This article shows you how to setup, configure, install, and use the Apache 2.0 web server, PHP 4.2.0 scripting langauge, PHPMyAdmin, and that latest MYSQL DBMS Database MySQL 3.23 on a Windows machine so you can easily test your dynamic Macromedia Flash content in a server environment. Making it easy to test on your local laptop/desktop. A Flash application using these tools is also detailed. By Jeffrey F. Hill
In the past, adding data to a Flash movie was straight-forward, however, with the introduction of the new Flash UI Components, data binding has become significantly more complex. With components ranging from simple list boxes to trees and calendars, it would seem that there must be a hundred different ways to bind data in Flash MX. Fortunately there are several tools to make your life easier and to make Flash MX a true rapid application development environment.
Topics Include:
- Using the DataProvider class
- Using the DataGlue class
- Methods for adding non-recordset data to components
By Ben Johnson
Tutorial covers building clients for web services with Flash MX. Also covers using Components to speed up development time, population the components with external data, and using styles and formats to improve the look and feel of the components. By Jeffrey F. Hill
Joseph Miller's tutorial on
'How to Make Flash talk to PHP' probably worked flawlessly in PHP 4.0,
but I had some trouble with PHP 4.3.0
Here is the updated scriptA.php By Jim Hronchek
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create two kinds of text tweening in flash MX. The first one, being the text size. The second one you will learn, is how to fade text. Both of these can be done with great ease. By Maor Baruch
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