"Joey Lott delivers a thorough yet easy-to-understand
guide to implementing rich, Macromedia Flash-based user
interfaces for Web applications using Macromedia Flash
Remoting MX."
-Dave Gruber, Senior Product Manager, Macromedia Flash
Remoting MX
Flash Remoting MX is one of the most exciting new
technologies available for Macromedia Flash MX, and
everything you need to know to use its dynamic capabilities
is in this comprehensive reference guide. Flash and
ActionScript expert Joey Lott gives you a thorough
understanding of how Flash Remoting MX opens up new
possibilities for building fresh, vibrant, data-driven Web
sites. Using plenty of examples, he takes you step by step
through Web services applications, illustrating how Flash
Remoting MX works with ColdFusion, J2EE, and .NET, and how
you can apply this technology in e-commerce sites,
messageboards, e-mail clients, and more.
You'll learn how to:
- Apply ActionScript fundamentals and create server-side
ActionScript
- Interact with ColdFusion pages and components
- Use RecordSets and work with ColdFusion and RecordSet
objects
- Access servlets and JSPs, interact with Java classes
and JavaBeans, and call Enterprise JavaBeans from Flash
MX
- Consume ColdFusion and .NET Web services with Flash
MX
- Understand Flash Remoting MX with J2EE and .NET, and
interact with ASP.NET pages
- Work with JMX and use ASTranslator
- Create rich, dynamic Web applications using Flash
MX
The companion Web site features all source code from the
book plus updates, links to resources, and more.
Contents
Part I: Introducing Flash Remoting
- Getting Started with Flash Remoting
- ActionScript Fundamentals
- Flash Remoting ActionScript Basics
- Using Databases and Record Sets
- Getting Started with Web Services
Part II: Flash Remoting with ColdFusion
- Understanding Flash Remoting for ColdFusion
- ColdFusion Pages and Flash Remoting
- Interacting with ColdFusion Components
- Consuming ColdFusion Web Services
- Working with Pageable Record Sets
- Creating Server-Side ActionScript
Part III: Flash Remoting with J2EE Application Servers
- Understanding Flash Remoting with J2EE
- Accessing Servlets and JSPs
- Interacting with Java Classes and JavaBeans
- Calling Enterprise JavaBeans from Flash
- Working with JRun-Only Features
- Using ASTranslator
Part IV: Flash Remoting with .NET
- Understanding Flash Remoting with .NET
- Interacting with ASP.NET Pages
- Using .NET Library Assemblies
- Consuming .NET Web Services
Part V: Building Remoting Applications
- Developing Flash E-Commerce
- Making a Messageboard
- Creating an E-mail Client