# Research help for interactive Flash application

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 19, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/research-help-for-interactive-flash-application/315173 "2010-10-19T15:16:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![driz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@driz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/driz)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/research-help-for-interactive-flash-application/315173/1 "2010-10-19T15:16:50Z")

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Hi, I’m building an interactive flash application that will be used on a projector and projected onto a floor. The flash application will be showing a pool of water that when the cursor moves it will disturb the water, this much I have working fine so far.

What I want to do however is add two things:

1. Display messages within the pool either by using a text file as a flat-file database or by typing them into a web page form and then submitting them in real-time to the flash app. Looking for ways of doing both (examples would be awesome)

2. Instead of using the cursor I’m looking to track a persons movements using a camera, is there any good software/plugins I could use to help with this?

The filter I’m using by the way is: [http://www.flash-filter.net/rain-drop-water-effect.phtml](http://www.flash-filter.net/rain-drop-water-effect.phtml)

Thanks for your help