1) Open a plain text editor (for example Notepad on Windows or TextEdit on Mac) and type the following line:
<?xml version="1.0"?>This is a standard opening line for an xml file. Next open a new node named 'poll':
<poll>The next line should be the question presented to the visitor:
<question>What version of Flash do you use?</question>Immediately after, add a node named 'answer' which represents a voting option. The node should have a 'votes' attribute to record the number of votes (which should normally be 0) and a 'barColor' attribute to indicate the color of the resulting bar. The node should contain the answer that can be selected:
<answer votes="0" barColor="#ff0000">Flash CS3</answer>Repeat this step until you have all the answers you require in your poll. Then, close your 'poll' node:
</poll>Your full XML file should look something like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <poll> <question>What version of Flash do you use?</question> <answer votes="0" barColor="#ff0000">Flash CS3</answer> <answer votes="0" barColor="#0ff000">Flash 8</answer> <answer votes="0" barColor="#00ff00">Flash MX 2004</answer> </poll>Save your xml file as poll.xml
2) Using a FTP client (such as Cute FTP on Windows or Captain FTP on Mac) upload the poll.xml file you created in step #1 and the DesignersPoll.php or the DesignersPoll.asp file provided with your download to your server. Change the permissons of the poll.xml file to 777 (read, write, execute permissions for everyone).
3) Having installed the designersPoll component using the Adobe Extension Manager open Flash and start a new file (if you are using Flash CS3 make sure you start an Actionscript 2 file).
4) Drag a copy of the component out of the components panel onto the stage.
5) With the component still selected open the component inspector panel and enter the location of the poll.xml file you uploaded to your server in step #2, it should look something like 'http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/poll.xml' (without the quotes).
6) Enter the backend script extension based on the backend file that you used in step #2. For example, if you are using the DesignersPoll.php file, you would enter php here. If you are using the asp file, you would enter asp
7) Save your file and test it.
Please note if you are intending to use the gradient look of the component you must publish your file for the Flash 8 player.