Fireworks accessing a database

[jasongolda]

I need help having images and a image description generated from a Access database with fireworks. Is this possible?

[Ryan8720]

It's not possible. Fireworks is an image program, Access is a database. They don't work together.

[grey259]

You can generate .PNG files using PHP, if your server supports that language. You can even store the images in a database, or create them on the fly as people view your site.
Check out the PHP forum, and see the php documentation.

[php.net...]

There's probably a method in a different language, but I'm not familiar with any other languages. I haven't tried creating images in PHP yet, but I'm pretty sure that it works by taking a base .png file (which you can create in fireworks) and then modifying it based on dynamic information.

[jasongolda]

what if I just want to link the picture as a backround in fireworks to the server, but I export the final picture in web format?

[grey259]

If you are only using the image as a background for text, you can do what you are suggesting more easily with html. Just use the image as a background for a div or table element, then write the new text inside of it.

Other options include creating your file in fireworks, then storing either the URL to the image or the entire image in your database. You won't be able to dynamically create images this way, though.. just display them.

Don't worry about png being unfriendly for web pages. Properly optimized, png can be better than a gif. Nearly all browsers support png images, as well.