the text on the image either.  The image will be created
> > dynamically
> > at run time!  I hope all this makes sense...  it is complicated and I am
> > wasting valuable time.  I have read about GDI+.  Basically each record in
> > the
> > database will have an image associated with it.  I want to take the image
> > and
> > build a wall, if possible with text overlaying each image based on what
> > the
> > customer entered.
> >
> > What tools are better for doing this, or is it not possible?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

"S Reichard" <SReich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> that is great!  now the next question is how to build the html dynamically
> based on the amount of records in the database?  On top of that, make is
> so
> the wall is able to modified based on some type of filter?  For instance,
> only show me the bricks by a certain affiliate...
>
> I have tried using a datagrid for this, but it does not appear to be the
> best option.
>
> Since I am new to the .Net programming, can you provide more details on
> how
> I do either of the following?
>
> Custom ServerControl or a UserControl for the table?
>
> Thanks!  Your help has been greatly appreciated!
>
> Steve
>
> "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
>
>> You have a good ways to go before you're ready to build this application.
>> But I can give you a few clues. First, there is no need to store the
>> image
>> name in a database. I have created an example, which may prove helpful to
>> you, at
>>
>> http://www.takempis.com/wall.htm
>>
>> As you should see by looking at the HTML source, each "brick" is actually
>> a
>> table cell, with one of 3 CSS classes assigned to it. The CSS class
>> determines the background image used for that cell. So, if you want the
>> user
>> to be able to select a specific brick style, all you would have to do is
>> store a number in the database, which would indicate which style to apply
>> to
>> the cell that represents the brick.
>>
>> The entire page is simply an HTML table with some CSS styles applied. The
>> background image of the table is a tiled GIF called "concrete.gif." Each
>> table cell has a background image applied via its style, either
>> "brick1.gif," "brick2.gif," or "brick3.gif."
>>
>> In each cell that has a name, there is a div that contains the person's
>> (people's) name(s). This could be fetched from the database, along with,
>> optionally, a number (1, 2, 3) indicating which brick style to apply. Or
>> you
>> could simply apply the brick style as you wish, and simply insert the
>> divs
>> into the table cells.
>>
>> I'll leave the programming methodology up to you. Personally, I would use
>> a
>> Custom ServerControl or a UserControl for the table.
>>
>> --
>> HTH,
>>
>> Kevin Spencer
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Professional Chicken Salad Alchemist
>>
>> Big thicks are made up of lots of little thins.
>>
>>
>> "S Reichard" <SReich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:42D0C472-10C6-4378-ACFD-D8B3F50E92AD@microsoft.com...
>> > Here is my issue...  I am working on creating a website
>> > http://www.adoptabrick.com
>> >
>> > The new site is in progress http://www.adoptabrick.com/pilot
>> >
>> > The first website uses flash right now on the page marked "The Wall".
>> > I
>> > would like to change the page to utilize aspx.  Is it possible?
>> >
>> > Here is the background.  The brick images are on the file system.  The
>> > information displayed is based on a query to a backend database.  the
>> > query
>> > determines what to pull in.  i.e.  The database will only have the name
>> > of
>> > the image to pull in and then flash will link the image name from the
>> > database to that on the file system.  The image is displayed as you can
>> > see
>> > with the text overlayed on top.
>> >
>> > ASPX
>> > I have a basic datagrid created and it pulls the image from the file
>> > system
>> > when putting the image name in the database, however I can not get it
>> > to
>> > format similar to that of the one in flash.  Also, I have not figured
>> > out
>> > how
>> > to put the text on the image either.  The image will be created
>> > dynamically
>> > at run time!  I hope all this makes sense...  it is complicated and I
>> > am
>> > wasting valuable time.  I have read about GDI+.  Basically each record
>> > in
>> > the
>> > database will have an image associated with it.  I want to take the
>> > image
>> > and
>> > build a wall, if possible with text overlaying each image based on what
>> > the
>> > customer entered.
>> >
>> > What tools are better for doing this, or is it not possible?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>