This sounds like the old Flash Generator which has now evolved into Flash Remoting. You used to define a flash template, and through a text file/database, etc. could update the template with real life content. If was slick enought to generate very nice GIF if you could not push the flash. Etrade made a great use of this technology.

Remoting is supposed to do the same plus it plugs in nicely with .NET.

I agree, FLash with Xara's graphics engine would be just the cherry on top.

Milt