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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