Welcome to the New World

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Welcome to the New World
Flash Remoting a Developers Perspective

• Kevin Towes
• Creative and Technical Director
• Pangaea NewMedia, Inc.
• Toronto, Canada
• Certified ColdFusion Professional
• Manager, CFUGToronto
• Professor, Ryerson University School of
  Image Arts, Toronto

www.PangaeaNewMedia.ca
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Advent 1
The ADVENT Labs Example can be found _at_
Macromedia.com Search for ADVENT This is an
excellent example to demonstrate how Flash can
supply a rich data management interface.
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Advent 3
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Agenda (60min)

• Review examples of Rich-UI
• DISCUSS The client and Server Roles
• Squash the perception of Flash
• Context Review of how data XFer was done
• Introduction to Flash Remoting
• Getting Started
• ColdFusion Components
• Invoking CFCs in ColdFusion
• Invoking CFCs in Flash MX
• Debugging Tools (if we have time)
• DataGlue (in case we get Stuck ?)

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CF Flash
What is Flash MX and How does it Work?

ColdFusion is the Glue that holds it all
together - Ben Forta
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Flash Remoting Availability

• Flash Remoting Components are available in
• ColdFusion MX (native support)
• JRUN 4.0 (native support)
• IBM WebSphere (add-on)
• Microsoft ASP.NET (add-on)

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Remoting Build the ColdFusion Component

• Our application requires 3 Methods inside the
  Component
• Get the Park Types getParkTypes()
• Get the List of Parks ( in the selected Type)
  getParksList(parkType)
• Get the Details of the Selected Park
  getParkDetails(thisParkName)

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Remoting Calling the CFC in ColdFusion

• Test the CFC by Invoke the Component in
  ColdFusion

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Remoting Calling the CFC in Flash MX

• (for comparison review the same command from
  within Flash)
• Invoke the CFC inside Flash

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ActionScript Steps to Connect

• Develop the Layout
• Include the NetServices Class Files
• Set up the server connection
• Invoke the CFC (consume the web service)
• Build a default Responder

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Develop the Layout (UI)

• What you Need to Know
• The Timeline
• Text Fields
• Flash UI Components

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Text Fields and UI Components
TEXT FIELDS
FLASH UI COMPONENTS
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ActionScript Steps to Connect

• Develop the Layout
• Include the NetServices Class Files
• Set up the server connection
• Invoke the CFC (consume the web service)
• Build a default Responder

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ActionScript Steps to Connect

• Develop the Layout
• Include the NetServices Class Files
• Set up the server connection
• Invoke the CFC (consume the web service)
• Build a default Responder

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ActionScript Steps to Connect

• Develop the Layout
• Include the NetServices Class Files
• Set up the server connection
• Invoke the CFC (consume the web service)
• Build a default Responder

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Remoting Calling the CFC in Flash MX

• Invoke the CFC inside Flash

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ActionScript Steps to Connect

• Develop the Layout
• Include the NetServices Class Files
• Set up the server connection
• Invoke the CFC (consume the web service)
• Build a default Responder

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Default Responder 1

• Flash will invoke a function when it has
  finished. This function is called the Default
  ResponderNameOfFunction_result(returnObject)

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Default Responder 2

• to populate the ComboBox Componentuse the
  setDataProvider method.
• ComponentName.setDataProvider(dataObj)

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Default Responder 3

• Access the Database Column By Name
• Result.items0.ParkName

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DataGlue

• DataGlue.BindFormatStrings(
• lb_ParkList,
• result,
• "parkName (location city, state)",
  "parkName")

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Debugging
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Macromedia DevCentre

• The Macromedia Developers Centre is the best
  online resource for integrating Flash MX and
  ColdFusion MX

http//www.Macromedia.com/DesDev/
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Inside Flash MX

• NOW
• AVAILABLE
• The most
• Comprehensive
• Book on
• Integrating
• Flash MX with
• ColdFusion MX

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FlashCFM.com
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Welcome to the New World
Flash Remoting a Developers Perspective

• Kevin Towes
• Creative and Technical Director
• Pangaea NewMedia, Inc.
• Toronto, Canada
• Certified ColdFusion Professional
• Manager, CFUGToronto
• Professor, Ryerson University School of
  Image Arts, Toronto

www.PangaeaNewMedia.ca