|  | Posted by rb on 06/30/06 10:25 
HI,Thanks ANdy,
 Yes I will problably need to have some sort of template icons to drag, to
 cut down on the articic time needed to do this thing.
 I will search for some java or Flash implimentations,
 
 Thanks
 Robert
 
 "Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:56:16 +0200, "rb" <me@u.com> wrote:
 >
 > >i am developing a claims input form. part of this form, the original
 paper
 > >version, was to draw a brief picture of the accident.
 > >Is there anyway in PHP, or other addied controld to achieve the same
 result.
 >
 >  You could probably do it in just PHP and HTML with image maps and using
 the GD
 > library to draw predefined shapes in response to clicks, but it'd be
 pretty
 > slow and need loads of server round trips.
 >
 >  Presumably you'd have some sort of template shapes like cars and
 lampposts;
 > the average user isn't going to be much good at drawing a picture with a
 mouse.
 >
 >  Next level up could be using Javascript to drag and drop elements around
 on
 > the page, which reduces server round trips but complicates it
 considerably.
 >
 >  Then there could be Flash or Java applet implementations; I don't know
 any
 > ready-made ones that might be suitable.
 >
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